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 […]
Tendonitis is a common complaint treated in my Neuromuscular Therapy center Southwest of Boston. Tendonitis means inflammation of a tendon. A tendon is the fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. The muscle contracts (shortens) to move that bone. When a muscle is too tight, it pulls on the tendons which can result […]
At my Neuromuscular Therapy clinic near Boston, treatment in the case of Ruby Q. addressed her chronic upper body tension but focused part of each session on the recent acute thumb and wrist pain that was making it difficult for her to work. In the first treatment, all of the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles were […]