My right arm, DONE!

Tough to say what the solution or cure can be? We're all different, different ages, and the root of the causes of such problems can be varied, thus no one cure will work for all. An old football injury perhaps, or a fall, or?

Work, well some might say a hard day's work never hurt anyone, but my take is, work is nothing but stress and hurt on the body, it does absolutely nothing to enhance the body. Work for sure is not excersize.

Sometimes, to do nothing can be a vicious downward cycle of never improving or getting better.

Excersize, diet can help in certain instances. Some foods can negatively effect the body. Or a lack of certain nutrients.

If the source of the problem lies with ligaments, connecting tissues, the joints, one may wish to try a Glucosamine-Condroitin Supplement short term, for a few month's time. I tell people on occasion they sometimes have little to lose, and maybe there might be some degree of gains-improvement.

Just some thoughts, hope no one has minded them.
 
My gf is a professional, certified myomassologist. She's helped me a lot, especially after I hurt myself drumming and working too much.

Not only can your situation be remedied, they should be able to provide instruction in regard to your body mechanics. She'll come to rehearsal to watch me drum, or watch me buff a car to see where I'm causing myself more harm than good.

If you're really hitting hard with work, burn out can set in. Not just mentally, but physically as well.

Hope you feel better soon, and get back to enjoying work!
 
Sorry to hear about that Kevin. I guess we may need to meet sooner than later, and not to discuss cars but the longevity of doing detailing as a full time job (as you may remember from previous posts, I am a physical therapist by profession :) )

What you describe can fall into several different inflammatory categories muscle, tendons, myofascial, myotendinous, capsular, bursal or even intra/extra neural etc... point being is there is a trigger, a sustainer.... and best a solution. In my case, to perform my work during the week (as my specialty is orthopedic manual therapy) and do a LOT of typing, and on the weekend I work as a detailer (polishing etc...). My salvation in being able to sustain all of those physically demanding jobs is working out 10-12 hrs a week (lifting heavy) to ultimately make the tissues bigger/better/stronger than what I need them for in my regular activities and work duties.

I think you still have my cell (from when we spoke after your back thing) so feel free to call

As for the Land Rover, nothing special in my experience it was average hardness and corrected easy. I have a full write up somewhere on a Black Range Rover I did. Let's see if I can find it
 
Ambidextrousness.

I try to learn how to use every tool I own, guns included, with my non-prominent hand.

If you can try that, I would switch hands for all the easy/flat panels of the RR.
 
Kamakaz1961 said:
HateSwirls, your last description does appear to be tennis elbow. Everyone is correct regarding getting the band for your elbow and forearm. Again, ointments on the forearm muscle. There is a technique to stretch your forearm. Stretch your forearm by getting your non-pain hand and bend your wrist (pain forearm) and bend back and forth. Hold for about 30sec to a minute each time. You will feel your forearm muscle starting to loosen up.

That will help. Additionally, someone mentioned getting some gloves to reduce vibration. That will help. The last is to not grab or loosen up the grip force with your hurt arm. That should help! Massaging the forearm too!!

Shoot, it you lived in So Cal I would have one of my therapists work on that forearm...but too far away!

Get better and I hope you do not mind some of my suggestions.

Peace!!
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I appreciate all of the help.
OK, so I've been trying what you said about twisting my wrist back and bend my hurt arm back and forth. Holding for 30 seconds each time.
It seems to help , I'll continue to do this.
Thanks,

I'll also try and get the brace today, I have three paint corrections setup back to back, one of them I'll have to wet sand over half of the car so I'll be at it for a while.

I agree about one saying health over work is most important.
It's like what to do!
One thing is certain , if I don't see a big improvement in a week I'll shut the shop down and see my doctor.

Btw...
I figured out what's going on, yesterday while working with the Flex I felt a slight strain holding the tail end of the machine, not much, just enough to cause pain.
While using the Flex however I find it to run smooth, no walking, fighting me, just smooth.
I'm just getting old. Lol
I may use my DeWalt 849x as much as I can until my arm improves.
Just can't beat the Flex, talk about correcting paint fast and easy.
 
KMdef9 said:
Ambidextrousness.

I try to learn how to use every tool I own, guns included, with my non-prominent hand.

If you can try that, I would switch hands for all the easy/flat panels of the RR.
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I'll try that, would be great if I could switch up using both hands.
I'm sure it will take a few hours to adjust to it.
 
Dr_Pain said:
Sorry to hear about that Kevin. I guess we may need to meet sooner than later, and not to discuss cars but the longevity of doing detailing as a full time job (as you may remember from previous posts, I am a physical therapist by profession :) )

What you describe can fall into several different inflammatory categories muscle, tendons, myofascial, myotendinous, capsular, bursal or even intra/extra neural etc... point being is there is a trigger, a sustainer.... and best a solution. In my case, to perform my work during the week (as my specialty is orthopedic manual therapy) and do a LOT of typing, and on the weekend I work as a detailer (polishing etc...). My salvation in being able to sustain all of those physically demanding jobs is working out 10-12 hrs a week (lifting heavy) to ultimately make the tissues bigger/better/stronger than what I need them for in my regular activities and work duties.

I think you still have my cell (from when we spoke after your back thing) so feel free to call

As for the Land Rover, nothing special in my experience it was average hardness and corrected easy. I have a full write up somewhere on a Black Range Rover I did. Let's see if I can find it
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Thanks man:dblthumb2:
I'd love to speak with you today if possible.
I don't have your cell, could you inbox it to me?

Thanks a bunch,
Kevin
 
dlc95 said:
My gf is a professional, certified myomassologist. She's helped me a lot, especially after I hurt myself drumming and working too much.

Not only can your situation be remedied, they should be able to provide instruction in regard to your body mechanics. She'll come to rehearsal to watch me drum, or watch me buff a car to see where I'm causing myself more harm than good.

If you're really hitting hard with work, burn out can set in. Not just mentally, but physically as well.

Hope you feel better soon, and get back to enjoying work!
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I think you're right.
One thing I've read and heard is when a person does the same task over and over each day problems could arise.
Well, that's me in a nutshell.

On a positive note, my back surgery I had a year ago was a success. :dblthumb2:
Body falling apart here. Lol
 
I had this exact same thing happen from using my Flex 3401. The motion of setting it down and picking it up from the ground, while seated on my HF telescoping stool, really caused it to flame up. The only thing that helped was taking a break and icing. It is an overuse injury causing inflamed tendons. Increase your water consumption and research foods you enjoy eating that reduce inflammation; berries are a good one. Also, cortisone and NSAIDs/anti inflammatory drugs and have a negative/counter effect in the long run, not allowing body to actually heal in those injured areas and deterioration in the joints. Drugs/pain relievers are a going to cover the symptoms not fix the root cause/problem. Something a lot of people overlook is the effectiveness of massage and chiropractics, especially for shoulder injuries and to resolve trigger points. A lot of time surgery can be avoided completely or at least post poned from chiropractic treatment and eating the proper foods and supplements; and or just resting and injury to let it heal. :) Being a detailer is one of the roughest occupations on the body. We are very prone to overuse injuries and injuries due to bad biomechanics. Larry K.@ammonyc has a podcast or two talking about this subject and his knee injury, and his recovery process with a couple of doctors the specialize in nutrition and proper biomechanics.
While exercise is important, I would recommend doing anything until that arm is better. The last thing your tendons need is more overuse from excess movement and heavy lifting. A tendon band may helpba good bit as well, like stated. Your mind and body are your most important tools in your tool box, so gotta take care of them. :)
 
Knee Surgery and Coach Colin Campbell | myodesign com, larry kosilla's knee surgery, larry kosilla, automotive detailing | AMMO NYC Podcast
Think everyone, especially detailers, can/should gain something from this podcast/interview. I plan on trying to put something together for detailers that is a great resource for health, nutrition, and fitness, to include the mind and body. Will be looking for folks(like Coach Colin Campbell and Dr.Pain) to be a part of the project and add to it where/how the can.
 
ShaunD said:
I had this exact same thing happen from using my Flex 3401. The motion of setting it down and picking it up from the ground, while seated on my HF telescoping stool, really caused it to flame up. The only thing that helped was taking a break and icing. It is an overuse injury causing inflamed tendons. Increase your water consumption and research foods you enjoy eating that reduce inflammation; berries are a good one. Also, cortisone and NSAIDs/anti inflammatory drugs and have a negative/counter effect in the long run, not allowing body to actually heal in those injured areas and deterioration in the joints. Drugs/pain relievers are a going to cover the symptoms not fix the root cause/problem. Something a lot of people overlook is the effectiveness of massage and chiropractics, especially for shoulder injuries and to resolve trigger points. A lot of time surgery can be avoided completely or at least post poned from chiropractic treatment and eating the proper foods and supplements; and or just resting and injury to let it heal. :) Being a detailer is one of the roughest occupations on the body. We are very prone to overuse injuries and injuries due to bad biomechanics. Larry K.@ammonyc has a podcast or two talking about this subject and his knee injury, and his recovery process with a couple of doctors the specialize in nutrition and proper biomechanics.
While exercise is important, I would recommend doing anything until that arm is better. The last thing your tendons need is more overuse from excess movement and heavy lifting. A tendon band may helpba good bit as well, like stated. Your mind and body are your most important tools in your tool box, so gotta take care of them. :)
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Thanks man for all of the information.

Like I said it all began when I started using my Flex, but at the same time I have been using my arms a lot as you guys know.
It's the day in and day out doing detailing.

Again, thanks, and I'll take all you said into consideration. :dblthumb2:
 
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