What is Elbow Pain in Wilsonville OR?

Elbow pain is a common condition in Wilsonville OR that can significantly affect your ability to perform daily activities, work tasks, and recreational pursuits. It may arise suddenly from an injury or develop gradually due to repetitive movements and overuse. Because the elbow is involved in nearly all arm motions, discomfort in this area can radiate up toward the shoulder or down into the forearm and wrist. Understanding the underlying cause—whether it’s a muscle strain, tendon irritation, joint issue, or nerve involvement—is key to finding lasting relief and restoring full function.

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Common Causes of Elbow Pain

Elbow pain is located at or near the elbow and can radiate up or down the arm or forearm. It is often caused by overuse (repetitive stress) or acute injury.

Many sports, hobbies, and jobs require repetitive hand/wrist or arm movements. Elbow pain can be the result of problems with bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, or joints.

Common causes of elbow pain include:

• Acute injury to the elbow
• Sports injury
• C/T disc herniation or swelling
• Poor posture
• Shoulder problems
• Golfer’s elbow (tendonitis)
• Tennis elbow (tendonitis)
• Osteoarthritis / Rheumatoid arthritis

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Tennis Elbow

As is true with many conditions, certain people in various occupations are more susceptible to developing the symptoms. For example; people who are actively involved in fishing, butchering, long-term computer use, plumbing, repeated screwdriver use, waiting, guitar playing, painting, and carpentry have been all shown to develop this ailment. Tennis elbow can affect anyone but has been found to occur more frequently in people who suddenly begin tasks that involve using muscle groups that they are not accustomed to using. There also seems to be a higher rate of occurrence in people aged 30-50 years old.

The development of tennis elbow can be difficult to identify and pain is often one of the first symptoms. Tennis elbow typically develops slowly and people suffering from the condition often cannot remember any specific injury. As mentioned before, the pain is located on the outer portion of the elbow and is often described as sharp and burning. Besides the development of pain, people suffering from tennis elbow often gradually begin to notice the development of weakness in the hand of the affected arm. Weak grip strength is usually noticed when shaking hands, turning a screw driver, holding a coffee cup, opening doors, or holding gardening tools. People may also notice that they drop objects more frequently as the condition progresses.

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How is tennis elbow diagnosed?

Our team at Modern Movement Medicine is capable of diagnosing tennis elbow through your clinical presentation. In other words, our team is able to identify your condition by the symptoms you present with, the history of the condition you provide, information regarding your daily activities, and knowledge of your occupation. Since other conditions can cause pain on the outer portion of the elbow, Modern Movement Medicine has the resources to perform or arrange for more advanced diagnosing procedures such as; MRI, X-Ray, and EMG.

Our team offers a number of treatment options for tennis elbow. Often the nerve interference caused by spinal misalignment is responsible for the abnormal muscle patterns causing the pain and weakness of tennis elbow. As a result, restoring normal spinal function often alleviates the symptoms of tennis elbow.

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Chiropractic Care for Elbow Pain in Wilsonville OR

The team at Modern Movement Medicine takes an integrative approach to treating wrist pain.

Depending on the cause and severity of your injury, the team may recommend therapies such as:

• Regenerative therapies
• Chiropractic care
• Physical therapy
• Massage therapy
• Trigger Point Injections
• Dietary Changes
• Supplements and nutraceuticals

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Modern Movement Medicine is dedicated to helping you get relief from your pain. Our interdisciplinary healthcare team offers drug-free, surgery-free treatments that provide long-term results for Elbow Pain.

Contact our Wilsonville OR team at Modern Movement Medicine today.