As suggested, I saw the Dr 7 visits but tendinitis / wrist pressure still very intense

Comment by Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.

What does your practitioner say? It&#39s true that those conditions can take awhile to resolve but they shouldn&#39t be getting worse after a number of treatments regardless of your age or usage. But you also say after the 3rd of 4th treatment it was "better" but now it is "just as bad or worse" - so that could use some clarification. Some ups and downs particularly when the issues are chronic and you are using your hands more would be acceptable.

On a side note, if your tongue is swollen, pale and coated you don&#39t have kidney yin deficiency, more likely you have spleen qi/yang deficiency, but that is probably not very important and is hard to know for certain without knowing your entire case history.

Either way, if your other conditions responded well I would simply continue treatment if at all possible. It&#39s generally not that uncommon for conditions of a chronic nature to take months to resolve completely. I would say, however, that after a certain point if it continues getting worse to try another practitioner, ideally someone who also does tuina (chinese medical massage).

Comment by Archived User

When I say it was getting better and now it&#39s bad or worse, what I mean, or what I think happened, is that as it felt better, I started using it more, chopping tomatoes and pears. So I&#39m thinking I&#39m using it too much. The only thing he said was usually acupuncture fixes this... Now I&#39m just quoting what I think I heard himsay.

Yes, he does use Tuina, it&#39s in his brochure and I assume that&#39s what he is doing on my forearm, hand and neck.

as for chronic, I don&#39t know if this is chronic or not. Years ago I crocheted an afghan every winter until my wrist pain said I can&#39t crochet anymore - so I quit. Haven&#39t had any trouble until early spring and I know why - the majority of the winter I spent it on the computer, serious amounts of time on the computer, so I&#39m sure it&#39s that repetitive motion with my wrists at a certain angle.

im just hoping I can use the Ipad. I don&#39t know if I can stop going online and I can&#39t quit using my hand unless I sling it.

Interesting about the tongue; I don&#39t know what to think.

Comment by Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.

It sounds like you simply need to continue treatment and you should be fine. It is somewhat more difficult to treat certain conditions when people continue use, but Chinese Medicine is also not as favorable about immobilization as they are in western medicine as lack of movement contributes to stagnation. I don&#39t know where you live but this year in many areas that had lots of rain many people were having joint problems surface from the damp conditions. We certainly saw a huge influx into our clinic in Chattanooga.

It sounds like you are working with a good practitioner, so just hang in there. Also, I wouldn&#39t worry about the tongue very much, from what you described your practitioner is doing well.