The other day, I was out horseing around (literally), in the barn, and after I got done I came into the house, sat down to a cup of coffee, and realized that the wrist of my good arm - the left one - hurt like the dickens.
It felt like I had hyperextended it but I could not remember having done so. It only hurt when I moved it or looked at it, so I tried to ignore it and went about my business.
-=Then=-
I saw my sister who is a clinical massage therapist (http://www.holisticmatters.net/) and I asked her to take a look at it for me. She turned it this way and that, made faces at it, yanked and prodded it, and then started rubbing the area just below my elbow.
"Hey stupid!" I said, "It hurts down here." and I pointed to my wrist.
The next thing I knew, she was grinding hell out of a spot on my forearm that hurt so bad it short circuted my central nervous system and made me say "Hanya, hanya hanya..." over and over again.
Afterwards, my wrist no longer hurt but my forearm was bruised and swollen and sore to the touch.
The point is, according to her, this was a case of referred pain. Pain that occurs when you have injured one area of your body, and it manifests somewhere else. She says it's common with injuries such as we have here.
Anyone else had this?
Hurt my good arm...
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Carolyn J
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI. I am 77 yrs old and never had a name for my injuries until 2004 when I found UBPN at age 66.
My injuries are: LOBPI on upper body and Cerebrael Palsy on the lower left extremities. The only intervention I've had is a tendon transplant from my left leg to my left foot to enable flexing t age 24 in 1962. Before that, my foot would freeze without notice on the side when wearing heels AND I always did wear them at work "to fit in" I also stuttered until around age 18-19...just outgrew it...no therapy for it. Also suffered from very very low self esteem; severe Depression and Anxiety attacks started at menopause. I stuffed emotions and over-compensated in every thing I did to "fit in" and be "invisible". My injuries were Never addressed or talked about until age 66. I am a late bloomer!!!!!
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Re: Hurt my good arm...
Ohhhh Yea, Smithy!! I have had that happen many times. It is weird,huh! 'Just keeps life interesting for us. I say our nerves are "wacky" and unpredictable. 
Merry Christmas!,
carolyn J
Merry Christmas!,
carolyn J
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