Angry Forearms and Fingers!

The growth on my finger is indeed a ganglion cyst, likely caused by using a mouse every day, typing, and recently exacerbated by my work in massage. They used to be called Giddeon's cysts or something like that because people used to thwack them with a Bible to get rid of them. My teacher tried thwacking mine with Trevell's book on trigger points, but Trevell didn't do the trick. Next step? Wait until it gets bigger and try thwacking it again!

While I was typing my notes at work today my left forearm started spasming - very painful and puzzling because I haven't actually given a massage since last week, and it wasn't a very strenuous one. I guess all of these years of computer abuse have caught up with me! The angry muscle in question is called extensor carpi radialis longus and it's job is to extend and abduct the wrist. Ha! I have to know all of this stuff for next week's Anatomy final!

Since I'm sure that my readers are just oh so fascinated with all of my somatic concerns I'll be sure to address them all again in the near future.