[Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please

[River Woman]

I also do a lot of hand and forearm exercises at the gym every other day. 
When I do my upper body workouts, I also do many reps on the hand and arm 
machines - about 3 sets of 20 for each of the exercises. This builds the 
muscles that are required to do our knitting. That is now why I do them 
though. I am a weight lifter, and it's important for my hands and forearms 
to be very strong so I can lift weights. But, it sure does help with the 
knitting as well.

If the muscles get sore, then I recommend icing them. You can purchase an 
Ice Wrap, and use it on your sore tissues - about 20 minutes at a time. Do 
this several times per day. This is how I goT RID of Tennis Elbow after 2 
years of ineffective treatments and painful shots that do not work for very 
long.  The shots just mask the pain, but they do not heal the problem. The 
ice wraps completely healed my arm/elbow and after 2 years nothing has 
returned. The ice reduces the swelling and allows the blood to flow back 
into those sore muscles and a lack of blood flow is what makes it hurt so 
much.

Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Sykes" <sarahmsykes at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please


>I understand what you ladies are talking about and, yes, I think it is from
> the knitting. Here are a few suggestions that help me
>
> Try relaxing your grip a little. Avoid knitting with a death crip.
> Also, like Barb said, try some of those comfort gloves. My crafting store
> sells them in the yarn aisle.
> Also, if you knit for long periods, say in the evening during movie night
> or something, try reminding yourself to stop every one in awhile, just as
> we should do with any kind of work, Get up to get a drink, pet the dog, or
> just set the needles down for a minute and gently flex and massage your
> fingers. This might help your hands relax a little and not suffer from so
> much repetitive motion.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Sarah M Sykes
> sarahmsykes at gmail.com
> www.sarahmsykes.com
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>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:44 PM, River Woman 
> <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>wrote:
>
>> Yes!
>> My pointer on the left had gets pretty sore at time, and it gets a 
>> callose
>> on it between the tip and my first joint - right on the fingerprint part 
>> of
>> it.
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
>> Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117
>>
>> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com
>> Visit my Blog at: 
>> http://www.**walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.**com<http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com>
>>
>> www.lyndalambert.com
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.**org <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>>
>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:10 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please
>>
>>
>>  I knit a lot.[like every day] I have noticed that my left hand fingers
>>> pointer more so then middle finger, tips are a bit numb.Middle finger
>>> more so
>>> if  looking from back of the hand the right half  and pointer finger 
>>> most
>>> of
>>> the entire pad down to first joint from the top.  My thumb on my left 
>>> hand
>>> mostly has a dull sensation to touch in the center of top first joint.
>>> Pointer finger if you touch it seems to have a bit of a tingle feeling .
>>> The
>>> others don't.
>>>
>>> So do you think it is from my knitting?  Nope I don't plan on stopping
>>> knitting, butt self diagnosis is always a good place to start...lol
>>>
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