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Retouching Hand Pain Help
Hi Everyone, For a while now my hands start to ache after only a couple hours of retouching and i wondered what everyone else does about this problem? Also a few people have advised me to get arthritis / gaming gloves to help ease strain on my hands and wrists. Has anyone else found these help them or use them regularly. Cheers Niall Dec 04 16 10:18 am Link Take a rest, don't force yourself. Your hands must always be relaxed, so don't squeeze the pen and don't put your body in an uncomfortable position. I remember in the beginning when I started using a tablet I used to hold the pen in a way which made me feel hand pain too. But when I noticed that I learned to relax and it no longer happens, so it was not a question of arthritis etc. Remember that whatever work you do with your hands or with any body part for a couple of hours they will start hurting if the posture is forceful for the body. That doesn't mean you are ill. Pain is a natural healthy reaction of the body to protect you from destroying it. Dec 04 16 12:01 pm Link Take a trackball for the easy work and a wacom for the fine work. This will give the hand a lot of rest while doing the easy stuff. Dec 04 16 12:18 pm Link Ergonomic mouse may help http://allthingsergo.com/blog/ergonomic-mouse-guide/4/ Do a hair mineral test https://blog.bulletproof.com/hair-analysis-test/ I am *absolute* sure you have imbalance/deficiency. The imbalance/deficiency do not let your body to properly recover. Even witouth the result of your hair exam, probable you need: -Iodine(Lugol) http://jeffreydachmd.com/wp-content/upl … rst-ND.pdf -Magnesium http://www.easy-immune-health.com/magnesium-dosage.html -Methylsulfonylmethane http://www.natural-health-and-healing-4 … f-msm.html -Zinc -Selenium -Boron -Vitamins Dec 04 16 04:56 pm Link Cetyl myristoleate http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplemen … ty%20acids Dec 04 16 10:09 pm Link Watch out for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Dec 14 16 07:20 am Link Visit a doctor. When I had back pain first question doctor asked: do you practice any sport daily? Well no, like 1-2 times a week. So he gave me specific exercises for back like 10-20 min a day. There are also all sorts of exercises for hands. Look into hand grippers too. Dec 18 16 05:38 am Link Niall Doyle wrote: Throw the mouse out and get yourself intuos 5.Working with pen is far more natural, and is in a completely different position. In a meantime, make sure you use mouse pad with wrist support (roll a t shirt or any cloth and place it under your wrist so it is elevated, it should relieve some stress). Dec 28 16 08:39 am Link Pall Kris Design wrote: Tenured wisdom... Dec 28 16 02:02 pm Link For long periods of mouse work... I have a small cloth bean bag wrist pad. Its filled with round soft material that can change... and be formed into different shapes easily. It is flexible...and it provides just enough variableness so my muscles, tendons, bones don't stay rigidly out of place for long periods of time. I teach Photoshop all day long for a living... so my wrist needs a little support too just like you are mentioning. This support aid doesnt get in my way, and is comfortable. They have these "Carpel Tunnel Stress Relievers" for keyboards too. I got my "Bean Bag Wrist Rest" from Amazon for about 10 bucks - here: https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k … 1hx7veqy_b Jan 08 17 06:04 pm Link |
