Condition pathway

Get your elbow ready for the work you ask of it.

Elbow pain can come from repeated loading, sport, grip demands or a joint that has lost confidence. The right progression starts with finding the limiting factor.

Physiotherapy assessment for elbow pain at COMM

Physiotherapy assessment for hand pain at COMM

Typical pathway

Reduce irritation, restore capacity, return to grip.

We build a practical loading plan around your work, training and everyday use of the arm.

✓Elbow, wrist and shoulder assessment

✓Progressive tendon and grip loading

✓Activity-specific return plan

Conditions / Elbow

Know what you are dealing with.

Elbow pain can come from repeated loading, sport, grip demands or a joint that has lost confidence. The right progression starts with finding the limiting factor. Tap a card to expand.

Tennis Elbow

Tennis elbow causes pain and tenderness on the outer elbow, often aggravated by gripping, lifting or repetitive wrist movements. Rehabilitation focuses on progressive forearm strengthening, tendon loading and movement correction to restore function.

Tendon painGrip

Fractures

Fractures can cause pain, swelling, stiffness and reduced movement or grip strength. Rehabilitation focuses on restoring mobility, strength and hand function for a safe return to daily activities and sport.

FractureSwelling

TFCC Injury

TFCC injuries can cause wrist pain, clicking, weakness and reduced grip, especially during rotation or weight-bearing. Rehabilitation focuses on restoring wrist mobility, strength and stability for a gradual return to activity.

ClickingInstability

Tenosynovitis

Tenosynovitis causes pain, swelling and tenderness along a tendon, often due to repetitive hand or wrist movements. Rehabilitation focuses on reducing irritation, restoring movement and gradually strengthening the affected tendon.

Tendon painSwelling

Post-Operative Rehabilitation

Post-surgical rehab focuses on reducing pain and swelling, restoring mobility, strength and grip, and gradually returning to normal hand and upper-limb function.

Post-surgeryGrip

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause pain, tingling, numbness and weakness in the hand, often affecting the thumb, index and middle fingers. Physiotherapy focuses on symptom management, nerve mobility, wrist function and grip strength.

Nerve painTingling

Causes / Elbow

Why this keeps coming back.

Pain rarely has one cause. We look at load, strength and recovery together.

Repeated gripping and loading

Repeated grip or lifting overloads elbow tendons.

OveruseGrip

Sudden load spike

A new sport or volume irritates tendon or joint.

SpikeInjury

Stiffness and lost capacity

Reduced mobility lowers tolerance.

StiffnessWeakness

Solution / Elbow

Calm it down, then build it up.

Your plan moves from settling symptoms to restoring strength and confidence.

Settle & mobilise

✓Pain and swelling management
✓Graded mobility and activation work
✓Walking and support guidance

Strength & control

✓Progressive strengthening and control
✓Balance and movement mechanics
✓Return-to-activity planning

Stay resilient

✓Ongoing load-management plan
✓Graded return to training or sport
✓Long-term strength habits

Common concerns

Tennis elbow · tendinopathy · joint pain · stiffness

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