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

Cloud · 04-27-2010, 01:10 PM

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!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-27-2010, 01:14 PM

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.

Cloud · 04-27-2010, 01:21 PM

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!

Shawnee123 · 04-27-2010, 01:47 PM

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

Spexxvet · 04-27-2010, 02:09 PM

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

Spexxvet · 04-27-2010, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

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

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

skysidhe · 04-27-2010, 03:02 PM

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

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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.

This is incredible. I wonder what the connection was.

Pie · 04-27-2010, 03:58 PM

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

Cloud · 04-27-2010, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

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

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!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-27-2010, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

This is incredible. I wonder what the connection was.

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.

Clodfobble · 04-27-2010, 09:35 PM

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?!

HungLikeJesus · 04-27-2010, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I sure do.

After 30 years of near-constant typing ...

Don't you ever sleep?

Holy moly! 30 years!

Cloud · 04-27-2010, 10:39 PM

Griff · 04-28-2010, 05:36 AM

I think I'm developing Kindle elbow.

monster · 04-28-2010, 06:55 AM

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.

04-27-2010, 01:10 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2010, 01:14 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-27-2010, 01:21 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2010, 01:47 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	HA! I'm betting a lot of men here have these problems. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Right shoulder. Can't do overhead press or inclined bench press. Or scratch the back of my left shoulder. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Tennis elbow on the right side. Trying out one of these. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	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?! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-27-2010, 10:39 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	__________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-28-2010, 05:36 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think I'm developing Kindle elbow. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-28-2010, 06:55 AM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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