What is the name of the condition which effects the joints of the elbow and lower arm?

Question

causing pain and discomfort after prolonged periods using a mouse or keypad? The symptoms are gradually getting worse after only a few minutes in the pc.

Answer 1

Repetitive stress injuries (RSI) are a group of conditions generally caused by placing too much stress on a joint, and they vary in type and severity. Most repetitive stress injuries are linked to the stress of repetitive motions at the computer or overuse injuries in sports.

Conditions that occur as the result of repetitive stress injuries include the following.

Carpal tunnel syndrome: swelling inside a narrow "tunnel" formed by bone and ligament in the wrist; the tunnel surrounds nerves that conduct sensory and motor impulses to and from the hand, leading to pain, tingling, and numbness

Epicondylitis: elbow soreness often known as "tennis elbow"

Ganglion cyst: swelling or lump in the wrist resulting from jelly-like substance that has leaked from a joint or tendon sheath

Tendonitis: tearing and inflammation of tendons connecting bones to muscles.

Proper computer placement, correct typing and sitting positions, and well-designed furniture will make your environment ergonomic (which means to make equipment use less fatiguing and uncomfortable) and prevent future injuries.

In computer usage - as with other equipment - the goal is to decrease both force and repetition, to ensure adequate rest breaks, and to achieve good positioning and good support


Wrists should be in a neutral position for typing or using the mouse, not overly flexed or extended. A wrist rest can keep the hands in the neutral position. The angle of the elbows should be 90 degrees relative to the upper arms. The elbows should be close to the side of the body so you don't bend your wrists to the side when typing.

Treatments can include cold application to reduce swelling and pain and rest to reduce irritation and speed up healing. Once the swelling and pain have gone away, a rehabilitation program to exercise the muscles slowly and prevent loss of movement in the joint may be useful.

Answer 2

Start with a massage therapist for back, shoulders including the front, neck and down the arms
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies teaches about muscles, pain and referred pain (and what to do)

Answer 3

Carpal tunnel syndrome - to ease it you can start with ibuprofen, it helped me for years. Then they had to do surgery on both of my wrists.

Answer 4

Repetitive motion syndrome. It is called carpel tunnel or maybe you are thinking of tendinitis.

Answer 5

Carpal tunnel and tennis elbow.

Answer 6

May be your bone density is low,Check it.
Meanwhile talk to 1-800-433-1213 and ask them.

Answer 7

Tendonitis I believe

Answer 8

Are you thinking of "tennis elbow"? I have suffered with this in the past and it is excrutiatingly painful.....

Answer 9

repetitive strain injury...and could also be carpal tunnell syndrome