Problem: Article: Although it is not life threatening, forearm tendinitis can restrict your movement and activities for weeks or months because of pain and discomfort. Without treatment, tendinitis will also increase your risk of suffering from a tendon rupture. This is a more serious condition that requires surgical repair to restore function to the tendon. If tendinitis persists for several months, you can experience tendinosis, which has a negative effect on the tendon and causes abnormal new blood vessel growth. Long-term complications of tennis elbow can result in recurrence of the injury, rupture of the tendon and failure to heal with either non-surgical or surgical repair due to a nerve entrapment in the forearm. Long-term complications for chronic golfer's elbow can lead to chronic pain, limited range of motion and a lasting or fixed contracture (bend) in the elbow. If you suspect that you have tendinitis, make an appointment with your doctor for evaluation and treatment. Early diagnosis and treatment will lead to more successful outcomes for your forearm tendinitis. To diagnose your forearm tendinitis, your physician will take a thorough health history and perform a full physical assessment. Your physician may order x-rays if you were injured before the pain started. Following diagnosis, your doctor will recommend treatment to reduce your pain and improve your arm movement. Make sure that you follow your physician's instructions for treating your forearm and ask any questions that you have about the treatment. Your physician may prescribe an anti-inflammatory medication to help reduce the inflammation in your forearm, reduce pain, and improve arm function. You may need to wear a brace to support the area and reduce any stress on the muscles and tendons. This brace may immobilize the area or just provide support, depending upon the severity of your condition. Your doctor may inject corticosteroids around the tendon to reduce inflammation and pain; however, if the condition lasts more than 3 months, repeated injections may weaken the tendon and increase the risk of tendon rupture. Platelet rich plasma therapy treatments involve taking your blood, spinning it to separate the platelets and re-injecting those platelets into the tendon area. Although this treatment is still being researched, it has been beneficial in the treatment of some chronic tendon conditions. Talk to your doctor to find out if this treatment is a good option for you. Your physician may recommend physical therapy in conjunction with other treatments for your tendinitis. In physical therapy, you will learn how to do forearm stretches designed to reduce any tightness in your muscles. Knowing how to reduce this tightness is important because it contributes to the micro-tearing associated with tendonitis. Occupations and recreational activities that require a lot of gripping, force placed against extensor or flexor muscles or repetitive hand or wrist motions can develop tight muscles that contribute to tendinitis. Your physical therapist may recommend deep friction massage to trigger the release of natural stimulants that may help to heal the tendon. This technique is safe, gentle, and easy to learn from your therapist. In some cases, tendinitis may require emergency medical treatment. Learn what the severe symptoms are so that you will know when to get help right away. Seek immediate medical attention if: Your elbow is hot and inflamed and you have a fever You can't bend your elbow Your elbow appears to be deformed You suspect you may have cracked or broken a bone from a specific injury to the area Although you should see your doctor for a diagnosis and treatment of your tendinitis, there are some home remedies that may help to alleviate minor pain from tendinitis. Ask your doctor if these remedies are appropriate for your situation. You may be able to relieve some of your tendinitis pain by: Resting the inflamed joint and stopping the activity that triggered it Icing the joint with a towel-wrapped ice pack three to four times per day for 10 minutes at a time Using over the counter anti-inflammatory medications, such as naproxen (Aleve) or ibuprofen (Motrin)
Summary: Get treated right away. Schedule an appointment with your doctor. Discuss treatment options with your doctor. Ask your doctor about plasma therapy. Find out about physical therapy. Watch for severe symptoms. Support your recovery with home remedies.

Problem: Article: The Tunisian double crochet starts after you have completed a preparation row using the Tunisian simple stitch. You can also work the Tunisian double crochet into larger piece of Tunisian simple stitches. The preparation row is a minimum start, but not a maximum start. Make sure that you have completed a reverse pass before you start the Tunisian double crochet. There should only be one loop on your hook when you start. Work two standard chain stitches from the loop on your hook. These chain stitches will help accommodate the eventual height of your Tunisian double crochet row. Yarn over the hook once, then insert it into the second vertical bar. Yarn over again, then draw this yarn-over back through to the front of your work, creating a loop. Yarn over once more, then draw your last yarn-over through two loops on your hook. Note that the first vertical bar should be skipped over, as done with the simple stitch. Leave the final loop of the stitch on your hook. There should already be one loop on your hook from before that, however, giving you a total of two loops on the hook at the end of this first double crochet. The difference between the Tunisian simple stitch and the Tunisian double crochet lies entirely in this forward pass part of the process. Repeat the previous step, working into each vertical stitch of the previous until you reach the end of that previous row. For each stitch, yarn over the hook once, insert it into the next vertical bar, and yarn over again. Draw the yarn-over back through to the front, yarn over again, and draw this last yarn-over through two loops on your hook. For the last vertical bar, insert the hook into the horizontal stitch lying to the right of the vertical bar as well as the vertical bar itself. When pulling a loop back through to the front of the work, make sure that you pull it through both bars again. This adds stability to the edge of the work. When you reach the end of your forward pass row, you should have 10 loops on your hook, or the number of stitches you started with in your foundation chain. Yarn over the tip of the hook and draw that yarn-over through one loop previously on your hook. Note that the reverse pass for the Tunisian double crochet is the exact same as the reverse pass for the Tunisian simple stitch. Yarn over the hook, then draw that yarn over through two loops on the hook. You should be left with one less loop on your hook at the end of this step. Repeat this step until only one loop remains on the hook. Alternate back and forth between the forward pass and reverse pass until you reach the end of your Tunisian double crochet section or the end of your work as a whole. Always end with the conclusion of a reverse pass. Skip down to the section on "Finishing the Work" if you are ready to tie off the work at the completion of this step.
Summary:
Work a preparation row using the Tunisian simple stitch. Chain two. Forward pass into the second vertical bar. Work across the rest of the row. Reverse pass through one stitch. Reverse pass through the rest of the row as usual. Repeat as needed.