La Grande Forearm Pain due to Computer Keyboarding and Mouse Use Benefit from Chiropractic Care
Computer-related arm pain. Forearm pain. Computers, keyboards, and their mice can reek havoc on arms and necks and wrists sometimes. If computers and their accessories are a key of your life - as they are for so many La Grande chiropractic clients! – forearm pain may be a problem. Chiropractic care at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC can help with diagnosis, relieving treatment and specific exercise recommendations to stretch and strengthen muscle tendons contributing to forearm tendinitis and forearm pain.
FOREARM TENDINITIS
Chronic tendon injuries are quite usual and often related to occupational issues like a modification in activity involving the use of that tendon. Tendons are an intricate combination of flexibility, elasticity, and strength triggering a painful reaction and weakness. (1) The hand and its motions involve many muscle tendons that start in the hand or insert into it beyond the hand like external tendons from the forearm. (2) In tendinitis, these muscle tendons may thicken and become painful due to overuse or non-ergonomic equipment or poor form while utilizing them. Strengthening exercises and rest may help relieve the pain. Mainly due to overuse, forearm tendinitis results from inflammation, irritation, redness, and swelling of the tendons in the wrist and elbow. (3) Pain in one area like in the forearm is frequently not isolated, so weakness in other areas like the shoulder need attention, too. (4) Chiropractic care may benefit other arm pain issues, like radial nerve entrapments and lateral elbow epicondyle pain into the lower arm which increase when using a mouse in computer work. (5) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC will start with a comprehensive exam to verify the source of your pain and set a relieving treatment plan. It’s a very common issue that is managed with treatment and exercise.
EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN FOREARM MUSCLE TENDONS
Beyond using better ergonomic equipment choices like a keyboard with better ergonomics and/or mouse, forearm muscle exercises can help. Wrist extension and flexion exercises with a light weight of a pound or two help strengthen the muscle tendons. Ball squeeze exercises performed 15-20 times is helpful, but start with gentle squeezes and build up to stronger squeezes. Stretching exercises that have you hold your arm out straight, palm facing down with the other hand pulling your fingers toward your forearm will help keep these forearm muscle tendons supple. (4) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC will work with you to ensure proper form so that you benefit most from doing them.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Steven Baroody on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the treatment of shoulder and arm pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment now. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC helps many La Grande patients with forearm tendinitis due to computer typing and mouse use.
