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

Thumb and wrist pain: 6 Self-treatment tips


Arm pain, Hand pain, Repetitive strain injury (RSI), Stretching (Active Isolated method), Thumb pain, Wrist pain

Here are 6 tips for treating your painful thumb and wrist that I teach in my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. There are two basic stretches, three tips for self-applied pressure and one strengthening exercise. Stretch for thumb tendonitis (deQuervains tenosynovitis): Enclose your thumb in your fist and cock your wrist till you feel a […]

June 5, 2009