This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” The previous post reviews general issues. This entry is a list of 8 factors that can cause or perpetuate pain. Treating RSI pain is a specialty at The Abbott Center for Neuromuscular Therapy near […]
This is part of a series on the causes of arm and hand pain. To see the general list, go back to the checklist of causes. The supinator and both pronator muscles are located right in the forearm. They cause pain locally and down into the wrist and thumb. The brachioradialis is a longer muscle […]
This is part of a series on the causes of arm and hand pain. To see the general list, go back to the checklist of causes. The scalene muscles have two important contributions to arm and hand pain. First is that the scaleni are the first point of entrapment for the nerves and blood vessels […]
This is a series on arm and hand pain causes. If you missed the beginning, go back to the Checklist. Treating arm and hand pain is an important part of my Neuromuscular Therapy practice near Boston. The flexor muscles are on the fleshy belly side of the forearm and attach to the bony prominence of […]
This is a series on arm and hand pain causes. If you missed the beginning, go back to the Checklist. Treating arm and hand pain is an important part of my Neuromuscular Therapy practice near Boston. The extensor muscles are located on the back of the forearm (dorsum, like the dorsal fin of a fish) […]
This is a series on the causes of arm and hand pain. There is a checklist for you at the beginning of this series. We all hold our stress in different places depending on our personalities and life situations. I think we all understand from our own experience that negative emotions produce muscle tension. Healing […]
This is a series on the causes of arm and hand pain. There is a checklist for you at the beginning of this series. “Sit up straight!” your mother would correct you. It wasn’t only because you looked bad slumped over, she knew that it was bad for your back, probably because she suffered from […]
Repetitive stress and Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) are, in my opinion, the most common cause of arm and hand pain. Treatment of these injuries are a specialty in my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. This post is part of a series on the causes of arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go […]
This is a series about the causes of arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the checklist or just scroll back to read previous entries. Often the cause of arm and hand pain emerges after delving into a person’s past medical history and finding a forgotten injury or surgery. You […]
This is a series about the causes of arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the checklist. This is one of the most common perpetuating factors for chronic pain that I treat in my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. Whenever the skeleton is asymmetrical, the muscles are affected. Our bodies […]