It started off so small.... seemingly at random with certain movements while I was working. After working all day yesterday it just made it sooo much worse. 8(
I slept last night with my arm carefully positioned in a way it wouldn't hurt--and elevated for half the night too. I shoulda taken some ibuprofen before bed last night but I thought a couple hours rest it'd be better and I'd just be gentle with it today and bam! gone.
I haven't had so much luck so far. orz

God the last thing I want to do is go to the doctors

Hopefully the resting thing will w ork for me too though ;o;

Sadly i think it is best to really rest your arm and do slight exercises with it to keep it from locking up. Art is important but you do have work tomorrow and as that is something you have to do i would rest today. Keep your chin up and at earliest convenience go to a doctor. Maybe depending on your job invest in an elbow thing that helps. Um i forgot the name but it is same the arm and knee thing.

But keep your elbow rested. Hope you feel better

I'm hopeful it can work itself out... I haven't been to the doctors in a few years. I've never set up an appointment myself--have NO idea how to go about doing that ugh;;; and while I might be on my father's insurance? Maybe? /we don't talk anymore
I'm not entirely sure if I am on any sort of health plan.. I could barely afford a check up at the moment without it. @3@;;;;
So if there IS a problem chances are I couldn't pay for it. And certainly not worth going to just be told I need to rest.

I just hope it can go away on its own ;.;

Oh my. I hope it gets better soon lovely *hugs and happily offers cookies*

Me too. 8(
Thank you hun /hug

Hopefully it will get better. *hug*

Thanks I hope so too! ; o;

Ibuprofen doesn't seem like it would help in this case, because the way you describe it, it doesn't seem inflamed? All I can suggest is rest, massages, and heat, but I'm no doctor, hahah.

I think it is, though... cuz I would find my hand seemed.. well I wouldn't say it was swelling, but it was getting stiff and weird-- like bloodflow wasn't working quite properly. I think something's been pinched repeatedly over the past few days and started to swell up and get worse.
The ibuprofen has seemed to help. I can move it around without twinging and now it just feels more like a sore muscle. /thank goodness I hope it helps it go away completely

Aw man, that sucks balls :C

I some how messed up my thumb by drawing a lot in a short period of time, hahah. But it's p. much better now, just pops out of place if I sleep on it.

It would be good to look up some physical therapy-related arm stretches on Google and do them before and after work. (As someone who hurt my hip and shoulder at work, doing stretches is so important to increase your range of motion! It helps to print off instructions on how to do the stretches and hang them up in your room.) Maybe even try sit-ups to make your core stronger so you have better posture for your shoulders/arms.

At work, maybe you could try to discreetly take it a little easier/slower than normal and maybe mention to someone that your arm is hurting you lately and you want to be careful. They will be more understanding if they know ahead of time (prevention) vs. suddenly coming in with a horrible arm (you not being able to do normal work until you heal). I don't know what your job is, but try to team lift or take turns lifting.

It might be troublesome, but you could try to ask advice from family members on what to do about insurance. Just waiting and kind of hoping the pain will go away usually doesn't work, it seems to get worse until you're really kicking yourself. I think it's better to get help from a doctor when it's in the early stages before something pops and you need more expensive/longer treatment.

Lastly, when you do art or are sitting at the computer, you should try to get up frequently to give your body a break (ex: slouching makes your shoulders pinch). I know it seems weird to say taking it easy will hurt you. But for example, my hip hurt at work from walking so much, I was afraid and pretended I was over exaggerating until it got to the point it popped every step. I thought I needed to sit for long periods of time to rest, but that made it hurt as much as walking did. Gradually with stretching and getting up frequently, the pain decreased as my legs got stronger from the exercises.

X_X Sorry for rambling so much! *thinks too much* I hope things work out for you.

I've read a lot on similar stuff cuz I had a pinch in my neck for the longest of times (a mix of sitting badly and sleeping on it wrong)
Eventually I caught on, started doing stretches, and adjusted my sleeping position. It started to peak at one point, and it really was as simple as taking an ibuprofen before bed for it to clear up almost completely.

I am not someone to ignore a problem with my body, but I also don't want to needlessly go to a doctor and pay hundreds of dollars for them to essentially tell me to rest. I like to give things like this a week or two to see if it'll go away on its own with proper rest and such first. So if it doesn't go away by next week I will be looking into getting it looked at uggghhh

So far the ibuprofen seeeeems to be helping it, though ; o; /crosses fingers it keeps it up

Thank you for the stretching advice though I will definitely be trying that to help my arm. I'm pretty sure it's just a unique instance, though. So long as I can fix it up I don't think it'll happen again... It definitely came from work itself on a very very busy day that isn't normal at all. I think in my attempts to go fast I just did something wrong to my arm. orz

oh jeez, i hope you rest up sweetie;;
Just try to not put too much pressure on it and rest yeah! ; o ; hugstight, best wishes!

/hugshugs thank you so much ;_;

Maybe you might need to rest it for a bit. When something get's that painful I know I consider chopping it off XDD