The Cryo IPC elbow wrap is used for many common elbow conditions including 

- Tennis Elbow (outer elbow pain)
- Golfers Elbow (inner elbow pain)
- Elbow sprain
- Elbow strain
- Rotator cuff tear
- Shoulder arthritis flare-ups
- Shoulder falls
- Shoulder sporting injuries
- Post- orthopaedic shoulder surgery
- Post acute shoulder injury
- Elbow bursitis
- Elbow tendonitis
- Worker injury (elbow repetitive stress injury)

What are the benefits of CryoIPC for elbow pain? 

CryoIPC is an elbow therapy that is affordable, personalised and helps get you back to what you love faster. 
Every “wrap” can be purchased separately with a pump, and the same pump can be used for multiple body parts. Benefits include 

- 2-in-1 hospital grade cooling and compression
- Personalised to your injury and fit
- No ice required (an inner gel wrap manages the temperature)
- No water required (so less bacteria risk)
- Programmable treatment time up to 100 mins

What are common symptoms of elbow pain?  

- Elbow pain can cause a sharp pain or a dull ache that worsens with movement of the arm
- There may be visible swelling and tenderness to the touch 
- Clicking or popping sounds 
- Loss of strength in affected elbow
- There may be less flexibility and reduced range of motion
- The elbow may feel stiff, especially after rest or long periods of inactivity
- If there is inflammation or injury, there may be some bruising or discolouration

What are red flags for elbow pain?

If your elbow is red, swollen or hot and the pain is severe and not improving this warrants a visit to your local hospital emergency ward promptly. Serious conditions that cause elbow pain and require urgent attention include 

- Broken bones
- Dislocations
- Neurovascular injury

Aching pain, whilst not usually an emergency can be an inflammatory response due to a response to overuse injury or a systemic inflammatory condition. 

If pain remains longer than 6 weeks, then early intervention by a health professional such as a physiotherapist will optimise your recovery outcome.

- Pins and needles or burning pain with numbness and tingling may be an ulnar nerve condition of the upper limb (however the origin of the location of the condition can come variously from the elbow, shoulder or neck). 

Straightening your elbow, or relieving pressure on your shoulder or neck may improve or relieve this type of pain. 

This is typically not an emergency condition but if it occurs frequently then early intervention by a health professional such as a physiotherapist will optimise your recovery outcome.

Top tip: Measure your elbow pain. Pain is often proportionate to the exercise load, ie more exercise more pain. Using the VAS pain scale, where 0 is no pain and 10/10 is the worst imaginable pain, you should monitor sharp pain from onset to be sure it is not worsening over time, especially when you are not exercising. 

If sharp pain is associated with a loss of range of movement or strength then early intervention by a health professional such as a physiotherapist will optimise your recovery outcome.