Carpal Tonal

[nadinbrzezinski]

Yep, over the last week my wrist started to remind me that I have been abusing it

So got myself a typing glove

And a nice ergonomic keyboard

The latter is very slow going,since I am not familiar with it...but cheaper than the alternative

So take care of your hands... it can be ahem painful

[Olney Blue]

1. My husband is having carpal tunnel surgery this Friday.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Good luck on that

[Olney Blue]

3. He had his other hand done several weeks ago. A major symptom is

numbness in the hand. Glad you are taking care before it gets bad!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Only having pain

And forcing vacations or breaks by using the battery

[LakeSamish706]

19. Surgery is not necessary.... It can be dealt with very easily..... Look into it...n/t

[DJ13]

4. You might also stop using a standard mouse

Try a trackball, they're better for the wrist.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. IT is the hand I don't use for mousing

In fact, had to take it out since reaching it on the laptop is a pain

[lonestarnot]

7. The new surgery is supposed to be as effective and less painful.

Good luck with the conservative method. Maybe you should lay off the keyboard for a short spell. :P I couldn't either if I were you. LOL

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I write for a living

that said, took the paper and pen to coffee shop today

[lonestarnot]

13. Poor thing. The surgery is a week recovery?

:shrug:

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. No surgery, just taking care of this by doing what I should

have done years ago...

And the taking it easy is working

[LakeSamish706]

8. Can I tell you folks something? Google Trigger Point Therapy and see...

what you come up with... I had Carpal symptoms about 2 years ago and I began Trigger Point and have never looked back.... It works, trust me... There are some great books out there and the one that I have is by Clair Davies....

[ljm2002]

10. Ice pack...

...get one of those flexible blue ice pack thingies and wrap it around the wrist for an hour or two. Once you feel pain, there is already danger of nerve damage -- since carpal tunnel is due to the nerve bundle swelling inside a bone tunnel that won't expand. Ice makes it feel better and helps to shrink it.

[Earth_First]

11. I have what I believe to be carpal tonal

During the workday my hands and fingertips will suddenly become numb to the point where I need to flex them back to feeling.

I wake in the middle of the night with one or both of my arms completely numb.

It's in both arms to the point where I've become concerned about it. However, I am one of the millions of Americans without health insurance. I've been told that I need to see a specialist to even diagnose me with the condition before I can even begin to rectify the problem.

:sigh:

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Yep those are classics of it

one thing you can insist on is an ergonics package

I work at home so I bought the gear and taking it very easily on the typing

Once I get to 500 words today on fiction, will turn it off

[Earth_First]

17. Only problem is that I work in Landscape Construction...

So I don't believe that the egronics package is an option in my case.

[lonestarnot]

23. tunnel and tonal are the same condition. One sound like it should have something to do with hearing

:)

[LakeSamish706]

12. Trigger Point Therapy... The Book is titled "The Trigger Point Therapy...

Work Book" by Clair Davies... Look for it, it works.

[Earth_First]

16. Thank you for the suggestion!

I will certainly look into that.

[LakeSamish706]

18. Can you pass this on to the rest of this thread that probably has me on ignore? Thanks. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. I got it, even googled it

and it sounds interesting

Sometimes people don't aswer

[LakeSamish706]

15. Lol.. Best of luck to those that don't have me on ignore.... n/t

[Bluebear]

20. Carpal Tonal? Is this what happens from listening to your iPod too loud? :)

[LakeSamish706]

21. It is actually Carpal Tunnel Syndrome... and can be dealt with by a very simple...

means actually..... Something called Trigger Point Therapy will make this go away without expensive surgery....

[Duke Newcombe]

22. Sorry to hear it: CTS is a b....well, a bear

I'm a chicken re: surgery. I used one of those Dr. Scholls hand to above-the-wrist guards. Wore it every waking and sleeping hour I could for about 2-3 months, and took it easy on my right (mouse) hand when I had to do computer work. Also did hand exercises and flexion exercises. It worked like a charm. I hardly have issues with the wrist anymore.

Good luck on your treatment.

Duke

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I figured an ergo keyboard was part of it

and taking it extremely easy on the hand

[Duke Newcombe]

27. An ergo keyboard is a good idea for afterwards...

When the wrist is feeling better. But the wrist guard (splint, whatever the cloth/velcro thingie was I wore) worked wonders. Just make sure you get the proper size, put it on snugly (but not too snug), and wear it as often as possible, especially while sleeping, when you might roll over on your wrist, and while your body is healing itself.

BTW, I'm not a doctor/ standard disclaimers apply.

Duke

[Lugnut]

28. I had surgery in early April.

The surgery was performed on my left hand when I reached a point where I couldn't stand the burning anymore. I used a wrist splint for a few years which helped quite a bit until it didn't. After having pain and burning in my entire left arm and shoulder I found a great orthopedic surgeon who fixed things. The surgery sidelined me for a few days but it was well worth it. I had very little discomfort following out-patient surgery and my hand has healed nicely.