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A Fond Farewell
Aug 20, 2024
A very common diagnosis to treat at the Carpenters Wellness Center since I’ve been working as the physical therapist has been lateral epicondylitis. More commonly known as Tennis Elbow, it’s pain on the outside of your forearm or elbow which hurts with moving your wrist and fingers to grip or handle objects. In this past year I’ve had zero carpenters who play tennis but hundreds that swing hammers. It is very common in physical therapy to have patients with this condition despite not playing tennis or any racket sport.
Let’s talk about why this may be happening to you as a carpenter. The muscles and bones that hurt with tennis elbow have a few functions: extend our fingers and wrist, rotate our forearm, and bend our elbow. If you are working in the field you most likely do these functions often when using power tools, hammers, or carrying material. Healthcare providers outside of the wellness center might just tell you to stop doing these aggravating activities, however, we at the CWC understand that’s typically not an option most may have. So let’s talk about some modifications you can make at work that may be more reasonable than just avoiding all painful activity.
You can try to work this pain out yourself using these exercises, and, as always, if it doesn’t help, give us a call at Carpenters Wellness Center – St. Louis!
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