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During the course of the summer I have been developing Yet Another Different Hand Problem. It's not carpal tunnel -- it's the wrong part of the hand. But all I know to do is to do carpal tunnel things, so that's what I've been doing, and it has been getting worse. -- I can't lie down for more than a couple of hours before I blossom into excruciating pain.
I finally saw a chiropractor today and got some massage and stuff. Some advice. Different exercises. An "adjustment" which seems to me to be the forceful opening of the cervical joint. But it wasn't too forceful.
Anyway, I'm just warming up here before returning to my work for the first time in days. I have my son and his friend scraping the last of the paint on that kitchen cabinet. But he needs the computer sometimes to work on his med school applications. Come Saturday he'll be back on campus, no more competition from that end but also no more help around the house.
Anyway. to work.
I finally saw a chiropractor today and got some massage and stuff. Some advice. Different exercises. An "adjustment" which seems to me to be the forceful opening of the cervical joint. But it wasn't too forceful.
Anyway, I'm just warming up here before returning to my work for the first time in days. I have my son and his friend scraping the last of the paint on that kitchen cabinet. But he needs the computer sometimes to work on his med school applications. Come Saturday he'll be back on campus, no more competition from that end but also no more help around the house.
Anyway. to work.
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Do you have pain on the thumb side of your wrist, that gets worse when you clench your fist or do work that involves gripping with your whole hand? If so, you may have a problem with the dequervein's tendon, which controls the thumb. (That's what causes my chronic hand pain.) Ice and anti-inflammatories help some, though I gather you're already doing them for the carpal tunnel problems.
There are special hand braces for dequervein's tendonitis, that are supposed to prevent motion of the thumb. They tend to make my pain worse, because I clench my fist against the brace when the pain is bad. In my 6 years of experience, I've learned:
1) anything that helps me relax the hand and forearm tends to reduce pain. but I need to relax all of it. I can't strain to lift something heavy or do something fiddly with part of my hand.
2) scissors are bad. cut with razor blades. pliers are bad. get help.
3) pencils and ballpoint pens are bad for me. fine-point felt-tip pens have saved me
4) my hand can't work a mouse anymore, but a touchpad is no problem. fellowes makes one that plugs into the mouseport, and I bring it to work.
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