Fix Golfer’s Elbow With Massage

Because Stretching Isn’t Going to Cut It

You don’t have to play golf to get golfer’s elbow.

In fact, most people who walk into our clinic with this problem aren’t even holding clubs — they’re lifting weights, typing all day, or doing pull-ups with dodgy form.

Golfer’s elbow, also called medial epicondylitis, is that deep, annoying pain on the inside of your elbow. It’s not sharp, but it’s stubborn — and it doesn’t go away on its own.

Why You Get Golfer Elbow

It’s caused by repetitive strain on the tendons that attach to the inside of your elbow — usually from gripping too hard, too often, or too tight.

Think:

• Dumbbell curls

• Pull-ups

• Barbell rows

• Typing with tension in your hands and forearms

• Or yes… swinging a golf club over and over again

Eventually, the tendon gets irritated, inflamed, and locked into a cycle of tension and pain.

Why Massage Works

Massage breaks that cycle.

At Andrea’s Touch, we treat golfer’s elbow by:

• Releasing the forearm flexors (they’re usually overloaded)

• Working on the wrist and grip tension — the real culprits

• Applying deep tissue and trigger point therapy along the muscle belly

• Mobilising the elbow joint to restore proper movement

• Improving blood flow to the tendon to speed up recovery

It’s not about “massaging the elbow.”

It’s about resetting the whole chain — wrist, forearm, elbow — so the tension has somewhere to go.

What You Can Do After the Session

• Use a hot pack to keep blood flow moving

• Avoid gripping-heavy workouts for a few days

• Do gentle wrist extensions to stretch the forearm

• Strengthen the wrist with eccentric loading once the pain starts to fade

Final Thought

If you’ve had elbow pain for more than a couple weeks, don’t wait for it to “calm down.”

It won’t.

Not until the muscle tension is released and the mechanics are fixed.

Let Andrea’s Touch get into the root of the problem — so you can get back to lifting, working, or swinging pain-free.