Arm and hand pain causes: Golf elbow


Arm pain, Elbow pain

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 […]

April 6, 2010

Arm and hand pain: Tennis elbow


Arm pain, Elbow pain, Tendonitis

This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” In my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston, I treat arm and hand pain caused by sports injuries. Tennis elbow, medically known as lateral epicondylitis is characterized by pain at the outer elbow and/or inflammation […]

April 5, 2010

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