Upper arm and hand pain

[Belizz]

Especially on both upper arms. And on both my hands also.
This has been bothering me for a while and giving me anxiety but I am really trying my best to find a rational explanation.

I don't have fever or any other flu symptoms but I have sedentary life as I work with computers. I don't know if poor posture can be a cause. But this is not a type of muscle pain I get when I move my arms, this is a dull pain. Comes and goes. My mind goes to some malignancies because I also feel mild general tiredness etc. Makes me think of lymphoma etc but I don't have sweats or flu like symptoms, or any other weird symptom. Only sometimes additional headaches.

Now I try to remind myself that I have had same type of upper arm pain in both arms, many months ago and it comes and goes quite often. I try to remind myself that if it was because of some malignancy then my condition would worsen and I would have severe pain issues by now and other disturbing symptoms.
But still can't brush it off and still have mild anxiety about this.

 

[Misfits_Yoga]

Hi! That sounds really uncomfortable what is your posture like when you work at your computer? Are you familiar with forward head posture? It can drag on the spine which can affect all kinds of things.
You might consider seeing a chiropractor to look at your spinal alignment. A strong kyphotic (upper back) curve can get worse and worse and cause a lot of issues throughout the body from hunched posture.
Some ways to reverse that motion can be lying on pillows and blankets in a number of ways in relaxation to gently reverse. There are a number of nice movements one can do in a chair at a desk that can help reverse this as well.

Of course, if you’ve willing, I’d suggest having a medical professional like a chiropractic check out your spine first to make sure it’s not anything worse. Nerve impingement can happen pretty easily in the shoulder as it’s a pretty weird joint! I wish you luck, and if you’d like any stretches or things to do that work to reverse hunched posture, please let me know I’m happy to walk you through some!

 

[Danny1001]

I am having arm pain right now radiating from my neck who knows maybe tension


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[Belizz]

Yeah I do have a hunched posture, and I actually believe that this is muscle or nerve related.
When I visit a dr, I am going to mention this. Because I never get up refreshed and without problem in my arms and legs. They feel sort of tired when I wake up, after I start using them they get better. I don't know how to describe that feeling.

Danny, if it doesn't continue then yes it can be tension or you did something wrong with your neck, or a posture issue. Just give it some time, it will get better I believe.

 

[Misfits_Yoga]

Yeah I do have a hunched posture, and I actually believe that this is muscle or nerve related.
When I visit a dr, I am going to mention this. Because I never get up refreshed and without problem in my arms and legs. They feel sort of tired when I wake up, after I start using them they get better. I don't know how to describe that feeling..

Good idea to have a doc look at it. There could be an impinged or pinched nerve, weird to have equal discomfort on the same side in that sense but it could happen, I’m not a medical professional so I don’t know the specifics. Something to work on to develop better posture is to work to develop your back muscles through gentle, engaged backbends like cobra pose (yoga, you can google for instructions as it’s better with pictures). When you sit, think about bringing your ears back over your shoulders and gently drawing the chin back as if you were going to give yourself an extra chin. This will help develop your holding patterns away from forward head posture and it engages around the hyoid bone, which supports muscle engagement along the spine. Go see a doctor soon!!!

*poor posture can cause nerve and blood flow and muscular issues from chronic holding patterns.

 

[Belizz]

Thank you, well yeah for a different reason I plan to visit dr soon so I may mention this.

The thing that worries me is that I also have a discomfort sensation under my left ear and under my left side jaw, that place which gets swollen when you have a throat infection. It feels to me like there is something in there, uncomfortable and slightly achy feeling when I bend my head towards that side. I have that weird feeling inside my left ear also, like it's clogged (!) but I can hear well. I don't know how to explain.

I dare not touching my neck and under my ear as I am no expert in lymph nodes and I don't even know where they are located. I will be easily going into panic mode if I feel something there. But I know that whatever it is, it's slightly achy. I am wondering if my arm pain and this is related?
Today my arm pain got better, but now I have discomfort on left side of the neck under ear and under jaw. I think I remember having same worry with same sensation some time ago, I wonder if it can be a random infection then? Which caused the muscle aches also?
I don't want to google about lymphoma now really, though I can't help but wonder if it would cause tender nodes? or no achy feeling at all?

 

[Misfits_Yoga]

Thank you, well yeah for a different reason I plan to visit dr soon so I may mention this.

The thing that worries me is that I also have a discomfort sensation under my left ear and under my left side jaw, that place which gets swollen when you have a throat infection. It feels to me like there is something in there, uncomfortable and slightly achy feeling when I bend my head towards that side. I have that weird feeling inside my left ear also, like it's clogged (!) but I can hear well. I don't know how to explain.

I dare not touching my neck and under my ear as I am no expert in lymph nodes and I don't even know where they are located. I will be easily going into panic mode if I feel something there. But I know that whatever it is, it's slightly achy. I am wondering if my arm pain and this is related?
Today my arm pain got better, but now I have discomfort on left side of the neck under ear and under jaw. I think I remember having same worry with same sensation some time ago, I wonder if it can be a random infection then? Which caused the muscle aches also?
I don't want to google about lymphoma now really, though I can't help but wonder if it would cause tender nodes? or no achy feeling at all?

Ugh, that sounds really uncomfortable and stressful! Yeah, there are some lymph nodes like right under the chin by the neck and mine often get swollen for different reasons like allergies and probably some minor “bugs” my body fights off without many symptoms. Bodies are so complicated but also everything within is connected. It’s not unlikely that something in the neck could cause something in the arms.

I do know, however, that when there is pain in the body, it also increases tension and anxiety as we hone in on the “threat”. This, in turn, is likely to increase pain or at least our perception of pain, this has been studied at length. Do your best to practice some self care and relaxation as much as you can until you can get to a doctor. No use spiraling about what it “could be” when most things end up being pretty minor and easily addressed.

 

[Belizz]

Thanks a lot really Misfits

 

[Misfits_Yoga]

Thanks a lot really Misfits

Absolutely! I wish you luck.