Elbow, wrist and hand pain treatment in Midland.

Usually not first. Imaging turns up wear and tear in plenty of elbows and wrists that feel perfectly fine, so a picture does not always name the cause, and nerve testing is worth doing when the exam points there rather than before it. We start hands-on: we load the tendon, test the nerve, and check the shoulder blade and neck feeding the whole arm. If imaging or testing is genuinely needed, we will help you get it. In Texas you do not need a physician referral to see a physical therapist, so you can start with the evaluation and stop guessing.

Complete rest is usually the slower road. Tendons get stronger from load, they just need the right amount of it, and a hand that does nothing for weeks comes back less able to handle what your job asks of it. Real numbness, weakness and sharp pain are the lines we do not cross, and we will show you exactly where yours are. Because you work one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist, every visit, the dose gets adjusted while you are in the room.

Tendons respond to how much you use the arm all day, so the honest answer comes after we see what you are asking of it. You get that answer at the end of your evaluation, not a number pulled out of the air beforehand. Either way it is a plan with an endpoint: the four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform and Prevent, each with a job and a way to know you have finished it. If cost is the actual question, ask for the free benefits check. We are in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, 90 Degree Benefit, UMR and Curative, and we see out-of-network and self-pay patients too.