Overview

Please see conventional, complementary, and alternative medical treatments for important background information regarding the different types of medical treatments discussed on this page. Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative treatments that may be considered include:

Differential Diagnosis

The differential diagnosis of elbow pain includes the following:
  • Sprain
  • Strain
  • Fracture

Treatment

  • Acupuncture:
    • SI-3 (proximal 5th MCP; open Du-meridian)
    • UB-60 (close Du-meridian)
    • LI-7 (Xi-Cleft)
    • LI-5
    • LI-11
    • LI-1
    • St-38 (anterior St-40)
    • UB-17 (T7; move Xue)
    • Lu-5 (pain of shoulder, upper arm, tennis elbow, hand - relaxes sinews and activates channel [PIHMA]).
    • Lu-6 (pain of elbow & upper arm).
    • St-36 (corresponding leg point of the lateral elbow) [Backer2010, pg 132].
    • Sp-9 (corresponding leg point of the medial elbow) [Backer2010, pg 132].

References