[Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please-LYNDA

Fri Mar 1 19:47:47 UTC 2013

Diedra,

Well, I don't drive.  lol

I have lived at gyms most of my adult life - my kids have no memory of me 
not exercising, running, or working out at the gym. I don't run any more - 
but I love to work out, and weight lifting is my all time favorite activity. 
Bob and I are both fitness crazy, and we leave for the gym well before the 
sun is up almost every day.

Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barb Roland" <barbwire59 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please-LYNDA

> Lynda, a weight lifter too?? Is there anything you don't do?
> Barb
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please
>
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>>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
>>
>> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com
>> Visit my Blog at:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>
>> www.lyndalambert.com
>> www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> ----- 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> www.walkingbyinnervision.**blogspot.com<http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com>
>>>>
>>>> ----- 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ 
>>>>> (http://www.krafterskorner.**org/<http://www.krafterskorner.org/>
>>>>> )
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