Weeks 1–2
Pain
Calm the pain down.
Hands-on techniques calm the irritated tendon or compressed nerve and ease inflammation, starting your very first visit.
What We Treat
Elbow & wrist pain treatment in Cherry Hill & Burlington.
Your grip gives out opening a jar: tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, desk strain that flares by Wednesday.
Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- Your grip giving out halfway through opening a jar
- A sharp twinge on the outside of your elbow every time you lift your coffee cup
- Fingers going numb and tingly by the time you close your laptop
- Shaking out your wrist under the desk to make the ache stop
- Wincing when you twist a doorknob or wring out a towel
- Typing feels fine for twenty minutes, then your forearm starts to burn
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Elbow and wrist pain are a symptom. Something causes it.
Your elbow or wrist doesn’t hurt for no reason. And it’s almost never just one thing. It’s usually some mix of four culprits: an overloaded tendon where your forearm muscles attach at the elbow. A compressed nerve running through the wrist. Stiff joints in the wrist and forearm that have lost their normal glide. And repetitive habits, typing, gripping, scrolling, that keep reloading the same tissue before it heals.
None of that shows up on a quick glance. It takes a real, cause-first evaluation to sort out which one is actually driving your pain. That’s why rest, a brace, or ice alone so often falls short: they treat the symptom, not the source. Find the real cause, and the fix gets obvious.
The Honest Truth
Waiting on an elbow or wrist doesn’t make it wait on you.
If you keep waiting
- Your grip gets weaker, and you start avoiding the things that trigger it
- Numbness and tingling start showing up more often, even at rest
- Your shoulder and neck start compensating for the weak grip, and start hurting too
If you start this week
- You know the actual cause by the end of visit one
- Hands-on relief starts before you leave the building
- You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of visits
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for your elbow and wrist.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for an elbow or wrist like yours.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Get your motion back.
Targeted mobility work restores motion in the stiff wrist and forearm that have been guarding the injury.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Make it strong enough to trust.
Progressive grip and forearm strengthening rebuilds the load tolerance your tendons were missing.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Return better than before.
Typing, lifting, and gripping mechanics get tested under real load before you’re cleared to go all-in: that’s the endpoint, not just another appointment.
I have never been to a better physical therapy place. Everyone here is so caring and ready to make anything and everything work for you. Paul runs an amazing practice here. If you need PT, you’ve got to come here.
Shared by Eliyahu M. · Elbow & wrist pain
Week 1: couldn’t grip a coffee mug without the ache flaring
Week 7: back to a full day of typing with no numbness
Elbow & wrist pain
7 weeks
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for elbow and wrist pain.
Usually not, and it’s rarely the first step. Most elbow and wrist pain improves without imaging, and X-rays rarely change what we do in the early weeks. We start with a hands-on, cause-first evaluation to find exactly which tissue is driving your symptoms, and if imaging ever becomes genuinely necessary, we’ll help you get it. You don’t have to wait on a scan to start feeling better.
In most cases, yes, with a few adjustments. Total rest tends to make an elbow or wrist stiffer and weaker, which sets up the next flare-up. The key is dosing the right activity modification and movement for your specific case, which is exactly what a Doctor of PT sorts out at your evaluation, then progresses safely as you improve.
Most patients feel meaningful change within 4–6 visits. A full plan for elbow and wrist pain runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, typically over 6–10 weeks, depending on how long you’ve had it. Either way, you get a plan with an endpoint: you’ll always know which phase you’re in and what’s left, not an open-ended string of appointments.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Thu 8am–7pm, Fri 8am–2pm
- Prefer to talk now? Call either office. Cherry Hill 856-424-0993 Burlington 609-880-0880
- Same-week appointments available
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
Step 1 of 6
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Specialized Physical Therapy – Cherry Hill
Specialized Physical Therapy – Burlington
- 11 Cadillac Road, Burlington, NJ 08016 (opens in a new tab)
- 609-880-0880
- Fax: 609-227-4423
- frontdesk@specializedphysicaltherapy.com
- Mon–Thu 8am–7pm, Fri 8am–2pm