I’d been on the computer for hours revising the latest draft of my book. When I got up to take a break, I noticed my left elbow seemed tender. If I put any pressure on it, I felt a sensation similar to touching a very bad sun burn. My elbows are of the sharp boney variety. So I thought, maybe I just needed to cushion the arm rests on my desk chair.
After joking around that I’d invented a new condition called writer’s elbow, I found out that writer’s elbow is a real thing.
A little research on the internet informed me that like tennis elbow, writer’s elbow was caused by repeatedly straining the muscles and tendons. Unlike tennis elbow, I didn’t achieve any cardio benefit from sitting in a statue position for several hours.
So I’m re-evaluating my posture, stretching more, and being careful not to sleep on it. I should probably be icing and heating it too.
To all my writing friends, caution writing can be hazardous to your elbows.
