Physiotherapy will reduce the pain and swelling and promote healing. Physiotherapy techniques may include:
- Learning correct sports techniques, eg. golf swing, to avoid recurrence
- Elbow taping or golfer’s elbow strap
- Massage to ease tightness and tension in forearm muscles
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve pain
- Pain relief and tissue repair treatments (eg. ultrasound, electrical stimulation of the nerves and heat therapy)
- Putting ice on the elbow to reduce swelling
- Resting the elbow
- Stretching and strengthening exercises for the elbow muscles
If these treatments do not work for you, your doctor may treat your elbow with a steroid injection. Surgery is usually only considered if all other treatments have not been successful.