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Severe tendonitis - please help

I have been suffering from tendonitis on and off for the past 2 years.
2 weeks ago I developed excruciating pain in my right elbow. The doctor put me on NSAIDS and physical therapy with dexamethasone.
After a week of suffering
(3 days ago), I started taking Ruta 200C 4 times daily.
I am not seeing any drastic improvement. The pain extends from my shoulder all the way till the tip of the fingers.
I need to use the computer daily and this is a huge problem (I have been trying to use my right hand sparingly)

SHould I continue with Ruta or switch to something?
I dint take Arnica as it had been a week after the onset.

Please advice.
Thanks very much in anticipation!
 
  runi19 on 2007-07-09
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Unless you are familiar with homeopathy, don't self prescribe. See a cometent homeopath in person.

Murthy
 
gavinimurthy last decade
Dear runji,
It is correct that Ruta is in Complaints from straining flexor tendons especially. Tendency to the formation of deposits in the periosteum, tendons, and about joints, but if it has no response then Please take Calceria Phos-12x (2 grain per dose) four times a day. It is the complementary medicine to Ruta G.


dr. Mahfooz
 
Mahfoozurrehman last decade
Hi,
Ruta is the best butif you try ruta and you see in 3 days no improvment then stop this and try Ledum Pal 200c one dose daily up to 5 days then stop ,any change please cantact me.

Good luck
faisal mahmood
 
faisal qureshi last decade
Tendonitis Prevention for Programmers
Thomas Wang, August 1997
last update April 2002

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The Beginning
My occupation is computer programming. The job involves significant amount of typing. About 3 years ago, I started to develop symptoms of hand tingling and numbness. These symptoms are associated with long stretchs of typing on keyboards. Gradually, these symptoms got worse, until I have to seek a doctor for treatment.

The doctor said I have tendonitis. If it becomes worse, then it would develop to full carpel tunnel syndrome. My computer career would be in big trouble.

What follows is a course of treatment and trouble shooting of the work environment. I am glad to say that today I am completely symptoms free. If the work environment is correctly set up, then there should be good chance to avoid the problems of tendonitis, or carpel tunnel syndrome.

I have heard some doctors will just issue some Advil tablets and call it a day. This by itself is ineffective except for the lightest form of tendonitis.

Bandages and Splints
The usages of bandages are doubtful, because they can restrict blood flow, and make the symptom worse. Splints are somewhat controversial. Tight fitting splints suffer the same disadvantages as bandages.

A somewhat loose fitting splints may be useful in office, where it is a good visual excuse for not typing so much. However, personally I feel I did not get too much out of splints.

Hand Usage Reduction
One basic measure is to reduce the amount work using the hand. They can include typing, mousing, holding books, digging in the garden, washing dishes, video games, carrying babies, and playing tennis.

Prevention
What I learned most however is in the area of prevention. The prevention steps are very detailed. That is why I decided to write this web page, so you can see what I learned, and to apply the knowledge to your situations.

Chair
The most basic item is the work place chair. The chair should have good back support. The height of the chair should be adjustable to a comfortable height for you. The arm rest design is important. It is very bad to have your elbows to rest on hard arm rests for a long time. If you do tend to rest your elbows on the arm rests, then chairs with removable arm rests or adjustable arm rests are ideal. Move the arm rests away from your body so you are less likely to rest the elbows on them.

Recently I bought an office chair without arm rests. It worked pretty well.

Keyboard Height
The next item is the keyboard height. Usually a desk designed for writing will be too high for typing. A good typing height is a few inches lower than writing height. Just a little above the lap is usually a good keyboard height. Put the keyboard on your lap, and put your fingers on the home row. You should notice the keyboard is roughly the same height or slightly lower than your elbow.

How to reduce this keyboard height when the table is too high? There are a few options. You can put the keyboard on your lap. Although the mouse will be more of a problem if you use this simple method. Some office table will have an optional extension keyboard surface that can be adjusted in height. You can custom make a specially shaped acrylic sheet for lowering the keyboard.

I made one at a plastic hobby shop called 'Tap Plastic'. You give them the specification, and they will construct it for you.

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Murthy
 
gavinimurthy last decade

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