Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ?
 

How many of you guys use the keyboard / mouse so damn much that your hand / wrist / arms hurt from it ? I just got over my left arm hurting from what i think is prolonged moh keyboard use (the muscle at the elbow), and now it is my mouse hand / bottom wrist area. Anyone ?

The only thing that hurts is my right wrist because thats what i use to move the mouse. Other then that i suffer from LoN KAA lack of nookie.

my left wrist used to bother me a lot until i got a nice lil gel pad thingie...germ tried to tear it open and rape it tho but i threw an asian prince t-shirt out the window

Nice von .. strik0r ... I also suffer from lack of nookie, but im not sure that is the problem here ed:

Yeah, I get that a lot, Judas. Actually happened more when I was working for Clear Channel because of the amount of time I spend using Photoshop. Since then I've cut way back on my design time and take regular breaks from the keyboard to stretch the muscles.

Be careful, if it gets bad enough it could mean surgeory. Judging from what my mother went through with her surgeory, you may not get a full recovery in the end. Just do those cheesy excersizes you see posted at the office every hour or so for about five minutes and it might start to clear up.

clear channel? that damn thing that gives me a headache every time i watch CBS? biggrin:

Clear Channel Communications - could be the TV station you watch, but I was working for a set of radio stations in Springfield, MA. Because of their greed and need for expansion I found my pink slip in the form of a manager's meeting. Bastards! LOL

Just take a break once in a while lol. Like when you die just lay there and go to the bathroom or get some drinks or food.

I'm not even going to go there hake:

Yeah, I get that. My left hand will give me pains the day after playing for awhile. I don't think it helps that I play the guitar and that is my fret hand. And also, I am a compulsive reader, which I use my left hand, so it all adds up on the poor thing.

I'll take the advice given here and start to stretch it out. I don't want any problems when I'm thirty.

[quote="Sgt.Pepper":dd941]Yeah, I get that. My left hand will give me pains the day after playing for awhile. I don't think it helps that I play the guitar and that is my fret hand. And also, I am a compulsive reader, which I use my left hand, so it all adds up on the poor thing.

I'll take the advice given here and start to stretch it out. I don't want any problems when I'm thirty.[/quote:dd941]

Oh yeah... Bar cords are famous for their carpal effect. Give me a long song made up of all bar and we're talking massive carpal effect...

I've got my keyboard and mouse set up to minimize bending my wrists . It seems to help . I had some numbness in my hands until I went with this set up . It's worth a shot anyway .

Stupid Clear Channel Took Dee Sniders morning show of the air!

Did they really? I haven't listened to that station in a while. That sucks, he actually had a pretty good show for what little of it I heard. And if I remember correctly it had good ratings in the Hartford area. Hmmmm... Well, of coarse, they are bass fishes. LOL

Shoulder , Arrgghhh ! My shoulder is killing me , what a bunch of whoosie's ...... Just do what I do , play the game until you can't move your hand and then keep on playing until you can't move your arm either , then go to bed and hope for the best in the morning . biggrin: Sometimes going to bed helps out with the lack-0-nooky thingy too .. angel:

Seriously though , my shoulder is killing me. biggrin:

[quote:89d34]what a bunch of whoosie's [/quote:89d34]

LMAO Oldguy !!!!!! biggrin: biggrin: biggrin: biggrin:

My hand/arm never gets tired from playing MOHAA. Its been strengthed from years of... yeah....

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after a year my left wrist was beat to hell. from typing, and skateboarding. then i got a set of these and my wrist are fine now. their amazing, and so gelly

eeewww skateboarding.

Nice setup you got there anit ... After the elbow episode i went out and got one of those gel wrist deals ... have nt had much problems since. Might need to get one for the mouse hand as well.

Skarteboarding ... I did a little in high school ... got a couple of 'vintage'
late 80's early 90's boards you might like ... One is powell perelta (i think is how you spell it) Guerrer** not sure its a bit worn .. the other is a monty nolder (mini monty) - still in pretty good shape.. one of the first boards to have the up turned nose ... Ind trucks ... Still got it .. Anywho . maybe ill post a pic . I was never much good , just liked the chicks, beer, and concerts oOo:

my wrists are good but me back's farked
computer chair all day at work and then 2-3 hours when i get home

Because of excessive keyboard use I have now devoloped two gangleons (cysts) in my left wrist which will need to be surgically removed when I get around to it. oOo:
Sometimes they flare up which inhibits range of motion and other times I can barely feel them.