GOLFER'S ELBOW TREATMENT IN OVERLAND PARK, KS
Golfer's Elbow Treatment
Pain on the inside of your elbow can make gripping, lifting, and swinging a club or racket frustrating. At Rebuild Chiropractic, we identify the underlying cause of your symptoms and create a personalized treatment plan to help you move comfortably again.
What Is Golfer's Elbow?
Golfer's elbow, known medically as medial epicondylitis, affects the tendons that attach your forearm muscles to the bony bump on the inside of your elbow. Despite the name, it is common in anyone who grips, lifts, or performs repetitive wrist and forearm movements, and it typically causes pain and tenderness on the inner elbow that can spread into the forearm.
The underlying cause can vary from person to person and may involve repetitive gripping, sudden increases in training, faulty swing or lifting mechanics, or weakness in the forearm and shoulder. While symptoms can range from mild soreness to pain that limits everyday tasks, effective treatment begins with identifying the source of the problem instead of simply masking the pain. A comprehensive evaluation helps determine what is contributing to your symptoms and guides the most appropriate course of care.
At Rebuild Chiropractic, we focus on restoring healthy movement, reducing stress on the elbow and forearm, and helping your body heal naturally. Our goal is not only to relieve your current symptoms but also to improve function and reduce the likelihood of future flare-ups.
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What Causes Golfer's Elbow?
Golfer's elbow can develop for several reasons. Identifying the underlying cause is essential for creating the most effective treatment plan.
Repetitive Gripping
Frequent gripping and wrist movements can overload the forearm tendons.
Training Overload
Sudden increases in golf, lifting, or racket sports can exceed tendon capacity.
Faulty Mechanics
Poor swing or lifting technique places extra stress on the inner elbow.
Muscle Weakness
Weak forearm and shoulder muscles force the tendons to work harder.
It develops when the tendons on the inside of the elbow are repeatedly overloaded and become irritated. The result is pain with gripping and lifting that can spread into the forearm.
How We Treat Golfer's Elbow
Instead of masking symptoms, we focus on restoring healthy movement and rebuilding tolerance for load — one-on-one with Dr. Luke Bergner, DC, at our Overland Park office.
Free consultation
A short call about what hurts, how long it's been going on, and what you've already tried. Free, no obligation. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you and point you somewhere better.
What you leave with: an honest answer on whether we can help.
Comprehensive evaluation
Full history plus movement, orthopedic and strength testing — because where it hurts is rarely where the problem started. You get the findings and your first treatment on the same visit.
What you leave with: a diagnosis, a plan, and treatment the same day.
A plan you can actually follow
Hands-on care to get you moving now, progressive loading so it holds. Built around your sport, your job and the hours you actually have — not a generic protocol.
What you leave with: exercises that fit your week, not someone else's.
Coaching between visits
Recovery doesn't only happen in the office. Every exercise comes with video in a private coaching app, and we adjust it as your symptoms and schedule change. Message us when you're stuck.
What you leave with: no guessing between appointments.
Build strength so it stays fixed
Most care stops when the pain does. We keep going until the area is stronger than it was before, so the same flare-up doesn't show up again next season.
What you leave with: a body that holds up without us.
Why Patients Choose Rebuild
Care That Puts You First
Every patient is different. We take the time to understand your history, goals, and lifestyle so your care plan is built specifically for you—not pulled from a template.
We Treat the Root Cause
Temporary relief isn't enough. Through a thorough evaluation, we identify what's causing your pain or dysfunction and focus on correcting the source—not just the symptoms.
Evidence-Based Care
Our approach combines clinical experience, modern chiropractic techniques, and movement science to provide safe, effective care backed by current research.
Long-Term Results
Our goal is to help you move better, feel stronger, and stay healthy long after your pain is gone. We educate you, support you, and give you the tools to maintain your progress.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It.
See how patients have restored movement, built strength, and returned to the activities they enjoy most.
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Dr. Luke Bergner is a fantastic coach and guide. I can’t say enough good things about his approach. He truly listens, educates, and tailors his input and exercises to meet me where I am, while encouraging me to challenge myself. He builds confidence and strength! He’s thoughtful, flexible, encouraging, and thorough. I have autoimmune symptoms that were causing pain and limiting my lifestyle. Dr. Luke asked questions, learned, and provided me with options so that I could adapt to my symptoms day by day and still move forward. I’m grateful and glad that I went to see Dr. Luke!
Nickie
I am very pleased with the results I got from my experience working with Dr. Luke on some back/hip issues. I was leery with his different approach to address my discomfort but his treatment really does seek to rebuild you and give you a long-term fix. He is extremely flexible and worked around some crazy travel plans I had during our time together to make sure I still got the results I wanted. I cannot recommend enough at least taking a phone call with him to discuss any long-term, lingering pain issues you might have to see if you'd be a good fit for one of his programs.
JUSTIN
I went to see Dr. Luke at the recommendation of my sister to see about some SI Joint pain that was limiting my strength and mobility. This was about two weeks from a CrossFit competition, and I didn’t know if I was going to be able to compete as well as I knew I could. Within those two weeks, Dr. Luke worked with me to regain my strength and mobility so that I was able to compete and compete well. I would recommend him to anyone not only because of his expertise, but also his determination to keep people moving and to keep them doing what it is they enjoying doing.
Dylen
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. We treat the irritated tendon and forearm muscles directly, check the wrist, shoulder, and neck for contributing problems, and build the progressive strengthening the tendon needs to handle load again.
Very possibly. Gripping too tightly, hitting fat shots, and long sessions off range mats all spike the load on the inner elbow tendons. We look at the loading pattern behind your pain, and a golf pro can tidy the swing faults alongside.
Usually not entirely. We manage your round and practice volume while the tendon settles, and most golfers keep playing in some form throughout rehab, which typically runs 6 to 12 weeks. Lifters with the same condition get the same approach, modified rather than banned.
There is no magic number, but sudden jumps are the pattern we see, like doubling your range sessions before a trip or an event. Hitting off mats also concentrates more shock into the elbow than grass, so factor that in when volume climbs.
Grip pressure and grip size are worth checking, since strangling the club works the forearm tendons overtime. A counterforce strap below the elbow can take the edge off during rounds, but load management and strength matter far more than equipment.
The muscles that flex your wrist and fingers all anchor to the sore spot on the inner elbow, so every grip pulls directly on the irritated tendon. Rebuilding that tendon's tolerance is why gripping stops hurting.
Yes. Nerve irritation from the neck can mimic or amplify elbow pain, which is one reason elbow problems that ignore the neck sometimes refuse to resolve. We screen it as standard.
Strengthening is the treatment with the strongest evidence for tendon problems. Gentle stretching can ease symptoms, but progressive loading is what changes the tendon.
Injections can ease pain short term, but recurrence rates are high and outcomes at a year tend to favor rehab. We treat them as a fallback, not a first step.
See a doctor if you have numbness or tingling into the ring and little fingers, significant weakness, locking of the elbow, or pain following a distinct injury.
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