Symptoms
An elbow arthrosis is not clearly recognizable, especially at the beginning of the disease. Particularly at night, after getting up or under stress, slight indeterminable pain in the elbow joint occurs, which increases in intensity over time. Also the pain-free phases become shorter, so that it is also possible that the patients suffer from a permanent feeling of pain.
The pain may also radiate into surrounding regions such as the upper or lower arm. In addition to this, muscle tensions and restricted movement can occur. Externally, the elbow arthrosis can make itself felt by reddening, warming and swelling of the elbow.
This indicates the inflammatory processes that are caused by the arthrosis. The symptoms do not suit you? The symptoms do not suit you?
Summary
Overall, physiotherapy for elbow arthrosis is an important part of the therapy. Especially because the arthrosis itself is not curable, there are many possibilities in physiotherapy to enable the patient to lead a normal life with few restrictions. The individual therapy plan always depends on the stage of the disease and the cause that led to the elbow arthrosis. If the patient shows a good compliance to the therapy plan it is possible to achieve good results.
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