Wrist problems...

Hmm it could be early stages of carpal tunnel, not to scare you! There are ways you can prevent it though. I know this sounds dorky and it might be uncomfortable for a few nights but if you sleep with the wrist braces on, it will help relax the nerve that's causing the shooting pains. Also definitely wear them when you're on the computer (I say that while sitting here not wearing mine..bad Glitter! bad girl!) and one of those squeezy exercise balls can help too. I have CT and weve been so busy at work my hands are killing me from decorating so i feel your pain. try that stuff and see if any of it helps!

There are quite a few women with this issue! There are a variety of reasons for the pain in the wrist...NOT all pertaining to the wrist! The wrist is an end result...meaning, that is not where the problem has started...just showing up! Many cases of wrist pain in pole dancers is caused by the Ulna nerve or the forearm flexors...and yes CT is included..but usually it is just superficial! Try massage first...and it WILL take more than once! I was down for 9 weeks in a brace from seizing the flexor and the nerve reacts nasty. Causing the forearm to harden, and the wrist to be the focus of the pain. There are 2 pressure points in the forearm that, if massaged, can release the tightened muscle and allow the nerve to function properly..,which in turn will allow the 5 small carpels in the wrist to move freely. One is located on the Ulnaris (pinky side of the forearm approx 3.5-4" below the elbow bone). The second is located on the Radialus (thumb side of the forearm)...both on the meaty portion closest to the elbow! In addition, there is a muscle that runs the middle of the backside of the forearm...Digitorum...that is known to tighten along with the other 2! FYI...it starts with a minor pinch on the back of the forearm (digitorum)...just between both muscles. Then it increases down the wrist (Ulnarus side)...after that it will move back up to the internal condyle in the elbow causing problems in the bicep. End result...no closing hand into fist, no bending hand forward or backward. A great home massage....get a baseball or tennis ball, or a rolling pin, roll your forearm across it top and bottom, keeping pressure on the arm. On another note...dehydration can play a HUGE part in the forearm behavior. If not fully hydrated the muscles lose fluidity and become "sticky", this will increase the damage x10. Proper hydration is REQUIRED!!! Think of your forearm as a child...a tempermental one! If you do something it doesnt like...it will tell you, if you dont listen...it WILL pull a temper tantrum and make you listen! This is a warning sign...take care of your arms please, best to get massage and let the doc check you out to ensure it is not something more major!!

From what I understand push-ups help strengthen your wrists as well as wrist dumbell curls (slowly tilt the hand up and down with a weight in it).

Thanks everyone!

hey foxy! thought i was going a bit mad there for a minute not being able to find this post! but it was because you just wrote on it. lol i was wondering, if you you hold out your forearm and hand in front of you paralel to the floor and then relax your hand bending at the wrist, is there a lump there? on the back of your wrist.it could be very small or even quite large. if so then it´s probably a ganglion cyst. google it, i don´t want to write an enormous post about something you might not even have.i´ts a very common thing and although there are a bunch of surgical ways to treat it they almost always come back. it´s funny because all the site in english go directly into suggesting to have it surgicly removed and give no alternative therapies. all the sites in portuguese all suggest avoiding surgery and doing fisio therapy. non of the methods are long term effective so i prefer the fisio to spending weeks with an inactive hand or having even more problems in the future because all the sinovial fluid has been drained from the joint. sleeping with the splints will help. putting an ice-cube directly on the lump. and doing an exercise with a towel that is basicly the wrist strengthning exercise that lilbit posted a while back. mine hadn´t bothered me for a while until this week when i overdid it with some spins, and i haven´t been doing the excersises as much as i should( shame on me). hope this helps big hug and get well soon! 🌸 frida 🌸

I took the brace off and did what you said, and there is a lump there...

ok foxy, relax! it´s not life threatening! just a big pain in the a** or more acurately your wrist! this is unbelievably common (but not really ever heard about ailment), and statisticly more women get it then men and it can happen at any age. it´s basicly a lump full of sinovial liquid (sort of like the oil in our joints) which has leaked out through a little valve and can´t get back in. it´s sometimes very painful and sometimes not at all. they can suddenly dissapear but almost always come back. the back of your wrist is the most common place but they can also appear between your finger or thumb joints, knees ankles , etc. most of the time its linked to repetitive strain and not necessarily a sudden trauma. one of the theories is that the little valve gets weaker and weaker until one day it lets out some of the liquid. although i´ve done alot of researching about this i am definately not an expert and would still prefer that you google ganglion cyst to get more clear info on it. i can give you some tips though because medically they usually don´t take this very serously and most of the time when people have them removed its because they look weird and not because of the pain. sleep with the splint and keep it on for anything really strenous while its in the hurting fase. but dont keep it on all the time because then your wrist will just get weak an make it worse. put an ice cube directly on the lump for about 10 min 3xday for about a week and do ttc excersises after each time. (the same as lilbit wrist excersice except keep the good wrist fixed in position, you won´t understand but you can look at the pics on this link: http://www.wgate.com.br/conteudo/medicinaesaude/fisioterapia/eletro/tecnica_clauton/tecnica_clauton.htm ) supposedly this helps the liquid to drain back into the right place. don´t do any of the bible bashing, will only further weaken the valve and it will come back! as for medical tratment the 3 most common are: 1- injecting a carticoid(?) into the lump to reduce the inflamation. 2- removing the liquid with a syringe. many believe this isn´t a very good idea because they almost always come back and if you keep removing the liquid youll eventually be left with none to protect your joints,tendons nerves in that area. your body will not produce more liquid. 3- surgically removed and they block up the valve thingy. testemonials say that its like 6 weeks withought being able to use your hand and it´s very painful. and again in at least 50 percent of the cases they eventually come back! i did the ice and ttc and except for this week have not had any pain for months! have to start doing the excersises asap. of course i can´t pick up things in certain ways , cant do pushups normaly i have to do them in fists to not bend back the wrist. i had said that it might have been the spins but now that i think about it i think it might of been from sleeping with my hands in a bad position. i´m not very advanced so my wrist hasn´t really been a problem on the pole but if i get to something that bends back my wrist and hurts i´ll probably have to learn it on the other side. i hope this helps! see a doctor if it gets way too painful! now that you know about this you´ll probably start noticing alot of peoples lumpy wrists! lol! 😂 remember veena´s i.t.y.´s vid? looked like she had one also, but hopefully i´m mistaken! big hug! 🌸 frida 🌸

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