Can Massage Therapy Help Golfer’s Elbow?
If you golf, there’s a good chance that you will experience golfer’s elbow.
It starts with a little pain on the inside of the elbow, and your grip becomes weak. A few weeks go by, and then lifting, pulling, carrying, typing, swinging a club, and even shaking someone’s hand lights you up like a Christmas tree.
And the most frustrating part?
It won’t just go away just because you “took a few days off.”
That is because golfer’s elbow, more accurately called medial epicondylalgia or medial epicondylitis, is generally an overload problem involving the wrist flexor-pronator tendon where it attaches near the inside of the elbow. Conservative care usually centers on activity modification and progressive rehab, especially strengthening.
However, adding some massage to your treatment plan can REALLY help.
Massage is not some magical tendon-regrowth button, but it 100% reduces pain, decreases super-tight muscle tone, and increases movement tolerance, which can make it easier for you to do the strengthening and load management work so you can get back faster.
That distinction matters.
Because if you expect massage to “break up scar tissue” and cure the problem overnight, you’re probably going to be disappointed.
But if you use massage as part of a comprehensive rehab plan, you can now expect real results, really fast.
The beauty of ASR is that you can do both in the same building. You can head upstairs for 30 minutes of world-class bodywork with Christen, Justin, or Matt, and then go downstairs and rehab with Aleigh or Dave. It’s a world-class combo up there with eating a Pimento Cheese Sandwhich at Augusta National.
So if you have golfer’s elbow (even if you don’t golf), make sure to get on one of our massage therapists’ tables ASAP so you can get back to a pain-free, high-performance life.
