Online physical therapy · Elbow Pain
Work one-on-one with a physical therapist by video and follow a plan built for your elbow, at home, without the drive to a clinic.
Some elbow pain needs a medical exam the same day. Go to urgent care or the emergency room if your elbow pain comes with:
If anything like this comes up during your plan, your physical therapist will tell you to get it checked.
A short follow-along exercise from Dr. Alex, the kind our elbow plans start with. We’ll email it to you right away.
For most elbow pain that builds up from use, the heart of physical therapy is exercise: working the forearm and elbow at a level they tolerate and building from there. Your plan usually moves through four stages.
Gentle exercises your elbow tolerates, and changes to how you grip, lift and set up your desk for now.
Bending, straightening and turning your forearm, a little at a time. We check your neck and shoulder too.
Your grip, forearm, upper arm and shoulder, with slow, controlled exercises so the tendons can handle more load.
Your sport, your tools or your keyboard, then a routine you can keep on your own, so you're not starting over at the next flare.
At your first visit (the Body Assessment), your physical therapist asks how the pain started and what sets it off, then watches you move by video: bending and straightening your elbow, turning your palm up and down, gripping, lifting something light, and moving your neck and shoulder, because elbow pain can start higher up the arm. A physical therapist doesn’t diagnose disease; what we find is which movements your elbow tolerates now, which it doesn’t yet, and how to build from one to the other.
Pain on the outside of the elbow from the forearm tendons used to grip and lift, and you don't have to play tennis to get it.
Pain on the inside of the elbow, often from gripping, throwing, swinging or using hand tools.
Hours of typing, mouse work or tool use. Wrist or elbow pain at work? Try this
A new sport, a big project weekend or more games a week than your arm is used to. The most common pickleball injuries
An irritated nerve in the neck can send pain or tingling down to the elbow.
Tingling into the ring and little fingers, often after leaning on the elbow or keeping it bent for a long time.
Elbow pain that builds up from use, like tennis or golfer’s elbow, often settles slowly. Many people see progress over weeks to a few months, especially when they change the activity that set it off and keep the arm working at a level it tolerates. It usually takes longer when the pain has lasted a long time, keeps coming back, or your work loads the arm all day.
Your 8-week plan starts from where you are and changes at every check-in. Every elbow is different, so we won’t promise a timeline, but we will tell you honestly what we see.
Sore from the keyboard? Start here: Wrist or elbow pain at work? Try this
$489 for 8 weeks, about $61 a week
No referral needed. HSA and FSA accepted. Less than the cost of two traditional clinic visits.
Step 1
Talk about what hurts and what you want to get back to.
Step 2
30 minutes by video, from home, in clothes you can move in.
Step 3
Daily exercises in the app, starting the next day.
Step 4
Short video visits whenever something changes.
Dr. Alex is the physical therapist behind motivPT. He works with you by video, watches how you move, and adjusts your plan as you go. Meet Dr. Alex
For most elbow pain that builds up from use, the treatment is exercise and changes to how you use your arm, and both can be delivered by video. Your therapist watches you move on camera, adjusts each exercise and changes the plan as you progress.
No referral is needed. Start with a free 15-minute consult.
Yes. motivPT accepts HSA and FSA cards.
Most elbow programs start with a table, a towel and something light to hold. Your plan includes a FitKit with the equipment it needs.
Tennis elbow usually hurts on the outside of the elbow and golfer's elbow on the inside, and neither needs you to play the sport. Your therapist looks at where it hurts and what sets it off, and builds your plan from there.
A forearm strap makes work or a game more comfortable for some people. It doesn't replace the exercises, and your therapist can tell you whether one makes sense for you.
A break from the activity that flares it can help, but complete rest tends to leave the forearm weaker and less ready for load. Exercise at a level that doesn't flare the pain is usually better, and your therapist shows you where that level is.
Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Who we help: adults 60 and older · families helping a parent · recovery after surgery
Book a free 15-minute consult. We’ll ask what’s going on and tell you honestly whether online PT is a good fit.
Seeing patients in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
