Poll: Carpal tunnel syndrome anyone?

[Beller0ph1]

Since all of us here are at the computer most of the day thanks to ATOT, does anyone suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome? Or any other repetitive strees injury?

Me, I dunno. After a long typing session, like a lab report, my right wrist hurts like no other. I hope I'm just not paranoid or something, but it's getting on my nerves.

 

[Shockwave]

My hands start to hurt, almost to the point I get cramps.....

 

[bradruth]

No, but I have a bad case of Tarsal tunnel.

I need to quit typing with my feet.

 

[Howard]

haha

 

[episodic]

My mouse finger cramps horribly, right hand 1st finger. Sometimes I'm just sitting there and it spasms and shakes. . . .

 

[oniq]

Sometimes when I'm writing a lot, my hand cramps up and I can't move my thumb. Theres also this dent right below my thumb on my palm, when it cramps up.. it goes away after a while, but it sucks :\.. dunno what THAT is..

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Both wrists 60% disabled. High vibration air tools for 25 years.
Riding high vibration motorcycles for years.
Shooting very heavy loads with revolvers for years.

My wrists swell up so bad, that a loose wrist watch becomes tight by mid-day.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with both hands in pins & needles.

Lets talk about tinnitus, the above helped that along to.

Take better care of yourselves than I did ppl.

g/y

 

[rufruf44]

Is there any type of therapy/exercise to help prevent/recover from carpal tunnel syndrome?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: rufruf44
Is there any type of therapy/exercise to help prevent/recover from carpal tunnel syndrome?

If help is sought at the onset, yes! If it is dismissed, as I did, permanent nerve damage can/will result.

Stretching the tendons of the wrists is something that can be done at station. Put your hands together, as if in prayer, then lift your elbows as high as you can for 10 seconds. Hold the hand down with the other hand, try to make your fingers touch the elbow. Do wrist rotations with lite dumb bells.
There is more on line.

Being a tough guy in my 20's to 40's has it's price. A high one for me. I seek NO sympathy. We will all pay a price
for our personal histories, there is no free lunch.

g/y

 

[Schadenfroh]

yep, doctor told me to wear braces at night for it, its not just your wrists, its practically your entire arm, mine hurts allot on the upper part of my arm more than my wrist

 

[Beller0ph1]

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee

Originally posted by: rufruf44
Is there any type of therapy/exercise to help prevent/recover from carpal tunnel syndrome?

If help is sought at the onset, yes! If it is dismissed, as I did, permanent nerve damage can/will result.

Stretching the tendons of the wrists is something that can be done at station. Put your hands together, as if in prayer, then lift your elbows as high as you can for 10 seconds. Hold the hand down with the other hand, try to make your fingers touch the elbow. Do wrist rotations with lite dumb bells.
There is more on line.

Being a tough guy in my 20's to 40's has it's price. A high one for me. I seek NO sympathy. We will all pay a price
for our personal histories, there is no free lunch.

g/y

Some advice I think we all can benefit from

 

[vi edit]

This week I'm setting up my first consultation to see what I've got going on.

My index finger is to the point where I can hardly flex it anymore, and if I can, it's with a lot of pain. My thumb is pretty much down to half the range of motion as well. Loose circulation real easily in my hands as well when I sleep.

 

[melly]

A few days ago my right hand started hurting, numb slash pins and needles. I went to the doctor who said it is either a pinched nerve or the startings of CT. She is arranging for me to get the test done soon..in the meantime I'm wearing the wrist brace. I'm avoiding driving until I have to go back to work mid-week, it hurts too much.

 

[gistech1978]

it comes and goes.
its been a while since my last flareup.
i will occasionally get shooting pains up my forearms.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I'm 100% wrist pain free thanks to my desk setup. It has a 6" deep pullout drawer under the desktop, which I pull out to rest my elbows on. It's like second nature whenever I sit down the the computer. I can type all day and all night with no pain.

 

[0roo0roo]

too much fps gaming, decided to head off carpal tunnel by being ambidexterous i have two mice, and i do most windows mousing with left hand. gaming still with right. keyboard is ergo ms kb