Our fingers and wrists have to be able to move in different sorts of directions. We have to be able to hold a pen, write on a pc, texting, peel potatoes, etc. This requires quite a lot of muscles, each of which has some functions.

The vast majority of muscles in the hands and fingers are located in the forearm, simply because there wouldn’t be any space for them in the hands alone. Most of these muscles are located in the top part of the forearm, and ends out as long tendons in the hands and fingers.

We use our forearms musculature a lot on a daily basis, often static and repetitive which gives frequent troubles such as lateral epicondylitis & repetitive strain injury.

Find your injury in the list below:

Prolapsed disc in the neck

  • Local pain at the site of the prolapse and possible radiating pain into one leg exacerbated by exertion.
  • Prickling sensations the area of nerve intervention (dermatome).
  • Svaghed i armen.
  • Reflexes may be altered.
  • Functional failure due to direct pressure on the nerves.

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / TOS (chest/neck nerve impingement)

  • Pain in shoulder and neck.
  • Pain in arm.
  • Pain in hand.
  • Sleeping, pricking and stabbing sensations into the hand.
  • Skin color change in hand and arm.
  • Cold hand.
  • Weak pulse in arm and hand.
  • Weak gripping strength in hand.
  • A pounding sensation at the collar bone.
  • In the worst case a blood clot under the collar bone.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Possible sensation of sleeping fingers (“ants in your arm”).
  • Possible numbness in the hand.
  • “Flick sign” (shaking hands to “wake them up”).
  • Possible pain in the shoulder region (“proximal pain”).
  • Possible “clumsiness” – easy to drop things especially in the morning.
  • Possible tenderness in the forearm.
  • Disturbed night sleep due to pain / sleeping sensation.
  • Possible atrophy of thenar muscles.

Repetitive strain injury (RSI) / Myositis

  • Sore neck, shoulders, arms and wrists.
  • Træthed i nakke, skuldre og arm.
  • Pain in the neck, shoulders, arm, elbow, wrist and headache.
  • Increased pain at continued use.
  • Relief with rest.