> > Ian, that is a crucial bit of info.
> > Before you do anything, align your levers so that your
forearm/wrist/palm
> of your hands are in a straight line. Having your levers too high,
resulting in an
> upward bend of your hands WILL mess things up!!!
This is good advice which I'm aware of but have yet to act upon...
> Here's what I can offer;
>
> I had a galpal who once got carpal tunnel so bad she went on disability so
I
> was able to see what they do if you get it so bad you can't work.
>
> The only medication that they put her on was about 800 mg of ibuprofen
> (daily). (As I learned) the only difference between the prescription
version
> and over the counter is the script version have more ibuprofen in each
tablet
> so you don't have to swallow so many pills every day. So you can just bump
> up the over the counter dosage and you will get what a doctor would
> prescribe (Hey, I didn't tell you to do that, I just said you could).
>
> She also had to wear wrist braces 100% of the time, even to bed as your
wrist
> will move into bad positions while you sleep.
>
I have a wrist brace which I wore for my last long trip out and I think it
helped.
> The above eventually got rid of it for her after maybe 2 months.
>
> As for me I was getting it myself starting a few years back due in part to
using
> a mouse about 18 hours a day.
Ditto.
>
> I changed to a trackball and put it on the left side of the keyboard to
give my
> right wrist (the worse of the 2) a break. Trackballs seem to allow for a
better
> positioning for your wrist (IMO).
I have a trackball which I use to relieve RSI in my thumb joint from mousing
but I'm on the mouse at the moment. I should probably go back to it.
> I also bought some foam grips ($12 USD) that mimic the barrel shape of the
> 1960s and 1970s Tomaselli grips that came on Nortons and many other bikes.
> If you curve your hand as if you are holding a handlebar grip and examine
the
> shape you will see that your hand has an indentation in the palm area. The
> barrel shape fills that area and gives you more surface to palm contact
and
> because of that you can have the same amount of grip on the bars with less
> force.
>
> This I think is key, - your hand has to take a unnatural shape (your palm
has to
> press down) in order to try and get a proper grip if you are using a tube
> shaped hand grip. The added pressure it not noticeable until you
exacerbate
> the issue with poor keyboard and mouse orientations that cause the issue
to
> be pretty much non-stop (you are damaging the carpal area all the time).
Now this is advice that strikes a chord. Along with the lever alignment,
this may well do the trick. The problem with the Grip Puppies is that they
are fat but cylindrical so you have to grip harder or have part of your hand
unsupported. This puts extra pressure on the wrist. I might try shaping or
cutting back the puppies to mimic a barrel shape.
>
> In order to "cure" carpal tunnel you have to isolate the hand to forearm
> transition point (your wrist) and hold the hand in the proper orientation
so
> that the tunnel can heal. Basically it is like puling a rope through a
small
> circular hole. The wrist has been in the wrong orientation and so the rope
has
> been rubbing against the edge of the hole and is now sore. Until the
tunnel is
> allowed to mend (by not rubbing on it for a while) it will never heal. It
is the
> same if you get a cut and rub the scab off the wound every day, it too
will
> never heal up.
>
> So, I do think it is possible to cure a bad carpal issue, I was able to do
it. But it
> does require that you focus on a sound treatment and not dabble at it. The
> dabbling will never allow the tunnel area to heal.
>
> BTW, my carpal issue was quite bad while riding and I ride an E900
(upright
> dualsport hand/arm/bar orientation).
>
I don't have problems on the 900ie, which has medium soft compound skinny
Rennsport grips on it.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
>
> M./
Indeed it does! Thanks to all who have made suggestions!
IanE
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