Between the green lines.

No, but I have experienced 'tennis elbow' in both arms, along with 'trigger finger' and wrist pain - all related to repetitive motions - mostly tech related, IMO. IMPE, conditions like that can take a very long time to resolve. Definitely have a Dr. look at it so you can hopefully find out what you're dealing with.

Mine resolved over time with patience and immobilizing/bracing the affected areas.

Wondering what is meant by this:

"Anterior aspect (palm up) about 5 inches above (proximal to) and below (distal from) t"

If it is tendonitis, you can try eating some fresh yucca root. It is supposed to help relieve the pain from tendonitis, but only temporarily. It worked for me, and it cannot hurt.

This is something that I discovered when I had some yucca root at a Brazilian restaurant in Palms/ Culver City.

When I buy yucca root, I generally peel it, cut it into small cubes, and then sauté it. I often serve it with marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese, but you can also treat it like a potato, to some extent.

I had the so-called tennis elbow/repetitive motion irritation described above, also in my dominant arm. Was corrected by a steroid injection.

I am currently experiencing acute arthritic pain in my dominant hand that makes using it for any reason extremely painful. I tried Aspercreme and Voltaren (generic) with almost zero pain relief so have now switched to CBD cream.......which so far has done the trick, although I do supplement with ibuprofen.

Try an anti-inflammatory, like Motrin. Ice is better than heat.

B6. It is like a miracle the way it works on the nerves that are inflamed. I am suffering with a strained tendon/nerve in my left hand and wrist from yard work. I have had it before and the B6 made all the difference in how quickly it healed. It is water soluble so you can't overdose on it. Start with two a day for the first week then you can lower to one a day. The B6 is specific to nerve health and the the innervation of the tendon is what is inflamed. Good Luck and here is a link :

https://www.google.com/search?q=vitamin+b6+for+nerve+repair&oq=B6+for+ner&aqs=chrome.5.0i512l2j69i57j0i512j0i22i30l6.8121j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

In my experience, primary care docs are not very good at diagnosing joint/tendon/ligament/muscle issues. In contrast, a decent orthopedist can usually do some touching and movement (Does it hurt now here? How about here?) sometimes with and sometimes without an image and nail a diagnosis in a matter of a minute or two. And to then know what the treatment options are and present the patient options and recommendations.

I hope you will be able to see one.

Sorry about that typo. I was voice typing in between that and my having difficulty entering text into Houzz, I guess it truncated the rest of the message.

So I was going to say about 5 inches above and below the elbow, but it doesn’t involve any bony structure, it’s the soft tissue.

Anatomically speaking, if you look at da Vinci‘s sketch of man, we are viewing the man anteriorly. The term distallymeans away from the body (if we’re talking about an extremity, say) and the term proximally means closer to the head or the body.

Thanks, Lars. I’ve never tried yucca, but I think I’ve seen it in the grocery store. So I’ll try to cook some. It’s something good to eat and it can’t hurt anything. Unlike taking a horse’s dose of worm medicine. But who knows — I may have to resort to that.

I have had tendinitis before as well as arthritis. And you guys are right; it takes a heckuva long time for those things to get resolved. Darn it because I wanted to do a lot of cooking as well as cleaning up my garden and yard and trying to do some painting inside the house.

Maybe I’ll try that CBD cream. Thanks for the suggestion. Do you recommend a particular brand or dosage or percentage?

I imagine my doctor is going to tell me that it’s tendinitis and to stop doing what I was doing :-). Got that. I’m ready to inject myself all over my arm with steroids. But of course I won’t because I don’t have any of that equipment (for good reason since I don’t know what I’d be doing). Steroids can be a big help for things like this. But since the entire area spans about 8 inches, I wonder where anyone would inject.

I suppose this is a good excuse to have a lot of takeout food, and not do anything at all but read. But I actually like my own low sodium low fat cooking. And I was also thinking of making something from a leftover lobster – – like lobster ravioli. Maybe another time :-)

Thanks again everybody.

PS Has anyone here made homemade lobster ravioli and what sort of sauce do you put on it or is it loaded with butter and sodium? Or is that the whole point? I have a pasta roller. Maybe DH can turn the crank.

petalique, here is the thread where I discussed my arthritic hand issues. Towards the bottom is the brand of CBD cream I tried. It worked miraculously for me and it gets excellent reviews.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6184807/has-anyone-used-a-topical-analgesic-anti-inflammatory-product#27268040

btw, I find lobster ravioli to be quite rich so I prefer a very light butter wine sauce. The wine seems to cut the richness. A squeeze or 2 of fresh lemon juice right before serving couldn't hurt either.

Elizabeth, thanks for mentioning an anti-inflammatory drug like Motrin or Aleve. I’m not supposed to take those because the doctor said their cardiotoxic. I’ll check with him when I see him – – if I live that long.

Maybe I’ll make an exception and try one or two. I’m not sure exactly what they do to be “cardiotoxic.” Maybe they make the hearts stiff?

Thanks for the vitamin B6 idea. I just bought some multivitamins because I haven’t been taking any. I wonder if there’s enough vitamins B6 in one of those, daily.

Elmer, I pretty much agree with you. This particular doctor is pretty sharp and informed. The doctor is not reluctant to refer patients to imaging exams or specialist. But I understand what you’re saying.

When I had an HMO plan I thought they were going to kill me. I’m not kidding. They were abusive. So after that hateful HMO experience and a few bad PPO experiences, I found a good doctor. I swear the HMO nightmare gave me PTSD.

Your description seems very much like that of 'tennis elbow' - lateral epicondylitis. It's inflammation at the point where tendons attach to the bone. There are exercises one can do to help relieve the discomfort, and a brace really helped me, along with cold packs. Movement that causes the muscle to pull on the point where it's attached will aggravate it. It will heal on its own, but it can take a long time.

My GP was able to diagnose mine pretty easily, since he had it as well as one of the nurses. There are a number of causes - including injury to the area.

There's lots of good info out there on websites like Mayo, NHS, Johns Hopkins, etc.

I haven't had any symptoms at all for several years now.

I try to avoid steroids, if possible - only as a last resort.

My daughter had really painful wrists. Hand doctor told her it’s from the elbows and for her to wear Heelbo’s. These silly looking things made a huge difference. She just wishes they would come in other colors.

Is there any discoloration in that area where you're having pain?

I recently broke my wrist requiring surgery with plates and screws. It’s been a long haul and my hand has been swollen and painful with what feels like tendinitis in my fingers. I found this hand therapist on YouTube that I thought was very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiMat_NXexU It looks like she has arthritis videos as well. For those where that might be an issue it might be worth checking her out. The thing I’ve found most useful is alternating hot and cold. I have a double sink in my bathroom, and fill one with hot water and the other with cold. I immersed my hand in the warm/hot water for 2-3 minutes and then 1 minute in the cold, and then repeated 3-4 times, ending with the warm water. I’m sure you can do a google search online to find out more about this technique. I use it at the start of every day and then additional times as needed.

I had tenonsynovitis in my hand some years ago - extremely painful to say the least. My GP referred me for a nerve conduction scan to see if it was a form of carpal tunnel (it wasn't)   The nerve conduction guy referred me for blood tests to see if it was rheumatoid arthritis (it wasn't). My GP then referred me to a rheumatologist. A week on heavy steroids (followed by 4 weeks of tapering off) and problem solved. That was 2011 and I haven't had a recurrence.

I have no experience with tendonitis, but I did have shooting pains around my elbow and in my arm when I had a herniated disk in my neck. I had surgery for it and the pain went away for the most part, but I can no longer do high impact activities as any pounding triggers the pain in my arm again.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340840/

Naproxen/Aleve is thought to be more cardiac safe than other OTC NSAIDS (e.g., ibuprofen). While onset of action is longer, duration is longer, so only needs to be taken one tablet twice a day. First dose can be two tablets. Max dose 3 tablets per day.

I think what the OP needs is a proper diagnosis. Some of these suggestions may work, or not, because none of us really knows what the issue is. Heat, ice, exercise, vitamins etc are all standard, non invasive approaches, worth trying, but not necessarily effective ones. It depends on the issue. None of them worked in my case.

And while it's absolutely true that steroids can have nasty side effects, taking them at high dosage for a few days and tapering off (necessary when you take steroids even briefly),  if that happens to be the medical advice, is not going to cause permanent damage. In my case it solved the pain issue within days, and permanently. It's not something to fear.

Joint or tendon inflammations like this are frequently treated with just a single steroid injection so any adverse side effects are almost nonexistent. They are a common treatment to relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

I agree that a diagnosis is needed. It may not be tendonitis at all but something like Annie described regarding spinal issues. I had similar symptoms to tendonitis in my left elbow and triceps due to a herniated disk in my neck that required surgery to correct. I waited too long to have the surgery (treating with steroids for a year instead) and my left arm muscles have never been the same since due to the atrophy of not using my left arm much and permanent nerve damage. If the pain increases when you are sitting on a hard chair or bench that might be a clue that it is a spinal issue. Your spine is compressed as you sit and a nerve leading to the pain point is being pinched in the disk. I believe it was the disk between the C6 and C7 vertebrae that caused my issue. The nerve to the left arm comes out of the spine in that location.

That being said, I used to get tendinitis in my right elbow when I bowled in leagues twice a week. Haven't had a problem since I stopped bowling.

My advice to the OP is to stop bowling! :-p

I have had tendonitis twice, hip and knee, both from training for half marathon. The pain was remarkable, but I wouldn't have described it as burning/fiery.

Your diagram seems to me that it involves more than one tendon, if that is it - I am not familiar with "tennis elbow"; would that involve tendons both above and below the joint?

I suggest that you try to get into your MD sooner - especially if there is any redness or swelling involved.

PS my bouts finally resolved with a massage therapist who specialized in injury (knee) and self massage at the hip as instructed by Bob&Brad (physical therapists on youtube). Ibuprofen had helped relieve pain, but didn't touch the underlying problem it seemed.

I agree, and stated so above - get a diagnosis from an MD.

And I do hope it is tendonitis, and not something more serious.