I think I have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

[romy20]

Its soooo painful. its my right hand too the one i use on the mouse. and then when i type my hand gets stiff and aches
what should i do cause it gets so bad sometimes i gotta get off the comp




any help ?

[Ronin]

Both of my parents have had both of their wrists operated on cause of carpel tunnel... and both of my wrists have it slightly... somedays it kills, some nothing. it sucks!

[romy20]

yeah same here somedays i wont feel anything, and other times like now its so painful

[deeprock]

Most good doctors should be able to diagnose CTS. If not, get a referral to see a neurologist. They maybe more capable of giving you a better assessment of how severe it is and whether you might need surgery. If you never get it checked out, you could suffer nerve damage. In the meantime you should reorganize your computer space to alleviate the pain. Believe it or not bad posture, i.e., sitting in a bad chair, can affect CTS. You can also get an ergonomic keyboard, which isn't that expensive as well as wrist supports for your keyboard and mousepad. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out the sites below. It's not a cure, but helps me with some of the pain:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...oduct_Id=22468

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...oduct_Id=77963

[guest00901]

I get the same thing also
I went to the doctor because it got really really bad after a while
They told me it wasnt CTS, it was just my bones locking from holding them there so long from useing the mouse. So now when it starts to hurt a little bit put on a tight ace bandage around it and that pretty much stops it from hurting. Go get it checked out or try the ace bandage...feel better

[cotoncandydream]

Romy get a mouse pad with a wrist guard or a Marble Mouse. I just got the logictech one. It's a giant marble on the mouse that moves the cursors with you fingers instead of pushing it around on the mouse pad. I got it for $25 bucks at circut city.

[joeg]

Do you have an ergonomic keyboard? I might have an extra laying around or something, i'll check.