Physiotherapy for elbow, wrist and hand

According to a study by Waseem et al. (2012), lateral epicondylalgia is one of the most common diagnoses of the elbow presenting to physiotherapy, which affects approximately 1-3% of the population. This condition is often seen in athletes, accounting for approximately 50% of all sport injuries (Maffulli et al. 2003; Andarawis et al. 2015). Tennis elbow also affects 7% of manual labourers (Flick et al. 2022). Golfer’s elbow, also known as Medial Epicondylopathy, is another degenerative overuse condition of the elbow. Despite being less common than tennis elbow (Konarski et al. 2022), golfer's elbow still affects 1% of the general population, with 3.8-8.2% of all work-related complaints are most commonly presented in 40-60-year-olds (Terlezky et al. 2022). Other common diagnoses of the elbow, wrist and hand include De Quervain's Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Fractures, Arthritis, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Olecranon Bursitis (Reilly & Kamineni, 2016) and Mallet Finger (de Jong et al. 2014).

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