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How To Use Rubber Bands To Relieve Finger Pain

Got finger pain?  Rubber bands can help!  Here's a good idea from guest author Patrick Albanese.  Patrick is a magician and finger pain relief fanatic. 

When you move your fingers, you exercise the finger muscle attachments that go almost all the way to your elbow!  And they like that!

Here's Patrick!

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If you are looking for a cheap, convenient way to exercise all aspects of finger motion, then look no further than your desk top drawer. Rubber bands, those cheap, ubiquitous strips of latex that you rarely seem to need, turn out to be

What Is The Cause Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Sigh.  "No known cause for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome."  Or so says the article below.

It's a pretty good article about carpal tunnel symptoms and the newer endoscopic surgery (which has a smaller incision.)

But the surgeon who wrote the article says that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is "idiopathic."  That means there is no known cause.

Sigh.

I'm sighing because

What Causes Pain In Your Middle Finger

If your middle finger is not broken or sprained, the most likely cause of pain in that finger is your muscles.

Depending on exactly where the middle finger pain is, here are the most likely possibilities:

     On the side of your middle finger:

The muscles are small ones on the back side of your hand.

     On the palm side of your middle finger:

The muscles are on the palm side of your lower arm.

     On the back side of your middle finger:

Those muscles are on the "outside" or "back side" of your lower arm way up toward your elbow.

Here's how to find the cause and treat the pain:

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What Causes Pain Where Your Thumb Attaches To Your Hand

Do you have pain where your thumb meets your hand?

Lots of folks have pain at the base of their thumb.  If you ask your doctor about it, he or she will probably diagnosis it as "arthritis."

If any of us have an x-ray, it would most likely show arthritis (changes in the bones, usually from muscles pulling on them.)  But, we don't all have pain! 

"Arthritis" is a diagnosis

Massage Is A Very Powerful Tool For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Can massage therapy get rid of your carpal tunnel pain?  I say YES!  YES!  YES!

Why do I believe so strongly in the power of massage for carpal tunnel pain relief?

1.  Massage works.  I have seen it work over and over.  IF...the therapist knows where to work; understands the causes of your hand, wrist and arm symptoms; and can