Sandy Springs 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 Sandy Springs chiropractic clients! – forearm pain may be an issue. Chiropractic care at Cross Chiropractic Center can help with diagnosis, relieving treatment and specific exercise recommendations to strengthen and stretch muscle tendons causing 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 an intricate combination of flexibility, elasticity, and strength predisposing them to pain and weakness. (1) The hand and its motions engage many muscle tendons that originate 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 using them. Strengthening exercises and rest may assist in relieving 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 often 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) Cross Chiropractic Center will figure out what is causing the pain with a good examination and come up with the treatment plan to address the pain and keep it in check.

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 begin 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) Cross Chiropractic Center will work with you to ensure your form is proper 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 incorporates spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise.

Make your Sandy Springs chiropractic appointment soon. Cross Chiropractic Center helps many Sandy Springs patients with forearm tendinitis due to computer typing and mouse use.