Tennis Elbow
5 April 2020
What is Tennis elbow? “Pain over the outer (lateral) aspect of the elbow that is aggravated by movements of the wrist, painful with direct pressure
What is Tennis elbow? “Pain over the outer (lateral) aspect of the elbow that is aggravated by movements of the wrist, painful with direct pressure
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Put simply this is Physio done via either telephone or video over the internet. Skype and facetime are examples of this.
Contrary to popular belief online physiotherapy can be very effective and it can help the same injuries that face to face physio can help. I have helped many people with injuries such as disc prolapses, tennis elbow, neck pain and much more).