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Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me: Pregnancy and Carpal Tunnel
Pregnancy and motherhood are ripe with shocking, funny, embarrassing, and insightful moments. All too often we have that "how did I not know that?!" moment.
Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Typing all day can be a pain in the wrist! I'm talking about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which occurs when the median nerve, running from the forearm into the hand, becomes compressed at the wrist. This nerve runs through the narrow carpal tunnel at the base of the hand, and controls sensations to the palm side of your thumb and fingers.
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Geek Tip: Fight Hand Cramps, Carpal Tunnel With These Exercises!
Although doctors say that mouse and computer use is not a severe occupational hazard for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, my hand cramps up somethin' fierce after working all day. To fight those cramps, discomfort, and hand boredom in general, do these quick hand exercises from eHand for mousing relief!
Sit or stand while doing the following exercises, and hold all stretches for a count of five!
5 Things: Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Since many of us are working on a computer all day, we may be putting ourselves at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). It happens when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist. This nerve controls sensations to the palm side of your thumb and fingers, as well as impulses to some small muscles in the hand that allow the fingers and thumb to move.
Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me? Carpal Tunnel
When you're pregnant, you expect your feet and ankles to swell and your fingers to puff up like lil sausages, but you don't expect the swelling in your wrists and hands to cause a mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome.
I first discovered this before going to bed at night. My wrists and hands had a dull pain and were even numb and tingly at times.
Do Computers Cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
For years mothers and know-it-alls have insisted that computer use causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), so a bunch of doctors recently embarked on a one year follow up study to determine the prevalence and incidence of possible CTS and to evaluate the contribution of use of mouse devices and keyboards to one's risk.
From what we know, CTS occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist, resulting in severe pain, weakness, or numbness in the hand and wrist.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study found that the occurrence of possible CTS in the right hand, which is usually the hand that controls your mouse, was low.
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Work It Girl: Easy Wrist Stretches
If you work on a computer all day long, typing and mousing, you are at risk for developing carpal tunnel syndrome. One way to help prevent this painful overuse injury is to regularly take a break from work and stretch your wrists. Here is an easy stretch you should do often at your desk.
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