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| Have any of you had wrist pain that lasted for a long while. I hurt my wrist last summer fishing and still to the day it is not the same. It hurts and aches most he day. Not looking for any comments on seeing a doctor just wondering if any of you have had the same experience and how it turned out.
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Location: Wheeling, IL. | tendionitous! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Same problem- left elbow (tennis elbow)- Until I went to the doctor it didn't improve. My doctor put me on 800mg Ibuprofen twice a day- + I wear a brace when fishing or doing something that may aggravate it (heavy lifting/repetative motion). Now at least I can sleep at night.
Yes- probably good idea to see your doctor. If not try Ibuprofen & wrist brace
Have fun!
Al
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| You might have Carpoel Tunnel (spelling). |
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| i'm a tradesman and formerly a machinist / maintenance / factory worker ; use my hands/arms/wrists everyday. i probably have carpeltunnel disease/problems, i notice it more depending on particular task i'm performing, sometimes i'll wake up w/numbness pain from previous days stresses. until i came up w/these problems i thought other people were just whining; other co workers have such pains. i'm dealing w/as best i can; don't want surgery. apparently human design flaw, weak link in or bodies. there are surgeries for all these related pains if a guy has faith in the medical system. don |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yes. I popped my wrist on Moen a year and a half back setting the hook on a low 40" class fish. it took a year to get it back. Still not 100%. I use a Velcro wrist brace you can get at any drugstore, works great. |
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| My wrist hurts me all the time fishing. I always palmed the reel and now I went to holding on the front cork and it helped me. It takes a while to get use to it but it helped me. |
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| Had similar problem like Justin said from palming reel. Went to holding the foregrip the majority of the time and have been close to pain free since. When holding the foregrip, I actually hold it firmer under my arm than with my hand. Hope this helps.
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Location: Onalaska, WI | I experienced a similar problem but it was actually a numbness (sp?) in my left index and pointer finger on my left hand. It happened after a NW Angle trip late August 2006 and I'd say it wasn't completey gone until probably the beginning of February.
I too am a reel palmer; I might have to try to make the switch you guys are talking about if this reoccurs.
Have any of you experienced this finger numbness? The Symptomology matches some things I read about carpal tunnel,but I thought that was caused from your hand being turned upward typing/keyboarding? Plaming a reel actually puts your hand in the opposite direction.
There's actually some comfort in knowing others have experienced this--I was afraid I was just getting old and becoming a wuss!
mertot
Edited by Mertot 3/24/2007 10:27 PM
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| I get the same thing all the time. Only it goes from my fingers to my shoulder. It's not soo bad in winter, but summertime is almost non-stop. I also play guitar, and type on a keyboard for a living so that doesn't help any.
I have found that doing wrist, hand, finger, arm excercises to get the blood flowing helps prevent this problem from happening. Seems most of it is caused by tension on those smaller muscles and joints.
Not that it was mentioned, but if you are an older person it could be arthritis. Take some Glouc. with MSM and that can help out a little too.
I have to work to feed my family.
I have to play guitar for fun.
I have to Musky fish to keep sane.
Guess I'll just have to live with the pain.
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Location: Pound, WI | I think that every one of you should be visiting your chiropractor regularly to keep those joints moving as well as possible. Just like a misaligned wheel will make your tire wear abnormally, abnormal repetitive stress on the joints will make them work and wear abnormally. Keep the alignment right and the joints don't wear out abnormally, like a properly aligned wheel.
Common sense, guys. Face it. You all take better care of your equipment than yourselves. But what good is all your expensive, fancy gear if your body can't use it?
And stuffing your body with drugs does not make your body function normally. Did your problem start because you weren't taking enough Ibuprofen?
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Location: Columbus, Georgia | Long live Ibuprofen!
I have serious arthritis in my right hand. I fish left handed, so I am always holding the rod with my right hand. I have had two surgeries on my right thumb for what is termed "trigger finger release" and that helped, though unfortunately now another finger on the same hand is quite arthritic and locks down during the evenings and at night. The wrist is also a source of pain.
It would appear that arthritis can target a particular area, as it's consuming my right hand pretty good, and I'm only 53. Still fish whenever possible though.
Glucosamine Condroitin (sp) and Evening Primrose Oil capsules taken regularly (local health food store) does provide some relief at times.
The change of seasons really does a number on my arthritis.
Craig
Edited by cjrich 3/26/2007 5:30 AM
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| Yes, and YES...
I had problems with both wrists for a long time. Years of working on cars and playing instruments started taking their toll by the time I was in my late 20's. It was manageable with advil and a wrist brace, but musky fishing was the last straw.
Almost to the point where I thought I was going to have to quit fishing. Had all the classic symptoms -- wrist pain, cracking/popping, numbness in my fingers... The pain would keep me up at night, it got to the point where I'd sometimes drop things.
Two things made all the difference in the world:
1. I bought some right handed reels (usually fish lefty) and learned how to switch hands. It only took a couple days to get the hang of it.
2. I started holding the front grip instead of palming the reel. GIVE IT TIME -- the first day I swore I'd never be able to fish that way. It felt really weird for a while, but now it feels normal.
No more driving home not able to feel the steering wheel, no more "claw", no more pain. It didn't just get "better" it's completely gone. I can fish for 14 hours now, and still be ready to go in the morning. (ok, other stuff hurts, but my wrists are fine!)
It takes a lot of discipline to switch your grip, because you feel like you've never casted before. You feel like you're going to lose your rod , miss a fish, you can't figure 8...
But man, once you get used to it? It's hard to imagine palming the reel! |
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Location: Oregon | Use a computer alot? My job requires me to type alot and I found that the mouse was bothering my wrist. I use the mouse with my right hand one day and my left the next........wrist pain went away.
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Location: Northern Illinois | Normally when I experience wrist pain with the right wrist, I switch and use my left. If you can learn to cast with either hand it greatly reduces the stress on the wrist. It allows you to actually get more casts without the pain.....hahaha suck it up.......... your catching muskies not sharks. |
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| Typing at a computer, playing guitar, ripping 10" jakes, working in factories, WHATEVER it is, RSI's are a sign that you're doing something your body wasn't designed to do. "Suck it up" is about the WORST advice you can give someone, because if you continue to do whatever injured it in the first place its only going to get worse.
Long term complications include nerve atrophy, which can lead to permanent numbness, and eventually muscle atrohphy, both of which are irreversible and leave you with diminished strength and mobility.
That might be funny you're 18 but when you're 50 and your hand is messed up forever and you can't fish anymore, I'd bet it pretty well sucks.
Edited by esoxaddict 3/26/2007 1:09 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I found the pain to be considerably lessened using a brace, and made it through most days fine with ibuprofen and the brace.
Only a couple bucks, and kept me on the water.
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