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what does carpel tunnel feel like?
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c-sharp minor
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20+ years of playing guitar, working out, using a keyboard, playing video games, work and even longer at spanking the monkey and no pain, numbness whatsoever in the wrists.
I rock.
I rock.
I use a gel filled pad for my mouse wrist, it works good. They also have a lon one for the bottom of the keyboard.
hamstershaver
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stop jacking off before its too late
Had the Carpal Release surgery on both hands, done by the best in the buiz. Cost me 17k and was an instant fucking miracle.
Symptoms: dead give away is the pinky ring and half of your middle finger go dead numb when you sleep and you wake up with them feeling like your hands were just dipped in molten brass, that is to say, they hurt. You also get a weird THWANG! spasm once in a while for no apparent reason. Reach for that coffee pot? THWANG! You get the idea.
Gell pads neither help nor prevent RSI's, they just feel nice. The legs on your keyboard are EXACTLY the wrong thing to do, you need to angle your keyboard DOWN not up.
I had it so bad that I had HandsFreeMouse that was opperated by my feet. No shit. I did the cortisone injections, NSAIDS up the wazoola, the whole nine.
Sugery saved me. Only thing I can't do is spend 6 or 7 hours on my handle bars any more, so for long distance I go recumbent now.
Questions? I been there, maybe I can help.
Symptoms: dead give away is the pinky ring and half of your middle finger go dead numb when you sleep and you wake up with them feeling like your hands were just dipped in molten brass, that is to say, they hurt. You also get a weird THWANG! spasm once in a while for no apparent reason. Reach for that coffee pot? THWANG! You get the idea.
Gell pads neither help nor prevent RSI's, they just feel nice. The legs on your keyboard are EXACTLY the wrong thing to do, you need to angle your keyboard DOWN not up.
I had it so bad that I had HandsFreeMouse that was opperated by my feet. No shit. I did the cortisone injections, NSAIDS up the wazoola, the whole nine.
Sugery saved me. Only thing I can't do is spend 6 or 7 hours on my handle bars any more, so for long distance I go recumbent now.
Questions? I been there, maybe I can help.
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In the center of your wrist, there is a little knot and pain when you push open doors and shit.
I know this works for arthritis, not sure about carpal tunnel. Parafin Bath where you stick your fingers in a waxlike substance that`s preheated and forms a glove on your hands. That`s for temporary relief Ith ink. Not a cure or anything but it works very well.
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I tried that for carpal, doesn't work.
Carpal is basically when the sheething around the tendons lose their lubrication.
Warmth hasn't helped me.
Carpal is basically when the sheething around the tendons lose their lubrication.
Warmth hasn't helped me.
gonelifting said:
It's supposed to be a "pins and needles" feeling in the hand, but mine actually started in the shoulder. Finally figured out my desk was at the wrong height. I had bought a new chair and didn't get it adjusted until I was playing hurt. Stupid, really.
Forge said:
No problem:
Picture if you will the hand/wrist posture required for typing on a keyboard with the 'legs' exteneded: you constantly have to keep your wrists bent up to accomodate this position of the keyboard... this bent up wrist posture causes pressure directly on the Median nerve in the canal. This is a bad thing.
Now picture a keyboard that is lower on the far edge: your wrists are now more in line with the natural direction of your forearm and you releave the constant strain needed to keep your hands 'up'.
The secondary negative effect of having the leading edge of your keyboard lower than the far edge is that it forces the horrible habit of leaning on the exact spot you are trying to reduce pressure on. Gel rests or not, this is a bad thing for CTS sufferers.
Most folks who use a keyboard have their chairs too low/their keyboard too high realative to their bent elbow. If you have a desk that has an under the table keyboard 'drawer', try adjusting the tilt if you can to really let the key board slant down away from you. You will be instantly surprised how much less neck, shoulder and wrist strain you experience.
What chef said. 
I also had the surgery on both wrists, and before the surgery I couldn't sleep through the night. I would wake up all the time with my hand numb. The one thing that surprised me was that I had it in both hands. I was only having problems with one, but when they did the test it was in both. After the surgery I haven't had any problems with my hand going numb. My grip is a little weaker, but I can live with that.
I also had the surgery on both wrists, and before the surgery I couldn't sleep through the night. I would wake up all the time with my hand numb. The one thing that surprised me was that I had it in both hands. I was only having problems with one, but when they did the test it was in both. After the surgery I haven't had any problems with my hand going numb. My grip is a little weaker, but I can live with that.
