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Manahawkin 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 at times. If computers and their accessories are a key of your life - as they are for so many Manahawkin chiropractic clients! – forearm pain may be a problem. Chiropractic care at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 modification in activity requiring 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 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 develop pain due to overuse or non-ergonomic equipment or poor form while utilizing 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) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center will start with a comprehensive exam to verify the source of your pain and establish a relieving treatment plan. It’s a very common issue that is helped with treatment and exercise.

EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN FOREARM MUSCLE TENDONS

Beyond making better ergonomic equipment choices like a keyboard with better ergonomics and/or mouse, exercising the forearm tendon muscles 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 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) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center will work with you to ensure your form is proper so that you get the most from doing them.

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Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment soon. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center helps many Manahawkin patients with forearm tendinitis due to computer typing and mouse use.

Manahawkin Chiropractic Center details what forearm tendinitis is, its tie for many people to computer keyboarding and mouse use and how chiropractic can help. 
 
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