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Elbow
Elbows are often injured by heavy lifting. They can also be hurt by activities which cause us to rotate our wrists a lot. Sports injuries can damage the soft tissues of the elbow joint or its supporting ligaments. Golfer's elbow, for example, results from strain placed on the ligament at the inside of the elbow. Tennis elbow is from strain on the ligament at outside of the elbow.

Soft tissue injuries to the elbow usually heal with rest. Ligaments can be damaged to the point that healing is incomplete, however, and chronic pain can result. Fortunately this responds well to treatment.

Common elbow problems and their treatments follow:

Injury or Disease

 Treatments Often Employed
Recent sprain or strain Manipulation of the area, acupuncture of the area and distant related areas, trigger point injection at the area
Old, non-healed injury Acupuncture, usually local.
Prolotherapy to damaged ligaments
Golfer's elbow Manipulation, if recent.
Acupuncture of the area and distant related areas,
Prolotherapy to damaged ligaments
Tennis elbow Manipulation, if recent.
Acupuncture of the area and distant related areas, Prolotherapy to damaged ligaments
Arthritis Acupuncture to area and distant related points, including some on the feet!
Nutrients, Chinese herbs, Prolotherapy to damaged ligaments
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