tendinitis
Posted By: worried MT on 2007-06-05
In Reply to: Right arm pain? - Laur
Coincidentally, I just went to the doctor yesterday with the same problem. I had put myself on ibuprofen OTC around the clock for two weeks, and it didn't help. He diagnosed the same thing I did (tendinitis) and said I wasn't taking a high enough dose or for long enough. I won't suggest how much you should use, because I'm not a doctor but he did tell me to increase my dose and take it for a month.
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Hi: Try icing your wrist, or Icy Hot, ibuprofen, elevate your key board, which should be at an angle, if no plastic tabs on the back (top of keyboard) try putting newspaper or magazine under it, wrist rest, and also they sell braces at drug stores just for this and they work well, wear at night too. Hope this info helps you. Been there, not any fun typing in pain or numbness, pins and needles.
Re: Tendinitis/PT
What helped me the most was physical therapy. They did (I forget what it was called) a low-current electrical wave machine on my forearm tendons, and I actually felt better THAT DAY. After a few weeks of PT I was good to go, until the next time they imposed 8 hours a week mandatory overtime on us. That KILLS me! So, I'm going to ask my doc for another round tomorrow. I think this much mandatory OT in a profession that requires such repetitive motion is just WRONG. It is killing our future ability to make a living.
I get tendinitis too occasionally. If I catch it in time, sm
can avoid the trip to the orthopedist for the x-rays, exam, shot of Marcaine and big bill (ugh). He gave me stretching exercises to do every hour or two, and I take 3-4 ibuprofen (actually, Advil Liquigels -- it may be just hype but I do believe they work faster) if I have a flare.
Good luck.
Transcription-Versus-Editing, Particularly RE: Tendinitis
A couple of questions for you editors out there. Is it really worth the "promotion" from Transcriptionist to Editor if you are a very efficient typist who can make $20/hr typing? Also, as someone who is considering this change due to tendinitis, is editing really any easier on your body than high-production transcription? Any input much appreciated.
those of you with hand pain, carpal tunnel, tendinitis
How long had you been in the business before the onset of the symptoms, how fast did they progress, and what steps did you take to keep the symptoms at bay, without surgery. Even those who have had surgery, you may reply whether or not it helped.
For me, my symptoms began after seven years, just aching. I then switched keyboards to split. That worked for a few months, then the joint pains in fingers. I typed softer, really concentrated on not BANGING the keys out. Those two things helped another six months. Last year about this time, pain again caught up. I got splints..started B6, magnesium, muscle relaxers, took sugar and pasta out of diet (most), and coffee, carpal tunnel exercises. If I deviate off this diet for even one day, I get the inflammation in the wrists. The night splint worked for exactly one year. Here we are, i'm now on the same boring diet, and have resorted to wearing the splints during the day as well. I believe this is my last year as an MT. I need to get a dif job and do this part time or find an editing job which seems impossible.
Could some of you share your time lines so I know how severe mine is in comparison? Also anything I have not tried, if you could share. Thanks. 
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