Tendonitis Pain In Right Hand, Wrist, Top Of Hand, Knuckles, Fingers, and Forearm

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Tendonitis Pain In Right Hand, Wrist, Top Of Hand, Knuckles, Fingers, and Forearm

by Jay L.
(Calgary, Canada)

I have had the electro tests on my nerves and they do not believe I have carpal tunnel. The doctor there told me it is more likely to be tendonitis.

Does this make sense? All the sites I have researched do not show tendinitis causing pain through the hand and knuckles.

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Joshua Answers:

Hi Jay.

It's true, most sources don't think of Tendonitis as anything other that a very site specific injury or source of pain.

Unfortunately, that's just now how the body works. The body does not work in isolation. Everything is connected. Everything responds and compensates and shifts to each and every tiny change.

It's also useful to notice that you doctor has no idea what is causing your pain.

You could have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and have just fine results from the nerve conduction testing.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which is nothing but a label for a set of symptoms, can be VERY similar to Wrist Tendonitis.

If you have a Pain Causing Dynamic, whether it's mild or acute, you can have all sorts of pain throughout the area.

Tell me more about your symptoms, your activities, the history of this, etc, in as much detail as possible, and I'll have a better idea of what's going on.

Joshua Tucker, B.A., C.M.T.
The Tendonitis Expert
www.TendonitisExpert.com

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Feb 04, 2011
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pain in top of hand
by: danny

i have been experiencing a lot of pain in the top of my right hand, lately it causes my discomfort the pain is quite sharp sometimes and it feels really tight strain .

Mar 13, 2012
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similar issue - Tendonitis Pain In Right Hand, Wrist, Top Of Hand, Knuckles, Fingers, and Forearm
by: Amy

I realize this is in regards to an old post, but I've recently had a similar issue. The pain is on the back of my hand, between the ring and pinky fingers...sometimes extending to the wrist. In a neutral position, it seems okay, but certain movements can bring me to my knees, even something as mundane as hooking and unhooking my bra.

When I have to stand from the floor or a recliner, i can't push up with my palms, I have to make a fist and push like that...opinion?

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Joshua Comments:

Plenty of opinion, always! :)

But first, more details:

1. When you push off with a fist, does it hurt at all?

2. If you standing and you put your hand flat on a surface (table, counter) and push, does it hurt? Like pushing out of a chair?

3. If your arm/wrist is flat (as opposed to when it's bent back to push off the floor/chair) and you push, does it hurt?

4. If your wrist is bent forward and you push, does it hurt?

5. When you say pain 'extending to the wrist', what does that mean, exactly?

6. Describe the pain symptoms, and any other symptoms.

Mar 19, 2012
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specifics...hmm
by: Amy

Okay, let me see if I can answer all these, lol.

1. If I am pushing down with a fist, it does not hurt AT ALL, as long as I keep my wrist straight.

2. If I'm standing and push down, I do feel a bit of pain on the outside of my wrist...nothing I can't handle, though. I just try not to push too hard! :)

3. If arm is flat and I push against something, absolutely no pain.

4. Forgive my language, but it hurts like hell if I bend my wrist forward and try to keep my fingers straight. With my right hand, I can bend my fingers forward enough to touch underneath my wrist. Impossible for my left.

5. Describe "extending to the wrist". Hmm. This is hard. I'll try to incorporate question 6 with this as well. The pain seems to mainly occur on the top of my hand between the wrist and the knuckle on my pinky and ring fingers. If I am doing some sort of activity, it hurts mainly on top of my hand. If I am resting or otherwise doing nothing, the pain seems to be mainly on the outside of the wrist.

This all started about four or five weeks ago. Everything I had read thus far about tendonitis states that when folks have flare ups, they generally don't last more than two weeks. I was really putting off having to go to the doctor if it was something silly. I've worn a rigid brace for a week or two, and that did good, considering it kept the wrist from the movements that cause pain; however, it wasn't getting any better, so I discontinued that.

Thanks so much for your opinions, there isn't too much I can find.

Mar 20, 2012
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Joshua Comments:

Oh...if only flare ups lasted two weeks...

Let me rephrase that. They either do, or they don't.

The body does weird things. Sometimes you just hurt for a bit for no good reason, and it goes away. *shrug*

The pain can be due to a number of things, but ultimately that action fires muscles and associated factors etc a certain way which triggers a PAIN signal to fire.

So, you're options as I see them:

1. Wait it out and see what happens.

2. Learn How To Reduce Inflammation, Ice Dip a bunch, and see what happens. Might as well squeeze your forearm muscles regularly, locate tight spots, and squeeze extra.

3. Get the Reversing Wrist Tendonitis ebook and do everything it says.

That will be a good tool if this does happen to just go away...but come back again in the future.

The danger is, due to the Pain Causing Dynamic, the pain you have now is setting you up for more pain in the future.

Break the dynamic now, and get the ecology of your forearm (which attaches to structures in your wrist and is the real culprit, ultimately) happy again. That's my favored plan of attack.

Having said that, I'm as lazy as the next guy, and I often wait things out just to see what happens.

More questions, more answers.

Apr 03, 2012
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Also wrist and top of hand pain
by: Loribeth

The top of my hand and wrist have been hurting also. I just noticed this in the last couple days. It seems to be more severe after driving for a little while. Also some in typing but I think that's just from the use of my hands, nothing similar to carpal tunnel. I have looked up the symptoms for that and they don't match.
It's my right hand. The top (or back side) between my ring finger/pinky finger and wrist. My wrist hurts on the underneath side and some in the palm. I can't think of anything I've done to injure it and I can't see anything wrong from looking at it.
I guess maybe it's just tendonitis? I've had it in my elbow and ankle before and I know you have to stop using it if possible so it can heal.
Not sure if I have a question other than if you think that it sounds like tendonitis and if I'm correct to try to not use it. (Although with an office job that may be hard to do).
Thanks!! :)

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Joshua Comments:

You said "...I know you have to stop using it if possible so it can heal.". You -think- that because that's what you've been told by doctors and the internet. There's no truth to it, for a variety of reasons, including, what's to heal?

Are you injured? No injury, no need to 'heal'.

There are other factors, of course, that cause pain. But I'm no fan of Rest.

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