Elbow Pain

Because your hands and arms are so interconnected, a task or injury that involves one part, such as your lower arm, can end up causing everything from finger numbness to elbow pain.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Typing, writing and jobs that require repetitive lifting continue to be a threat for developing the condition known as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).

The debilitating syndrome is named for the tunnel surrounding the nerves connecting your wrist, hand and fingers.

Overly stressing the median nerve can lead to the aching wrist and numb fingers associated with CTS.

Often, hormone fluctuations can put patients more at risk for CTS, so pregnant women, and women between the ages of 34-60, may be more likely to experience these injuries.

Early intervention — especially physical therapy — may help you avoid surgery. Hand and arm movements designed to build flexibility and strength decrease CTS pain and numbness, while easing inflammation and decreasing further pressure on the median nerve.

In addition, our physical therapists will show you techniques to stretch your carpal ligaments and how to perform your repetitive tasks more safely, in order to prevent re-injury.

What types of conditions can be helped with physical therapy?

With the legs’ tibia and fibula bones coming together at the ankle and arching over the foot’s talus bone, problems in your feet can influence ankle pain, and vice versa — as well as put stress on your knees, and throw off hip and spine alignment.

For that reason, the number of problems addressed by physical therapy relating to feet and ankles is fairly substantial.

Additional Conditions:

While CTS is a common issue for which patients seek our help, our physical therapist treat numerous conditions affecting the hands, elbows and wrists. Among them are:

. Joint pain

. Arthritis

. Tendonitis

. Tennis/Golf Elbow

. Fractures

. Sprains