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Discussion on: How I Fixed My Carpal Tunnel Pain

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Ash

I got rid of my CTS pain through two very simple measures:

  1. Replaced the cheap China mouse I was using with a Razer Abyssus (simplest and cheapest Razer mouse I could get at that time).
  2. Learnt proper mouse holding form and stuck with it. It basically boils down to lifting your wrist up a bit instead of pressing down on the mouse-pad or surface.

The difference was immense, and nearly immediate. Within two days my pain was gone, completely, when it was torturing me and making it 100% impossible to do anything with my hand just two days prior.

As for the lower back pain, which also reached similar pain levels to the CTS at its peak, I solved it by starting to do wall push-ups. I was at the end of my rope and wanted to try anything at all. While googling I read push-ups help back pain because it straightens up your spine and "put it back" in its proper position, so I gave it a go. I found a push-ups challenge called "30 days to 50" and I started doing it. Within less than a week ~80% of my pain was gone, the other ~20% was gone within a couple weeks. I have been okay since, and simply do push-ups again if the pain starts coming back.

Very simple, and inexpensive measures to get rid of both lower back pain (from bad posture and sitting lengthy hours), and getting rid of CTS. I hope it helps you.