Carpul-Tunnel Syndrome

[$cirisme]

How you do tell if you have it?

The joint on my right hand thumb gets really painful every once in a while and it makes it a real pain to type or do anything.(it is this way now)

I really noticed it last year and it really scared me, but it did eventually go away. It even makes it difficult to drive as I try to figure out where to put my thumb where it hurts least.

[RumTumTugger]

How you do tell if you have it?

The joint on my right hand thumb gets really painful every once in a while and it makes it a real pain to type or do anything.(it is this way now)

I really noticed it last year and it really scared me, but it did eventually go away. It even makes it difficult to drive as I try to figure out where to put my thumb where it hurts least.

that's one of the signs do you also feel numbness around the area at times?

[$cirisme]

that's one of the signs do you also feel numbness around the area at times?
I was about to post No but then it got numb.

I sure hope that's pschosomatic. :nervous:

[RumTumTugger]

I understand Cirisme. It may not be anything to worry about But you might want to have doctor check into it anyway.

if it helps to relieve your mind. I went through something simular years ago. a year of occasional painful wrist and then feeling the numbness in my fingers which led me to make an appointment with the doctor we'd caught it in time so all I needed was some time off work with my wrists in a kind of splint and I was back to normal. now I try to remember not to keep at my computer so long and do a little preventive excercises(i use a little squeeze ball while at my desk to excercise the muscles. i've had no re-occurance of teh problem since then.

[$cirisme]

Thanks, RTT. :thumb:

[RumTumTugger]

Your welcome

[Rubia Warren]

I am having trouble in my right hand. My wrist has been hurting for a long time and I had sort of a lump in there. and now when I do things my fingertips go numb. Also, when I hold something, the joint in my thumb gets a horrible cramp-type feeling. My chiropractor asked if that was my mousehand and I said yes. :blush:
He told me to chillie beanz with the computer and things like that, and to use this thing, like a brace, kinda, it just wraps around your arm with velcro up by your elbow when I am on the computer. You can get one at Wal-Mart or wherever. It has been really helping me a lot.