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Skriven 2008-11-02 22:56:20 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WHITE
Ärende: Mutts, nuts and CTS
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->  RH>>> degree or another.  Mentally we're alert, but beyond that all
bets
->  RH> are
->  ->> off.
-> 
->  ->> I read medical as mental, and was going to agree.  But now that i
have,
->  RH> I
->  ->> almost expect a comment from my dear friend Nancy Backus!<BG>
-> 
->  RH> Actually, a lot of us would tend to agree with the first impulse. 
Sanity
->  RH> isn't a requirement around here.
-> 
-> 
-> So I've noticed.  So I fit in quite nicely, except for not posting
recipes<BG> 
-> But then, I'm an eat, not a cook!<VBG>
-> 
I'm a cook, but I rarely use a recipe.  
 
->  ->> No replacements yet, but have been told knees might need it
someday.
-> 
->  RH> You'll know when they do.  I know someone locally who just had both
done.
-> 
-> 77 year old friend had one done last year and 2nd this past spring. He's
more
-> active than he had been in almost 10 years.  He had kept putting it off,
and
-> now regrets it.
-> 
The friend in my case is in her 40s.  Reumatoid, I think.  Other friends
have had multiple hip joints done due to our buddy arthur.  Another friend
ought to have it done, but they cracked his chest about 5 years ago and he
is NOT anxious to go anywhere near anasthetic ever again.

->  RH> The only thing I'm complaining about at the moment is the carpal
tunnel
->  RH> syndrome/tendinitis that's making everything from my wrists to my
elbows
->  RH> ache.  It'll leave eventually, always does, but in the meantime....
-> 
-> I was developing CTS when still working, but I was given some hand
exercises to
-> do that have helped immensely.  Basically, it's just a series of
stretches
-> folding the wrist in, stretch and hold.  Then fold out, stretch and 

Been there, done those.  

hold.  Also
-> stretching each finger individually is supposed to help open the tunnel. 
The
-> third exercise is rotating the wrist in circles slowly while stretching. 
5 to
-> the right and 5 to the left, then switch hands.

It doesn't always work, but it can't hurt.  In my case it's usually a job
for Dr. Time.
 
-> I have a bit of trouble occasionally, but the exercises help make it go
away. 
-> That and a little aspirin, if needed.

Ibu here; aspirin doesn't do much.
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