Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2000/03

From: Bonnie Davis <bdskees@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Carpal Tunnel
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 23:55:02 -0500

Since ice cubes tend to be very cold to the hand doing
the painting, and cloths holding them aren't very
satisfactory, you might want to go to your local drug
store (Walgreen's, Eckert's, CVS, or whatever) and
look for the little plastic sets of popsicle makers.
They make a very long ice "cube" and you can even
freeze a stick in them to hold them when you're
painting.

I am, after all, the voice of experience, having used
them for the various injuries (and subsequent
surgeries) caused by an ice skating mishap--yes,
including a carpal tunnel release.

--- GruvnRuvn@-----.com wrote:
> I am an internist and an emergency room
> physician.And a carpal tunnel
> sufferer. (And I play one on TV) One simple thing to
> do/try is to wear a hand
> splint at night. This will give you 8 (or so) hours
> of immobilization.The
> second brilliant idea is to follow these steps
> EXACTLY: take an ice cube and
> "paint" the sorest area with it. No, not an ice pack
> and no dont leave it
> sitting up against the sore area. Five (or so)
> minutes of "painting" the sore
> area with an ice cube will work wonders.
>
>

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