It's "I'm Miserable" Monday! Let's hear why I'm miserable today!

[shirenomad]

My wrist started hurting Friday. The health perils of a techie: the chiropractor diagnosed it as a mild soft tissue damage due to lots of mouse use. I may have to look into a splint to keep it from moving too much, but she wanted to give it a few days to see if I can work it out of my system with stretches and improving my hand posture.

And maybe I can get a doctor's note insisting on a more ergonomic mouse at work.

Comments

[chubbypanda.livejournal.com]

Just pick one out on Staples.com and I'll get it ordered for you.

[aphistis.livejournal.com]

I don't want to start a flame war here, so feel free to disregard this.

Disclaimer accomplished, I'd suggest getting it at least looked at by a real physician.

[shirenomad]

Objection noted. However, this is almost certainly some kind of repetative stress injury, and the treatment for those is always the same in the early stages: stretch it, try to avoid making the same motions that caused it in the first place (if only by altering your hand posture), and splinting it to avoid excessive movement if necessary.