[Shop-talk] Carpal tunnel syndrome?

[eric at megageek.com]

Jim,

I've worked with computers my whole life (back before there was an 
Internet even!)

I had CTS in the 90s while working at a job with a less than ideal setup. 
I immediately changed ALL of my computer desks and how they were set up 
(at work and home.)

I used a wrist brace whenever I was on the computer.  After a few months, 
it stopped bothering me.  I haven't had an issue with it since then.

Granted, I may have caught it early enough, but I really think it was the 
fact that I changed up all of my stations and used the brace that allowed 
my wrist to heal.    Note I wore the brace whenever I was on the computer, 
slept, watched TV at first.  Then I slowly tapered it off to just during 
computer use.  Then it was just when my wrist bothered me.  I still have 
the brace, but I haven't touched it in almost 15 years.  YMMV


Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
Tech Viper
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While I was editing my last post with numb hands I thought maybe some 
folks here had run into this issue and thought about, or gotten, the 
surgery. I've had it for 20 years and it only acts up when I do a bunch of 
remodeling, which I'm going to be doing for the next few years. A friend 
got the surgery years ago and highly recommends it. I'm very leery of 
being cut open, at least as much because of infection as for the potential 
to make things worse.

Thoughts?

thanks,
jim


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