burning sensation in my arms!!!

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mystixboi1

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OK... so I've already scheduled a doctor's appointment early next week, but a few weeks ago, the fingers on my left hand started twitching. I got a brace for my hand, but I haven't been good at wearing it.

During a lesson last night, I felt a crazy burning sensation on the palm side of my forearm... totally freaked me out. Then I started feeling the same sensation in my right arm too.

I work on a computer all day, then I teach lessons for a few hours at night. Some nights I come home and play guitar... I think I might be overdoing it.

There was a period around 5 years ago where I didn't touch my guitars or play the piano for 6 months. I hope this isn't the case now.
 
Whoa. Mojo. Make sure you keep to that Doctors appointment and try and rest your arm as much as possible till then.
 
Performing stretches may help. I had a similar problem a few months back with "burning" forearms, I located the cause to muscle tightness in my rhomboids, which are the muscles that attach the scapulae (the triangular shaped bones to the left and right of your spine on you back) to the spine. I stretch those out by placing a hand on my hip so as to form a V or triangle, with the arm bent at the elbow, and then pulling that arm forward at the elbow with the other hand. Does that make sense? You should feel your upper back spread apart. It'll probably hurt a bit the first time, but gradually improves. Give it a try and see how you go. If you do, you should also stretch the other side (the pecs/chest). I've had all sorts of injuries the past couple of years (from being too hasty in the gym), so now I try to stretch each bodypart at least 3 times a week. Seems to work well.
 
mystixboi1 said:
CENTER OF FOREARMS>>> CLOSER TO WRIST
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I was told by my doctor a long time ago that some of problems well have that are felt in our hands are actually from the nerves in the arm having knots or scar tissue in the muscle pressing on them or entrapping them. He did Active Release Therapy on my forearms fir similar problems and it made a huge difference. I'd be suspicious if the first thing you were told would be that you need need some sort of carpal tunnel operation or other surgery before having something less invasive done.
 
Mark Wein said:
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I was told by my doctor a long time ago that some of problems well have that are felt in our hands are actually from the nerves in the arm having knots or scar tissue in the muscle pressing on them or entrapping them. He did Active Release Therapy on my forearms fir similar problems and it made a huge difference. I'd be suspicious if the first thing you were told would be that you need need some sort of carpal tunnel operation or other surgery before having something less invasive done.
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thanks mark... CTS was my own diagnosis
 
Deep tissue massage and stretching... Also, if it is both arms, then the area of trouble could be your neck area being out of whack...
 
mystixboi1 said:
thanks mark... CTS was my own diagnosis
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I would just try non-surgical routes first. I don't know ANY guitarist who came back from CTS surgery in better shape then when they started. Most of my problems have been muscular in nature and resolved without any kind of surgery.
 
I had the same thing years ago and it was diagnosed as ulnar neuritis and tendonitis. The Ulnar nerve runs to your elbow and affects your forerams, wrists and hands. They sent me to physical therapy and after about 4 months of doing various stretches about 10 times a day it went away.

I'm not a doctor but I'm just sayin'...
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
I had the same thing years ago and it was diagnosed as ulnar neuritis and tendonitis. The Ulnar nerve runs to your elbow and affects your forerams, wrists and hands. They sent me to physical therapy and after about 4 months of doing various stretches about 10 times a day it went away.

I'm not a doctor but I'm just sayin'...
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cool... but could you still play guitar during that time?
 
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