PHYSICAL THERAPY
How We Treat Elbow and Wrist Pain in The Flathead Valley
Your treatment plan is built around your symptoms, your goals, and what you need to get back to doing. All decisions are made in a team approach. At Physio Forge, treatment may include:
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Hands-on treatment — Dry needling, manual joint mobilization, cupping and soft tissue work to help reduce pain, improve mobility, and make movement more comfortable.
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Mobility work — Targeted exercises to restore motion where limitations may be contributing to your elbow or wrist symptoms.
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Corrective exercise -- Exercise with focus on the skill of movement, addressing postural dysfunction and the timing of shoulder, elbow and wrist neuromuscular recruitment.
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Progressive strengthening — Building strength and capacity through the shoulder, elbow and forearm muscles so you can confidently return to the activities that matter to you.
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Return to activity — Progressively rebuilding tolerance for lifting, work, recreation, or whatever your normal life demands.
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Education with a Clear plan — Helping you understand the cause of your pain, what you can safely do, and how to manage flare-ups without unnecessarily avoiding movement. Informed patients have better outcomes.
The goal isn't just to make your elbow or wrist feel better in the clinic. It's to help you move better, get stronger, and return to the things you want to do with confidence.
Common Elbow & Wrist Conditions We Treat
Muscle & Ligament Injuries
Tweaks, pulls, spasms, and tears from repetitive movement, work and play
Movement Dysfunction
Often times the culprit of elbow and wrist pain is the shoulder! If the shoulder movement is dysfunctional, limited or weak, a person relies on the next joints to do the job, leading to chronic overuse issues like tennis/golfers elbow, or tendonitis
Fractures/Trauma
Fracture and trauma rehabilitation, common are "point of the elbow", and radius/ulna fractures from a fall on an out-stretched hand
Preventative Strengthening
Stronger elbows and forearms have less pain and reduced future injury risk, check out out Move Better and Live Better Fitness Programs
Post Operative Care
Expert level rehab with the same provider each treatment offering consistent monitoring and progress each visit
Sport Specific Limitations
Some sports require more motion, strength and technique. Anything from a simple push up to catching an olympic squat clean; if the mobility, strength or skill isn't there, issues follow
Get Back to the Things You Want to Do
Every visit is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. We’ll identify what’s limiting you and build a plan to get you back to what you enjoy.