Injury Guides
Guides to the common hand, wrist, elbow and arm problems we work with: what each one feels like, what usually causes it and what helps.
- Can You Get Carpal Tunnel From Gaming?
Can you get carpal tunnel from gaming? It can happen, but most gamer wrist pain is tendon irritation. Learn how to tell the difference and what to do.
- Forearm Overuse and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: The 1HP Approach
Explore the 1HP approach to cubital tunnel syndrome: forearm endurance, load management, and a graded return to the activity that matters.
- Claw Grip Hand Pain: Wrist & Thumb Symptoms in Controller Players
Claw grip hand pain from controller play? Learn how to respond to thumb, wrist, or hand symptoms, and when to get professional guidance from 1HP.
- How Long Does RSI or Wrist Pain Recovery Actually Take?
What's the real RSI recovery time? See 1HP's actual case studies, from 6-week wins to 7-month chronic cases, and what a Doctor of PT expects for you.
- How to Sleep With Wrist Pain Without Making It Worse
Wrist and hand pain often feels worse at night. Learn why, which sleep positions make it worse, and how to protect your wrist while you sleep.
- Wrist Pain After Injury Healed: The Hidden Cause
Your wrist injury healed months ago but the pain persists. Learn why a capacity deficit from immobilization causes ongoing wrist pain after injury healed.
- Nerve Compression in the Arm: Carpal vs Cubital vs Radial Tunnel
Carpal, cubital, or radial tunnel? Learn where nerve compression in the arm actually happens, how to locate yours, and why endurance is the real fix.
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms: The Real Cause & Relief
Struggling with carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms? Discover why the real cause might be tendon irritation rather than ligament issues, and how to heal.
- Palm Sided Wrist Pain: A Guide to Flexor Tendon Rehab
Struggling with palm sided wrist pain? Learn how to identify flexor tendon irritation and perform targeted endurance exercises to get back to 100%.
- Exposed: The Carpal Tunnel Misdiagnosis Epidemic
Most wrist pain diagnosed as carpal tunnel is actually tendonitis. Learn the difference, the RSI equation, and how to fix it without surgery.
- The Ultimate RSI Handbook: Evidence-Based Wrist & Hand Recovery
Discover why traditional RSI wrist pain treatments fail and learn the evidence-based Healthbar Framework to systematically rebuild your hand and wrist capacity.
- How to Know If You Have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) accounts for 8% of arm RSIs. Learn how to identify the signs, perform self-assessments, and start your recovery.
- Best Physical Therapists in San Francisco for Wrist and Hand Pain: What to Know Before You Book
Learn how tendon adaptation through exercise reduces wrist pain. Understand the science, timelines, and strategies for long-term recovery.
- Elbow Pain While Gaming? Find Out If It’s Radial Tunnel or Tennis Elbow
Struggling with wrist pain from coding? Learn the causes, prevention tips, and exercises to reduce strain and protect your hands.
- Guide to Managing Flare-Ups
Learn how tendon adaptation through exercise reduces wrist pain. Understand the science, timelines, and strategies for long-term recovery.
- Best Physical Therapists in Santa Monica for Wrist and Hand Pain: What to Know Before You Book
Learn how tendon adaptation through exercise reduces wrist pain. Understand the science, timelines, and strategies for long-term recovery.
- 1HP's Three Step Approach to Managing Wrist Pain
1HP's Three Step Approach to Managing Wrist Pain: from the 1HP Doctors of Physical Therapy, who coach people with hand, wrist and arm pain.