Oxford 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 cause havoc on arms and necks and wrists at times. If computers and their accessories are a key of your life - as they are for so many Oxford chiropractic clients! – forearm pain may be a problem. Chiropractic care at Satterwhite Chiropractic can help with diagnosis, relieving treatment and specific exercise recommendations to strengthen and stretch muscle tendons contributing to forearm tendinitis and forearm pain.
FOREARM TENDINITIS
Chronic tendon injuries are common and often linked to occupational issues like a alteration in activity involving the use of that tendon. Tendons are a complex combination of flexibility, elasticity, and strength predisposing them to pain and weakness. (1) The hand and its motions engage many muscle tendons that begin in the hand or insert into it from outside the hand like external tendons from the forearm. (2) In tendinitis, these muscle tendons may thicken and develop pain 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) Satterwhite Chiropractic will start with a solid exam to verify the source of your pain and set a relieving treatment plan. It is a very common issue that is helped with treatment and exercise.
EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN FOREARM MUSCLE TENDONS
Beyond using better ergonomic equipment choices like an ergonomic keyboard and/or mouse, forearm muscle exercises can help. Strengthen the tendons with wrist extension and flexion exercises with a light weight of a pound or two. Ball squeeze exercises repeated 15-20 times is helpful, but begin with gentle squeezes and expand to stronger squeezes. Stretching exercises where you hold your arm out straight, palm facing down with the other hand drawing your fingers toward your forearm will help preserve the suppleness of these forearm tendons. (4) Satterwhite Chiropractic will partner 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 describes the treatment of shoulder and arm pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise.
Make your Oxford chiropractic appointment soon. Satterwhite Chiropractic helps many Oxford patients with forearm tendinitis due to computer typing and mouse use.
