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Hello, I had carpal tunnel surgery 4 weeks ago. My doctor told me that I'd have 70-80% use of my hand back in 4 weeks. I **guess** I do, but it actually hurts...
Robin Nobles
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Hello, I had carpal tunnel surgery 4 weeks ago, and I'm still in a lot of pain and having a lot of problems. I'm wondering if getting a different keyboard...
Robin Nobles
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I am sorry I can't relate to your CTS surgery problems as I have not had that done. Have you considered using speech recognition software? They seem to work...
Joyce
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lol, just read this second message about VRS and keyboards. Robin, you may benefit from an e-mail group called Sorehand. I think the URL is www.sorehand.org....
Joyce
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Robin, I had ct & ulner nerve at wrist surgery about 6 weeks ago. Prior to surgery the tips of my fingers and the whole pinky side of hand were all numb. Now...
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I am a mainframe cobol programmer (my whole life). I had never had any problems with my hands until last summer (2002) when I was required to work overtime...
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Hi Helena, Go to www.aboutwristpain.com and read the section "Anatomy Lessons". You have repetitive strain injury of the muscles that cross over the median ...
Julie Donnelly
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CTS surgery is only 25% successful because the problem is often not actually in the carpal tunnel. You may one of those cases where the problem is actually in...
R SI
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Jul 5, 2003
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Just my two cents. I have CT, and about a year ago, it got significantly worse. I had been in a minor car accident, rear ended, and received a bulged disc in...
Janet Miller
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Jul 6, 2003
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Re: [repetitivestrain] Anyone have experience with carpal tunnel surgery??Here, Here!!! I couldn't agree more! In conjunction with working with a good...
Julie Donnelly
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Jul 7, 2003
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Julie, she is the best! When she first started working on me, she could only stroke my scalenes about an inch. Now, they have stretched out to nearly normal...
Janet Miller
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Re: [repetitivestrain] Having a great massage therapist!Hi Janet, It makes me so happy, as a fellow massage therapist, to hear about your success. Take a look...
Julie Donnelly
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Jul 8, 2003
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massage, acupuncture & chiropractc have helped me, and i look forward to learning about prolotherapy using sugars/plant extract to regrow ligaments & tendons...
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Jul 15, 2003
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I work with clients who suffer from RSI. I teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking and the basics of ergonomics. I am developing a consulting group in NYC and I would...
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Jul 25, 2003
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Last November my girlfriend had surgery (in her left hand) for a severe case of CTS. That operation wasn't successful because she continued to suffer a lot of...
Dene Bebbington
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Sep 20, 2003
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Hi Dene, The numbing symptoms of CTS can happen if the median nerve is entrapped anyplace along its pathway from the neck to the hand. This means that a ...
Julie Donnelly
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Sep 20, 2003
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I'm new here and I was forced to join because for the last three nights my hand, wrist and arm have been hurting so much from Carpal Tunnel that I can't...
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Sep 28, 2003
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Hi, There is definitely something you can do to reverse the entire situation. You have repetitive strain injuries to the muscles of the forearm that all...
Julie Donnelly
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The website to join Sorehand is http://www.ucsf.edu/sorehand/ I hope everyone here at the yahoogroups will join Sorehand. That way, everyone is in the same...
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Hello My name is Jessica and I'm really interested in RSI and CTS. Research has led me to studying ergonomics and the causes of these conditions. Most...
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Nov 1, 2003
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Hi Jessica, I couldn$B!G(Bt agree with you more! Since you are interested in RSI and CTS, please take a look at both of our websites, you may find them ...
Julie Donnelly
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I am desperately looking for a 'hands-on' therapist in the SF Bay area. I have seen a feldenkries therapist and another therapist who had me do little...
Dillon
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Nov 5, 2003
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Dillon, No doubt you are inundated with responses. I recommend Andy Wojciechowski, PT. He can be reached at Action Theraputics. 650 583-5420. Cordially, ...
Susan Palleschi
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Hi Dillon, Take a look at HYPERLINK "http://www.julstro.com/"www.julstro.com to see how a lot of people, many of them athletes, are handling any number of ...
Julie Donnelly
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Nov 6, 2003
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Hi Group, I just joined today. I would like to share my condition of CTS: I am 30.I am not using computer much, more reading on the screen than taping. no real...
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Hi Najoo, Welcome to the group. The good news is you probably don’t really have CTS, but you do have repetitive strain injury of the muscles that cross over...
Julie Donnelly
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Hello, I was recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel and am still undergoing evaluation (i.e. I'm waiting for the doctor's visit that will make my condition...
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Feb 3, 2004
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Hi Marcie, Besides adding spicy foods, and taking a high potency multi-vitamin every day, I also take 2000mg of MSM. It has kept me from having surgery, which...
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Feb 7, 2004
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Hi there, I was wondering what carpal tunnel feels like? I have had aches and pains in my hands and fingers and sometimes in my elbow and sometimes its in my...
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