This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” Golf elbow, medically known as medial epicondylitis, is pain at the inner elbow, usually from inflammation of the tendons that attach to it. The muscles that hurt are mostly local: 1) the tendons of […]
Cubital tunnel symptoms include inner elbow pain, and pain, tingling, numbness, burning, and weakness down the ulnar forearm and hand to the pinkie and ring fingers. The cubital tunnel is at the inner elbow (medial epicondyle) formed by the dog bone knob of the upper arm bone (humerus). The ulnar nerve goes around it like […]
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 […]
The muscles that move the arm from the shoulder are often implicated in painful conditions in the arms and hands. In my Neuromuscular Therapy practice near Boston, I find this often to be the original source of pain in the arms and the last problem spot to be corrected. Pain in the arms and hands […]
The thumb is used in virtually all activities that involve the arm and hand. The thumb muscles, both the short ones in the hand (intrinsic) and the long ones (extrinsic) that control movement from the forearm are an important source of pain. Activities like texting on cell phones with buttons or emailing on Blackberries cause […]
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 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 […]
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 […]