The pointy part of your elbow is called your olecranon. It can be very vulnerable to injury as it has no cushion to protect it from trauma especially with falls. As with any other fracture, minor ones that are stable can heal without surgical intervention. Those that are more severe will require hardware. Whether requiring surgery or not, physical therapy will be required to regain your elbow’s range of motion and your arm’s overall strength. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for regaining your strength and mobility, therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.

Your forearm has two bones, the Ulna and the Radius. Either and commonly, both can be fractured with trauma to the arm. If the fracture is closer to the elbow than the wrist, then it is referred to as a proximal fracture and considered an elbow injury. If it is closer to the wrist than the elbow, it is referred to as a distal fracture and is considered more as a wrist injury. As with all other broken bones, minor stable fractures can be immobilized and monitored to heal on its own and more severe and unstable fractures require hardware. Whether requiring surgery or not, physical therapy will be required to regain your elbow and/or wrist’s range of motion and your arm’s overall strength. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for regaining your strength and mobility, therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.

Your forearm has two bones, the Ulna and the Radius. Either and commonly, both can be fractured with trauma to the arm. If the fracture is closer to the elbow than the wrist, then it is referred to as a proximal fracture and considered an elbow injury. If it is closer to the wrist than the elbow, it is referred to as a distal fracture and is considered more as a wrist injury. As with all other broken bones, minor stable fractures can be immobilized and monitored to heal on its own and more severe and unstable fractures require hardware. Whether requiring surgery or not, physical therapy will be required to regain your elbow and/or wrist’s range of motion and your arm’s overall strength. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for regaining your strength and mobility, therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.

Also known as Bicycler’s neuropathy, handlebar palsy, Guyon’s canal syndrome, Cubital tunnel syndrome, an ulnar nerve entrapment is an impingement syndrome that can occur in the elbow and/or wrist region. It can be treated often nonoperatively with Physical Therapy, but your orthopedic specialist may recommend surgery. Whether requiring surgery or not, physical therapy will be required to regain your elbow and/or wrist’s range of motion and your arm’s overall strength. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for regaining your strength and mobility, therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.

Sometimes also referred to as baseball elbow, suitcase elbow, and forehand tennis elbow, this condition is a tendonitis caused from the repetitive trauma of the force used to bend the wrist towards the palm. It is also related to having weak and unstable shoulder and shoulder blade muscles. While many of the names this condition has refer to sports, many other activities can cause it such as prolonged use of hand tools of many kinds. Often characterized by medial elbow pain, if severe enough can have an impact on grip strength. It should be easily diagnosed by your doctor or physical therapist. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for pain relief, regaining your strength and mobility, and therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.

This condition is a tendonitis caused from the repetitive trauma of the force used to bend the wrist backwards away from the palm. It is also related to having weak and unstable shoulder and shoulder blade muscles. While the name this condition refers to tennis, many other activities can cause it such as painting and prolonged use of hand tools of many kinds. Often characterized by lateral elbow pain, if severe enough can have an impact on grip strength. It should be easily diagnosed by your doctor or physical therapist. Your team at Breaux Bridge Physical Therapy are expert in creating personalized programs for pain relief, regaining your strength and mobility, and therefore getting you back to your previous level of function and activities. Call us. We can get you started right away.