Arm and hand pain: Self-treatment for flexors


Arm pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Hand pain, Neuromuscular therapy, Repetitive strain injury (RSI), Self-treatment tips

Sometimes stretching isn’t enough and you need manual treatment to relieve pain in your forearm and hand. If you have hand strength, here are a few self-treatment tips that I give patients in my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. More tips will be included in the following posts. This one is for the finger and […]

May 30, 2010

Arm and hand pain: Voice recognition software


Arm pain, Chronic pain, Hand pain, Repetitive strain, Repetitive strain injury (RSI)

Voice recognition software may be necessary for those who have sustained a damaging Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Effective treatment soon after arm and hand pain symptoms appear can prevent a long lasting chronic pain condition, but since this injury is increasing alarmingly with the widespread everyday use of computers, voice recognition software may become more […]

April 30, 2010

Arm and hand pain: Carpal tunnel syndrome


Arm pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Hand pain, Repetitive strain, Repetitive strain injury (RSI), Self-treatment tips, Thumb pain, Wrist pain

Of all the arm and hand pain conditions and syndromes that can be treated, carpal tunnel syndrome is the one that is most often misdiagnosed and the one for which unnecessary surgeries are most often performed. See other conditions and causes in the post on Arm and hand pain: A Checklist of Causes. I was […]

April 2, 2010

Arm and hand pain causes: Repetitive stress


Arm pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Chronic pain, Hand pain, Repetitive strain, Repetitive strain injury (RSI), Understanding pain, Wrist pain

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 […]

December 28, 2009

Arm and hand pain: Checklist of causes, conditions and muscles


Arm pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Hand pain, Repetitive strain injury (RSI), Thumb pain, Wrist pain

This is the beginning of a series on arm and hand pain which will include thumb pain, hand pain, finger pain, wrist pain, forearm pain and elbow pain. General physiological considerations will be reviewed that affect all of these conditions and syndromes. As a Neuromuscular Therapist practicing in the Metro West Boston area, I have […]

November 10, 2009