AppalachianPT: Specialization; The Good, Bad, & Ugly

AppalachianPT: Specialization; The Good, Bad, & Ugly

August, 2020

NEWSLETTER

TENNIS ELBOW OR GOLFER’S ELBOW; TAKE YOUR PICK

INSIDE: • There Is Hope For You & This Dreaded Elbow Of Yours • Exercise Essentials • Patient Success Spotlights • Specialization: The Good, Bad & The Ugly

August, 2020

NEWSLETTER

TENNIS ELBOW OR GOLFER’S ELBOW; TAKE YOUR PICK

Whether you have pain or have been suffering for a long time, seeing a physical therapist at Appalachian Physical Therapy, Inc. can help you return to a more active and pain-free life. Give us a call at: • Broadway: 540-901-9501 • Harrisonburg: 540-209-8977 • Pinehurst: 910-215-0541

I know, I know, a lot of folks who have these disorders have never picked up a stick with a racket or club on the end of it. Sowhy in theworldwould these problems be named as such? You know it could beworse. We have specific fractures named after orthopedist who studied them and we have physicians who have actually taken their partners to court to get their name listed first on a disorder that carries both their names. So actually getting a name of a sport for a disorder is not too bad when looking at it from that perspective. In a nutshell, it is all about having a disorder that has involvement of your forearm flexors (golfer’s elbow) as opposed to extensors (tennis elbow). The bottom line is we all use our hands and arms to performmany activities throughout our day. From being on a computer entering in >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6

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