Yep, sounds like the same things I noticed when I started having problems. It can be incredibly painful. I use my mouse on my left hand side now, because my right hand (dominant) can't take it. It gets bad whenever I go on a PC for too long, but also affects anything involving hand movements. I once nearly crippled my arms after going bowling, and also washing dishes/brushing teeth became a problem. It was a great excuse not to do cleaning! Very painful though.
Saw the post about acronyms, and I get where you're coming from. I don't use them much myself, either, but there are always those that you use so frequently they become part of the day-to-day (and you forget that other people don't have a clue what you're on about, heh). I mentioned "OOS" in my post, and that's what we call Repetitive Strain Injury in New Zealand now; it stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome. It's the same thing - a repeated action causes stress (almost always in the wrist/arm area) leading to extreme pain when those (or similar) actions are performed. You may be interested to hear that it's most commonly found in 'A' type personalities (perfectionists, overachievers etc.) and is thought to be psychological (seems to be triggered by stress). Sometimes there's an actual physical problem in the tendons (tendonitis) but often there's nothing they can find that is physically wrong which makes it very difficult to diagnose - some doctors don't believe it's a real condition. I was prescribed a very mild dose of an anti-depressant because one of its effects was to give you better quality sleep. I wasn't sleeping well and therefore my body wasn't having a chance to heal properly. Didn't really work, but I did have some great sleeps! Anyway, I'm blabbing on. Take care of yourself - I hope it doesn't get any worse.
By the way, an acronym I find funny is 'SMG' because I think of it as being Sarah Michelle Gellar, but it's used at my work as Senior Management Group ;o)
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Date: 2003-05-11 03:26 am (UTC)Saw the post about acronyms, and I get where you're coming from. I don't use them much myself, either, but there are always those that you use so frequently they become part of the day-to-day (and you forget that other people don't have a clue what you're on about, heh). I mentioned "OOS" in my post, and that's what we call Repetitive Strain Injury in New Zealand now; it stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome. It's the same thing - a repeated action causes stress (almost always in the wrist/arm area) leading to extreme pain when those (or similar) actions are performed. You may be interested to hear that it's most commonly found in 'A' type personalities (perfectionists, overachievers etc.) and is thought to be psychological (seems to be triggered by stress). Sometimes there's an actual physical problem in the tendons (tendonitis) but often there's nothing they can find that is physically wrong which makes it very difficult to diagnose - some doctors don't believe it's a real condition. I was prescribed a very mild dose of an anti-depressant because one of its effects was to give you better quality sleep. I wasn't sleeping well and therefore my body wasn't having a chance to heal properly. Didn't really work, but I did have some great sleeps! Anyway, I'm blabbing on. Take care of yourself - I hope it doesn't get any worse.
By the way, an acronym I find funny is 'SMG' because I think of it as being Sarah Michelle Gellar, but it's used at my work as Senior Management Group ;o)
Ciao bella
Helen
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Date: 2003-05-11 12:25 pm (UTC)