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Tendonitis In Forearms
Well, I have been wanting to ignore it, but I think I have tendonitis in my arms. I do hair all day then come home and pole. I do not plan on stopping either. I need hair to make my living and pole to keep my sanity and challenge myself. I am not calling my doctor YET because they usually do nothing and tell me nothing to help with stuff like this anyway. I am not contacting a physical therapist yet because insurance will not cover it. My pain happens when doing a blow out on a client or after a longer pole session. It is usually pretty bad for 30 mins or so then fades by morning to a dull pain. It will eventually go away, but always comes back. I am here looking for exercises or stretches to help heal this because I have read that if it is not to terrible it can be helped. Also, I am wondering if wrapping my forearms for practice can help?? WOuld Dicks Sports have something like this??? I have long skinny arms. I have always had issues with them and sports. I had to wrap them in cheer leading and tennis back in the day. Please know that I will eventually see a professional as well. Just trying to figure out my best option on who to call because I do not think my family doctor is my best option. Thanks, Ladies!!!!! Pole on!!!!!!!!
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How often do you do the forearm stretch? It sounds like you need it both after poling and hairdressing.
If you won't find any stretch or other exercise that helps maybe you should consider treatment for a period of time with NSAIDs.
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I would recommend getting a copy of this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Trigger-Point-Therapy-Workbook-Self-Treatment/dp/1572243759/
It took me 2 days of self-treatment to get rid of my upper back pain and inflammation that 7 months of rehab had done nothing to fix. I'm finally back on my pole and progressing into new move territory and my forearms are taking a beating from all the SG work I'm doing now. I've found the forearm section of the book helpful with that.
If you're not already doing them, you should also be doing Veena's wrist conditioning exercises. If you have strong, Popeye forearms, they're less likely to get irritated by being used. And, as Lina said, stretch them out!
Good luck. Chronic injuries are sooooo frustrating. *hugs*
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Thanks ladies!! All wonderful ideas!!! I am renewing the lessons here very soon. I think I will check that book out as well. Thanks!!!
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Thanks ladies!! All wonderful ideas!!! I am renewing the lessons here very soon. I think I will check that book out as well. Thanks!!!
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Thanks ladies!! All wonderful ideas!!! I am renewing the lessons here very soon. I think I will check that book out as well. Thanks!!!
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I love trigger point massage and trigger point acupuncture for my wrist flexors. I would not be poling without them. I also stretch after poling and really, all day long if I’m idle enough.
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I agree with kasanya on treating your trigger points. Trigger point therapy helps a lot of people, but unless you have palpation experience, you're likely to need a map to find the trigger points. Maybe the book mentioned includes such a map. Another option for treating acute tendonitis (sharp, shooting, burning pain), is ice. You can use a cold pack, or a bag of ice, and apply it to the injured area. The ice will help decrease inflammation and also helps decrease pain. Keep it on for ten minutes, or until the region feels numb, whichever happens first. If the tendonitis is subacute (injury is older, no longer inflamed) you could try contrast hydrotherapy, which is using ice for 10-30 seconds, followed by heat for 3-5 minutes, repeat 2-3 times, ending with cold. The cold helps decrease swelling and allows the circulation to carry waste products away, while heat brings fresh nutrition back to the injured area. This is important, because tendons have a poor blood supply. I use this approach with my patients, and it is successful in decreasing pain and speeding up healing. However, the one approach that helps even more, is rest. You may or may not be willing to rest, but you're likely to find that you feel better after you've been away on vacation, or after a long holiday weekend.
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I am not sure it is even tendinitis. I will have to eventually find out. A client who does physical therapy who I saw in my chair today told me it just sounds like over use injury.
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tendinitis is often a repetetive strain injury, which is also overuse. I'm a registered massage therapist, and tendinitis is one of the conditions I see most. Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow are specific types of tendinitis. It is very common. If you see a massage therapist – even if for just a half hour treatment, he/she should be able to tell you without insisting you commit to a lengthy treatment plan.
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I have tendonitis too but it's in my thumb joint where my thumb connects to my hand. I work in a research lab and got it from repetitive motion (pipetting and opening machine tightened screw cap vials). It was so bad that I had to stop lab work and do some office work for a while (under doctor's orders). The tendonitis eventually caused me to have weak wrists as well. I was in a thumb stabilizer followed by a wrist tensor for god knows how long and I even had to stop pole for a while.
My doctor didn't really prescribe anything. She told me to ice it for 5mins in the morning and 5mins every evening and take Advil to help with the inflammation. It will never fully go away and things will always agitate it again…like now. I am trying to ignore it and pole too so I totally understand how you feel. Side note: I'm not surprised if it is tendonitis if you work with hair. My aunt is hair dresser and also has tendonitis. =[ Anyway, try the ice and Advil for now.
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The trigger point book has the maps Inky was talking about. I was amazed to discover it was a knot hiding behind my collar bone that was causing all my rhomboid pain! Who would have thought? It's very strange how knots in one part of the body actually refer pain to completely different spots.
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