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Old 05-01-2003, 01:00 PM   #2
Melissa Schatzmann
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Carpal Tunnel

Hi Linda,

I had to stop doing my stippling because of carpal tunnel syndrome. My hand, wrist and up my arm received the years of constant repetition. I am also a graphic designer so the mouse didn't do much good either.

I trained my left hand to work the mouse (didn't take long) so that I took some stress off my right hand. I gave up the stippling because of the constant repetitive work it involved. I did, however, make sure I took more breaks from the computer, stretched my fingers out for about 10 seconds and then relaxed them. This was a great exercise.

Also, I placed a warm heating pad around my wrist at night for about 20 minutes. And above all this, I wore a wrist splint as much as possible to keep it from working any more than it had to. This all helped significantly. By the way, you can buy the splints for carpal tunnel at your local pharmacy. Hope this helps.
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