No, not that kind of rehab.
My wrists and hands have been bothering me for a while now. Aches and pains that usually come when I’ve been scrolling message boards for too long. I had an appointment with my general physician about these problems, and she was basically no help at all… She basically shrugged and said “Well I’m pretty sure its not arthritis. You should take lots of ibuprofen and just not use your hands for 2 weeks.” Totally not helpful at all. I came away from that visit with a lot less confidence in physicians in general.
On the upside, she referred me to a Hand Rehab clinic. My first visit was yesterday and it was absolutely amazing!!! First off, my hand problems totally paled in comparison to all of the other patients there. There was an old lady who could barely turn a door knob and a few guys who looked like they had stuck their hands into wood chippers. My physical therapist was totally awesome, and even though she isn’t quite sure what the exact problem is, she did a bunch of stuff to make my hand feel better. I got a really nice hand hot wrap and she showed me some really simple stretches to loosen up some nerves which I’ve apparently been compressing. And she wants me to wear socks of warm rice of my hands…. I haven’t tried them yet, but I think Devon will totally laugh at me since he’s been threatening to make me wear stuffed animals on my hands so I can’t use the computer and break my hands even more.
But yeah. I love rehab.
Aww. I used to have wrist pain, but then I learned two things-
1- When you are not actively scrolling or using the keyboard, remove hands from keyboard and do something else. Massage your wrists and bend your hands. Or play with your hair. Or masturbate.
2- Desk must be proper height to rest wrists on desk while typing on keyboard. Keyboard must be short enough so that doing this doesn’t put your hands at a very strange angle.
Mostly number 1, though. When you are not typing, your hands should not be on the keyboard. When you are not actively mousing, your hand should not be on the mouse. Heck, even when I’m typing something I frequently take breaks between paragraphs for stretchiness.