Hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder problems--you got em?
 

I sure do.

After 30 years of near-constant typing I have: numbness in both hands, particularly when it's cold; carpal tunnel syndrome; a ganglion cyst on my wrist that comes and goes, a pinched nerve in my elbow, and, most recent, and very annoying-- a trigger finger!

Nothing to do for it really--ibuprofen when needed; braces help. But still--talk about lifestyle consequences!

:(

I had a huge ganglion cyst on my wrist for several years. Then I broke my watch band and the cyst went away in a month.

My doctor told me, quite seriously, to bang a heavy book on it to make it go away. It comes and goes, really.

The trigger finger, now ---- it's my middle finger on the left hand. It "catches" -- making it not want to extend completely. Boo!

HA! I'm betting a lot of men here have these problems. :jagoff:

Right shoulder. Can't do overhead press or inclined bench press. Or scratch the back of my left shoulder.:sniff:

Well, if you women were a little more accommodating...

Left shoulder.
I WILL treat myself to a therapy cane one of these days.

This is incredible. I wonder what the connection was.

Tennis elbow on the right side. Trying out one of these.

why only men? girls do it, too. In fact, when I was 15 I had surgery for a trigger finger on my right hand. No one ever mentioned it, but looking back, I have a suspicion. Overuse injury, indeed. Very embarrassing!

thank the FSM for mechanical aids!

Could be a coincidence, but that's what happened. It was an old Speidel twist-o-flex I'd moved from watch to watch for years. I liked it because it didn't pull the hair on my wrist, and it was pretty tight so my watch didn't move while I was working. Maybe too tight. :confused:

I had a massive, painful ganglion on my left wrist when I was in 7th-8th grade--even had a doctor put me on arthritis drugs for it for awhile, but they never did a bit of good. Finally someone made the connection for me that it was from playing the viola. I made a concerted* effort to relax my arm while playing, and it went away.


*get it?!

Don't you ever sleep?

Holy moly! 30 years!

:biggrinba

I think I'm developing Kindle elbow.

My joints are too flexible and I regularly screw them up, especially my shoulders. Right noe I'm in physical therapy for my knee -I have a torn meniscus and other issues, this afternoon i get to see the knee doctor to see whether surgery is necessary.