Carpal Tunnel.
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- WrappedInBooks0
I had inflammation if the Ulnar nerve (cubital tunnel syndrome) and my doctor gave me an exercise to strengthen the trapezius. Basically the nerve running through the shoulder gets stretched because your traps are weak.
The exercise: Extend your arms out, so your hand is above the shoulder, and then make a circular motion (kind of like a breast stroke, but smaller).
It helped me.
- designbot0
It's seriously time to do away with antiquated mouse/keyboard combo.
- Me? Or the industry in general?baseline_shift
- the industry in general...computers have pretty much been using the same interface since the dawn of the personal computer.designbot
- personal computer.designbot
- nicole_marie0
i get horrible muscle twitches in my hand near my thumb, and it will cramp up real bad. usually when i have a deadline.
- flashbender0
my wrist hurts from something else.
ZING!
- EKUL0
- Juan_Dumplo0
yeah
- version30
swim
- Hurley0
if you get a wacom tablet your problem will be solved.
- Does anyone read the initial post?? I have one, but hate using it for many tasks i perform often at work. WTFbaseline_shift
- EKUL0
6th sense!
- ArmandoEstrada0
As stated above, Wacom tablet pretty much took my pain away. Learn to use it.
- Do you use it for type setting? I do this a lot at work. Ive found it takes 3 times as long to do anything with a tablet.baseline_shift
- tgqt0
I got carpal tunnel during a bicycle ride across the US in 1998.
So bad that I was unable to exibit any dexterity for months. A year later I still had no control over my pinkys. I am in pain everyday.
- killthefish0
I use trackballs. But they are becoming much rare.
- they've always been rare, but there is a lot of people that use themMeeklo
- ninjasavant0
I have wacom too but that gives me shoulder pain. i can't win.
- EKUL0
wacom
- wack'emEKUL
- Cant use it for internet or type. Did you read the post?baseline_shift
- oh sorry! i use it for everything / cant do anything withoutEKUL
- yeah, no prob. i just cant use it for certain things.baseline_shift
- twentyone130
Usually the biggest sign of Carpal Tunnel is numbness in your hands.
- 7point340
its caused from too much pressure/damage to circulation on the wrist. try to position your hands so that you don't rest your wrists on anything.
- harlequino0
Used to have this quite often. Make sure you're taking breaks to flex your hands and fingers, don't keep them in the same position.
Also, make sure your mouse hand is parrallel to the floor. Don;t let it rest on the edge of the table or even a pad things can be bad. Adjust your chair/table so it's parallel. That should help.
- magnificent_ruin0
extend your arm straight out, palm up, and bend each finger downwards (backwards) for 3 seconds, followed by all four non-thumb fingers for 3 seconds. do this a few times a day and I think you'll see a gradual improvement to normalcy
- That's just a warm up for aggressive ball cupping.harlequino
- ill try this out. (the ball cupping i mean :P )baseline_shift
- it worked for memagnificent_ruin