Well I would definitely see a doc about it. I'm not a doc. Having said that, I would say immobilizing it and not typing would be a good start. I have a pretty bad repetitive stress problem with my right arm from video gaming and mouse movements over the years. I've switched to my left hand for mousing, and have put the games away permanently.
When my arm hurt the worst, the best thing for me was to lie down and totally stop moving it. Even just walking around requires you to use the muscles in your arm to stop it from hitting chairs, etc. Ice usually didn't help me, nor did heat - but they might help you. I'd take the best painkillers you have and just stop moving it - and the rest of you. -Cameron On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Started near the end of last week and has steadily gotten worse. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > This is a sudden thing or a long term problem that's just flaring up? > > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've got a problem and it's to the point that I have to ask friends for > > > potential solutions. I have a pinched nerve to the point that my arm > down > > > to > > > my hand is numb and I have shooting pain through the shoulder down, > > > focusing > > > in the inner elbow. It's gotten to the point that even my pain > tolerance > > is > > > being overwhelmed. I was wondering if anyone knew of something I could > do > > > to > > > help alleviate the pain/numbness? Stretching, icing, heating, demon > > > summoning, whatever. If you have knowledge and/or experience and can > > help, > > > I'd really appreciate it. > > > > > > And the reason I'm not at the doctor at the moment is because he's not > in > > > the city. Nor his partner. And Shabbos is in less than an hour. and and > > > and. > > > The ands never end. :) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) > > > President: House of Fusion (http://www.houseoffusion.com) > > > Publisher: Fusion Authority (http://www.fusionauthority.com) > > > Adobe Community Expert / Advanced Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
