Comments on: Very Bad Sign

By: matthew

matthew — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 13:01:12 +0000

three years ago i started to feel the onset of carpal tunnel (the wrist pinching feeling you’re experiencing).

first thing i did was go to a carpal tunnel “specialist” who was actually just a surgeon. his response was to come back when it really hurt and then he could talk options (i.e. surgery).

so then i went to an acupuncurist and, to be quiet honest, it did relieve the pinching. i’ve read debates where people feel that acupuncture doesn’t “heal” the carpal tunnel as much as it simply deadens the nerves, but all i know is it went away.

i still get pinching occasionally, but now i practice some hand yoga to relieve the stress.

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 06:34:00 +0000

This kind of reminds me of the FedEx commercial where they are all “doomed”…Is this Don Henley’s The End of Innocence for Ariel? Is she….DOOMED!?? doomed! doomed!!!

By: kristina

kristina — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 05:59:20 +0000

I have been reading your blog for months and have not commented. I guess this is my coming out. I have one of those wrist-supporting mousepads (and keyboard pads) and it has made a world of difference. I would also invest in a trackball mouse. They rock.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 05:28:40 +0000

I actually heard that those wrist-supporting pads can make things worse (something about your wrist now bending down instead of up).

Either way, perhaps you can do some pretentious dictating for a while. Pacing around the house at high-speed while sipping brandy completes the fantasy…

By: leblanc

leblanc — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:45:07 +0000

i switched my mouse to the left side a few months ago, and not only did it help my right wrist, now that i’m using the other side of my brain more often, i swear that my mental alignment has shifted a bit too!!