[Carl2009]

When I have a hard week of WC I find my right wrist starts to hurt quite badly. It's on top of the wrist at the base of the thumb. I'm right handed and hold my pole ( ) with my right hand lower than my left in the main. I don't clasp the butt end of the pole, but hold the pole itself, meaning the wrist is bent. On the attached picture imagine the guy is holding a wfp pole, but that the wrist is bent up more, as if he was holding the wrench almost vertically.

I know I need to hold the pole differently, by cupping the butt end perhaps.

Does anyone else suffer from this (i've been trading 2 years and had no problems before becoming  a WC).

Does it sound like CPS?

Can anyone recommend a wrist support?

Cheers all

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

I've had it for years, both wrists but my right is the worst.

Do you get pains in your lower arm &/or wrist in bed at night?

Does your hand go numb?

[Carl2009]

Nope, it's just in the right wrist. No numbness or trouble at night, save from the pain i've described. I guess I have that to look forward to...!

[mlscontractcleaner]

It's my left shoulder that I suffer with; that and my unusually large thingy

[mlscontractcleaner]

I definately didn't write " thingy "; not since I was five anyway

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Nope, it's just in the right wrist. No numbness or trouble at night, save from the pain i've described. I guess I have that to look forward to...!

I don't think it's CTS then.

Poling is hard on the body IMO. I got tennis elbow as a direct result of WFP, it lasted 12 months too & still niggles me even now on a hard day. My CTS is also made worse by WFP.

BTW, I hold my wfp exactly the same as you!

[cottonbud10]

my doctor has told me that i have carpol tunnel thingeee,i tend to be fine by day, but at night ,and i mean every night,i get woken up maybe 2 or 3 times a night with complete numbness in my hands (both of them),it feels like i,ve been sleping  on them all night, i can have an opp to sort it out, but that will mean about 4-6 weeks off work

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

my doctor has told me that i have carpol tunnel thingeee,i tend to be fine by day, but at night ,and i mean every night,i get woken up maybe 2 or 3 times a night with complete numbness in my hands (both of them),it feels like i,ve been sleping  on them all night, i can have an opp to sort it out, but that will mean about 4-6 weeks off work

Yep! I can't even hold a newspaper without my hands going numb! I was lined up for the OP but bottled it in the end. Couldn't get an accurate enough idea of recovery period & the people I knew who'd had it all had mixed results from cured to even worse! :

[Dave Anderson]

I have experienced this numbness for some time and now I have a chiropractor do his thing at the end of my 8 weekly cycle...this I find helps alot.

My Chiropractor also mentioned have a good warm-up and warm down in the day, also have a nice hot shower or bath after work.


OK LAW ALERT:

I am lucky enough to live in The Netherlands and as such I am able to medicate using cannabis without much issue...I use a vaporisor (so no tobacco) at night ...this I find enables me to relax into a deep sleep. The combination of the 2 have worked for me.

I am not suggesting anyone break their countries law but this is my solution.

[bobby p]

im trad but definitely i got carpal tunnel end of last year,in both wrists.i changed tools and it went almost overnight.  perhaps you could fix a different shaped handle at the bottom of your pole ?

[CLEANCARE WC]

Do you get pains in your lower arm &/or wrist in bed at night


you will go blind winpro 

[Steven Shoreditch]

I have experienced this numbness for some time and now I have a chiropractor do his thing at the end of my 8 weekly cycle...this I find helps alot.

My Chiropractor also mentioned have a good warm-up and warm down in the day, also have a nice hot shower or bath after work.


OK LAW ALERT:

I am lucky enough to live in The Netherlands and as such I am able to medicate using cannabis without much issue...I use a vaporisor (so no tobacco) at night ...this I find enables me to relax into a deep sleep. The combination of the 2 have worked for me.

I am not suggesting anyone break their countries law but this is my solution.

Please, what is, 'cannabis'?

[Llaaww]

OH yeh, hands wrists elbows and shoulders.

I have episodes of severe pain in all those joints and more.

I have got to the point where I need to be dosed up on anti inflamatory tabs and pain killers just so I can get through the week.

I am now starting to look at employing full time staff so that I can carry on and make a living.

For the most part I have been happy to work for myself/by myself, but I think that I need to make a change before the onset of next winter.

ouch

[Steven Shoreditch]

Too late - you should have made the change at least two years ago.

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Do you get pains in your lower arm &/or wrist in bed at night


you will go blind winpro 

You should see my new High Modulus carbon white stick!

[CLEANCARE WC]

I was waiting for your reply 

[bobplum]

one consolation is "theres always light at the end of the tunnel"
im sorry