once-a-polecat asked, "My friend, do you have wrist guards/braces? If you do... then SLEEP IN THEM!!! I had tendinitis and y hand therapist suggested I do that and it helped so much. Now when my hands start to act up from overtyping I spend a week sleeping in my braces and they stop bothering me."

I do but I don’t think they are very good. I might see about getting some better ones because if I am going to keep up this pace of typing I am going to need something.

Tips for a wrist sufferer from a wrist sufferer:

Some bracers are meant to be slept in, like the hard bracers. DO NOT sleep in the soft/elastic bracers, they will fuck you up
Sometimes, your wrists just want to be warm. Invest in some arm tube things or knit your own. Your local pharmacy might carry wrist warmers. check them out
Glucosamine and Omega 3. You’re welcome
KNOW YOUR LIMITS! Pushing yourself to do a thing should be a limited experience because you know it will fuck you up. Don’t fuck yourself up. It’s bad
Once you have fucked yourself up [it happens] take a break from using your hands as much as you can. Speech to text programs are pretty good these days. And a sanity project that involves non-writing motions can help during the healing time
Ice baths or hot (not scalding) baths may help to provide temporary relief. Don’t over-do it or you can do yourself more damage
You will learn to love Deep Heat/athletic balm. They even come in scent-free versions.
Slow the fuck down. Take breaks. Stretch. Put your hands in the air and wriggle your fingers around
Daydreaming is nap time for your hands
For fuck’s sake, give yourself an upper limit. You will thank me later

Hope this helps you out.

26/10/2016, 16:42 with 32 notes #YMMV #bad wrists #things that help me

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