[Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please

Fri Mar 1 20:30:17 UTC 2013

lol, yep, I agree
Barb
----- 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 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Diagnosis please


> Co-Pay can be paid in skeins of yarn!
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> Sarah M Sykes
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> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM, River Woman 
> <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>wrote:
>
>> 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 <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
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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
>>>>
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>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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>>>> org <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>>>
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>>>> 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
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