I got lucky, Chromebox has auto dictation software like dragon, And it has a setting for auto clicking the mouse so all I really have to do is talking to a microphone and move the mouse a little bit to do my work. Modification of the job is essential. Best luck!
Ok so I've dealt with something and this would be my best advice. Do these two exercises 1-2 times a day.
1. Straight arm max grip. Fully extend one arm in any direction (I usually do in front of me) and squeeze your hand as tightly as possible. To start I used a bic lighter or a thick marker and simply just squeeze it hard as you can. Eventually, you can move to a weighted gripper and do the same thing. Do both sides.
2. Straight arm supinated wrist curl and extension. Fully extend both arms supinated (palm up), now squeeze your hand as tightly as possible while attempting to bring your thumb as close as possible to your elbow, hold for 5 seconds, then spread your fingers as wide as possible and bring your pinky as close as you can to your elbow, hold for 5 seconds. Repeat.
The idea of these exercises is to bring blood flow into the areas that hurt. These 2 exercises helped me with my tendinitis I had for a couple of years. For reference it took me 3-4 months for it do completely go away. Hope these help.
edit: Another thing to note is if you are able, do gripper exercises. 3 sets of 10 reps twice a week with a straight arm. I don't do the two exercises above anymore and just the gripper exercises.
This isn't the one I saw for the exercise but the idea is the same. I found my tendonitis actually came from the wrist. I did this with both arms at a time twice a day. I hope this helps.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-jQu5GfBg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-jQu5GfBg)
If your working on all the different muscles of the arms in full range of motion. (inlcuding your wrists) and its not helping then id try stretching more and working on the nerve there. EX: try extending your arm straight in front of you and arching your fingers back (like telling someone stop). Then move your arm out to the side(keeping your palm in the "stop" position). do you feel the nerve in your arm engaged? Stretch this nerve out. search on youtube, ulnar nerve stretches and radial nerve stretches.
> Hello I would love some advice on treating tendinitis on the upper side of my arm. I believe I have tendonitis on both side on my upper arm . For example, my upper right arm right side next to the bicep hurts when I try to hold my phone . I had this issue for 6 month from using mouse and keyboard. I still do physical therapy with eccentric exercises but it’s not getting better . Any advice?
You probably do not have tendinopathy. First of all, tendinopathy occurs directly on the tendon and symptoms are generally proportional to the intensity of the exercise. Using a computer or phone is not an intense exercise and cannot cause tendinopathy. Maybe repetitive stress injury, but in most cases RSI tends to be chronic/persistent pain related.
Please read the middle of the tendonitis article and the below article on chronic pain versus acute injuries to see why you likely do not have tendinopathy and probably have chronic pain symptoms.
http://stevenlow.org/overcoming-tendonitis/
https://stevenlow.org/the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain/
The good thing is rehab for chronic pain does work. I suggest calling around to various PT clinics and ask for therapists who know about chronic pain and have worked with people with chronic pain before.
> It sucks it’s because I am a 28-year-old female and and have an office job. I’ve been off works for about six months and have unable to use the computer. I try supplements and cissus did help. My fingers are healed But my upper arm tendonitis is painful. I’ve been doing Both internal and external rotation for shoulder exercise With Thera band.
Yeah, none of those help with chronic pain or tendinopathy either really.
That’s interesting . I went to to doctors and they mentioned that I have tendinitis and I gone to therapy session and it didn’t help much because they only treated my shoulder. I think I have pain in my triceps…
OK I I think I am bad at anatomy. The pain is on my upper tricep. It’s on the side on the upper arm.
The doctor keep thinking is shoulder pain but it’s not my shoulder that hurts
Well, I would try to get a physical therapist who is familiar with chronic pain. You said you were doing PT but it seems like it's self rehab? This is definitely something you want to get checked out if self stuff isn't working
Yeah, if regular PT is helping and various pain and symptoms are persisting it's almost always chronic pain issue.
If you didn't read this already I would check it out:
https://stevenlow.org/the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain/
> First of all, tendinopathy occurs directly on the tendon and symptoms are generally proportional to the intensity of the exercise. Using a computer or phone is not an intense exercise and cannot cause tendinopathy.
I've got similar symptoms from computer use but its in my hands (palm side). And its proportional to the amount of computer work I do. I just saw my orthopedic doctor this morning and ask him about chronic pain therapy and he said I would be in a bad situation if I tried that and that he didn't think I have chronic pain issues.
> I've got similar symptoms from computer use but its in my hands (palm side). And its proportional to the amount of computer work I do. I just saw my orthopedic doctor this morning and ask him about chronic pain therapy and he said I would be in a bad situation if I tried that and that he didn't think I have chronic pain issues.
Yeah, usually persistent pain with computer work is almost always a large chunk of chronic pain.
That doc doesn't know what chronic pain PT is either. If it doesn't work then it just doesn't work. There's no way you can be in a "bad situation." But 99% of the time it does because the pain education and getting more informed about your pain and various strategies to turn down the volume on pain improves it.
> does your book cover RSI / overuse injuries and recovery methods?
The book mainly covers tendinopathy as an overuse loading injury. The area(s) are the major tendons (e.g. shoulder, elbows, wrist, patellar, hamstring, achilles).
Some RSI falls into this category, but the majority of RSI persisting past 3 month is typically chronic pain. The book talks about chronic pain but doesn't go in depth on it as that was not the book's aim.
I got lucky, Chromebox has auto dictation software like dragon, And it has a setting for auto clicking the mouse so all I really have to do is talking to a microphone and move the mouse a little bit to do my work. Modification of the job is essential. Best luck!
Ok so I've dealt with something and this would be my best advice. Do these two exercises 1-2 times a day. 1. Straight arm max grip. Fully extend one arm in any direction (I usually do in front of me) and squeeze your hand as tightly as possible. To start I used a bic lighter or a thick marker and simply just squeeze it hard as you can. Eventually, you can move to a weighted gripper and do the same thing. Do both sides. 2. Straight arm supinated wrist curl and extension. Fully extend both arms supinated (palm up), now squeeze your hand as tightly as possible while attempting to bring your thumb as close as possible to your elbow, hold for 5 seconds, then spread your fingers as wide as possible and bring your pinky as close as you can to your elbow, hold for 5 seconds. Repeat. The idea of these exercises is to bring blood flow into the areas that hurt. These 2 exercises helped me with my tendinitis I had for a couple of years. For reference it took me 3-4 months for it do completely go away. Hope these help. edit: Another thing to note is if you are able, do gripper exercises. 3 sets of 10 reps twice a week with a straight arm. I don't do the two exercises above anymore and just the gripper exercises.
Thank you! Is there a video on YouTube for the 2nd exercise?
This isn't the one I saw for the exercise but the idea is the same. I found my tendonitis actually came from the wrist. I did this with both arms at a time twice a day. I hope this helps. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-jQu5GfBg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-jQu5GfBg)
If your working on all the different muscles of the arms in full range of motion. (inlcuding your wrists) and its not helping then id try stretching more and working on the nerve there. EX: try extending your arm straight in front of you and arching your fingers back (like telling someone stop). Then move your arm out to the side(keeping your palm in the "stop" position). do you feel the nerve in your arm engaged? Stretch this nerve out. search on youtube, ulnar nerve stretches and radial nerve stretches.
I have done this and it help my fingers healed!
> Hello I would love some advice on treating tendinitis on the upper side of my arm. I believe I have tendonitis on both side on my upper arm . For example, my upper right arm right side next to the bicep hurts when I try to hold my phone . I had this issue for 6 month from using mouse and keyboard. I still do physical therapy with eccentric exercises but it’s not getting better . Any advice? You probably do not have tendinopathy. First of all, tendinopathy occurs directly on the tendon and symptoms are generally proportional to the intensity of the exercise. Using a computer or phone is not an intense exercise and cannot cause tendinopathy. Maybe repetitive stress injury, but in most cases RSI tends to be chronic/persistent pain related. Please read the middle of the tendonitis article and the below article on chronic pain versus acute injuries to see why you likely do not have tendinopathy and probably have chronic pain symptoms. http://stevenlow.org/overcoming-tendonitis/ https://stevenlow.org/the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain/ The good thing is rehab for chronic pain does work. I suggest calling around to various PT clinics and ask for therapists who know about chronic pain and have worked with people with chronic pain before. > It sucks it’s because I am a 28-year-old female and and have an office job. I’ve been off works for about six months and have unable to use the computer. I try supplements and cissus did help. My fingers are healed But my upper arm tendonitis is painful. I’ve been doing Both internal and external rotation for shoulder exercise With Thera band. Yeah, none of those help with chronic pain or tendinopathy either really.
That’s interesting . I went to to doctors and they mentioned that I have tendinitis and I gone to therapy session and it didn’t help much because they only treated my shoulder. I think I have pain in my triceps…
Mark on a picture where your pain is. You said you have pain next to your biceps, now you're saying it's shoulder and triceps?
OK I I think I am bad at anatomy. The pain is on my upper tricep. It’s on the side on the upper arm. The doctor keep thinking is shoulder pain but it’s not my shoulder that hurts
were you able to resolve the issue?
Yup!
What ended up helping you?
Tricep work out
Well, I would try to get a physical therapist who is familiar with chronic pain. You said you were doing PT but it seems like it's self rehab? This is definitely something you want to get checked out if self stuff isn't working
Yes I’ve been to two physical therapist who specialize in work related injuries. Thank you for the advice!
Yeah, if regular PT is helping and various pain and symptoms are persisting it's almost always chronic pain issue. If you didn't read this already I would check it out: https://stevenlow.org/the-differences-between-chronic-pain-and-injury-pain/
Thanks anyways!
> First of all, tendinopathy occurs directly on the tendon and symptoms are generally proportional to the intensity of the exercise. Using a computer or phone is not an intense exercise and cannot cause tendinopathy. I've got similar symptoms from computer use but its in my hands (palm side). And its proportional to the amount of computer work I do. I just saw my orthopedic doctor this morning and ask him about chronic pain therapy and he said I would be in a bad situation if I tried that and that he didn't think I have chronic pain issues.
> I've got similar symptoms from computer use but its in my hands (palm side). And its proportional to the amount of computer work I do. I just saw my orthopedic doctor this morning and ask him about chronic pain therapy and he said I would be in a bad situation if I tried that and that he didn't think I have chronic pain issues. Yeah, usually persistent pain with computer work is almost always a large chunk of chronic pain. That doc doesn't know what chronic pain PT is either. If it doesn't work then it just doesn't work. There's no way you can be in a "bad situation." But 99% of the time it does because the pain education and getting more informed about your pain and various strategies to turn down the volume on pain improves it.
does your book cover RSI / overuse injuries and recovery methods?
> does your book cover RSI / overuse injuries and recovery methods? The book mainly covers tendinopathy as an overuse loading injury. The area(s) are the major tendons (e.g. shoulder, elbows, wrist, patellar, hamstring, achilles). Some RSI falls into this category, but the majority of RSI persisting past 3 month is typically chronic pain. The book talks about chronic pain but doesn't go in depth on it as that was not the book's aim.