[TheForge] was Oil fired forge now wrist problems

[Grover Richardson]

I have a standard soft pad under my wrist at the keyboard, but still had
problems.  So, my soft pad is sitting on top of a crude piece of 2 x 4.
Works well.  Look at piano players.  How they keep their wrists up.  That is
the stance you want to keep.

Also, I noticed that when I slept that I tended to place my arms so that my
hands were kinked at an angle, sometimes almost 90 degrees.  So these days I
keep the wrist straight when sleeping.

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of terry l. ridder
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:22 AM
To: Steve Smith
Cc: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Oil fired forge

hello steve;

comments below.

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Steve Smith wrote:

>
>
> terry l. ridder wrote:
>
>> i am a bit delayed in
>> building it since with all my putzing around this summer i have managed
>> to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and hands. so i am
>> forced to take it ease for several weeks till.
>
> Terry, I've worked at a computer 40 hours a week, for the past 27 years.
I've 
> developed wrist twinges three or four times as I got older; every time it
has 
> been completely eliminated by figuring out what was wrong with my posture.
I 
> don't think the folks who write up the 'right' way to sit have all the 
> details right--it varies from person to person.
>

my problem is i over use the right hand because the left hand and arm
issues. the right wrist really flared up after using the sawzall and it
bucked hard and all that force went into the right wrist.
i am also on tramadol, every 6 hours, so i over do it because i do not
feel the pain till later.

<snip>

agree on the keyboards. i am basically one-handed typing so that
introduces all neew stress to the hands and wrist.

thank you for the information.

>
> Steve
>

-- 
terry l. ridder ><>
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