[Chaotic Kittie]

okies, it's wrist problems again... or problem, I dunno, but it bothers me.

I feel really tired in my left (fretting) wrist and hand/fingers... it's like I've been working out hard with it recently! This started a month or so ago, two weeks ago I decided to rest from guitar playing, so I haven't played since... but it still feels tired. Reflexes with it are also a lot slower than usual...

Has anyone else ever experienced this? Was trying to ask the docs about it, but they refuse to give me any time just because it does not hurt... Bleh. "Give it time" they say. Yeah, but how long shall I have to wait before I can tell it's something other to it? A year? =S

[randomaire]

Another thing I do also, before I start practice... (I did a lot of distance running in my life, so I'm all about form and stretch and warm up)... even before I do easy stretches with my fingers and wrist and arm, I soak my hands in warm water for a bit to get the muscles lose, that way they aren't cold... which if anyone runs/plays sports they know that if you run or play cold, you are more likely prone to pulls, tears, sprains, and such.

But definatly see a doc about it, sometimes that pop can be from improper stretching or strain placed in a certain area of the body. Kind of like an ankle popping etc, but a tendon popping could be more serious, check your diet also, enough calcium and such and proper vitamins helps to heal and protect. Go see the doctor (Warm compresses to the area that is in question will help to ease that area up) And pray that you didn't tear the tendon lose... chaotic kittie you really need to have it looked at, its normal to have a little bit or tiredness, but if it persists, something is definatly not right... if you don't want to try the doctors, go for the warm/hot compresses for about a week and play only half the time you normally would, no crazy barring or hard chords, take it easy on it. If after a week you don't notice it getting better, than you should most definatly have it looked at.

[justinthyme]

Originally Posted by Chaotic Kittie

Was trying to ask the docs about it, but they refuse to give me any time just because it does not hurt... Bleh. "Give it time" they say. =S

Time for a change of doctor?

[6stringlady]

If at all possible see a doctor who specializes in sports medicine/sports injury, and/or a sports trainer. A doctor from the Department of Orthopaedics is also beneficial. Although your problem may not be the result of a sports injury, the doctors in these specialties are better with difficulties within the musculo-skeletal system rather than you reg. family practice physicians.
You may only need an exercise prescription relative to what is bothering you, and they are great at what they do.

[Chaotic Kittie]

Update...

Today I ended up at the emergency. My entire left side got numb... and my left arm vanished completely! The only thing I felt ensuring myself that my arm was still there, was a sharp, BURNING cold. So both friends and myself panicked, getting various paranoid thoughts about brain tumours and such things... uh.
At the emergency though, they couldn't find any sign of it being any sort of brain damage, since eye movement, reflexes and balance was normal. Though I'm still going to do some sort of X-ray scan of the head, just to ensure it's no tumour... and even though it is very, VERY unlikely that it is, I still get nervous. >.< Uh.

Doctor also said that it seemed to him as "damages" from too cold temperatures... and this might explain it. My computer is right next to the window, and the windows is mostly open, because it sounds horrible when it's closed. And there is quite a draught from it... and with temperatures getting lower outside... and my body doesn't react on cool air until it get's extreme (I don't feel cold if I walk with t-shirt and shorts in -5 degrees C).. well, enough said. I hope this is the problem, because then it's at least easy to do something about...

My arm has started to come back now, and that burning cold feeling is gone, though it's still cold. At least it's improvement. But gee, for a few hours there I was really, really scared, panicked... Horrible day. >.<

[allthumbs]

Holy marckrel!!. That sounds more like nerve damage to me, but I have never heard cold having that kind of effect before. Stay warm and see what happens.

[guttertrashsingalong]

yea a pinched nerve or somethng worse.but sounds lke a nerve prob esp since im a doctor!

[Chaotic Kittie]

Originally Posted by guttertrashsingalong

yea a pinched nerve or somethng worse.but sounds lke a nerve prob esp since im a doctor!

That explains the arm, but not the leg. None of the "nerve points" or whatever you call them were hurting or not working, which, if I recall correctly, at least one of them would be if the feeling goes down the entire arm, which it did (apart from when i did not feel the arm at all).
Still, I cannot think of any nerve that goes straight from the arm to the leg like that...

[randomaire]

Partial stroke maybe?

[allthumbs]

Originally Posted by randomaire

Partial stroke maybe?

Yikes. Arn't you a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Let's hope it's not that.

[randomaire]

Wasn't trying to cause any fears there, just the only time I've heard of something like that is a stroke, know a few people that have had these. Sorry

I do hope its not that either, sounds serious though, that the whole side would numb up like that though. Its so hard to diagnose a stroke also. Take good care of yourself and close that window down.

[doug russell]

I normally get a wrist ache when I'm doing a fast blues progression. Funny but I don't feel nothing when I'm gigging. I can sympathise with you though.

[Chaotic Kittie]

Originally Posted by randomaire

Wasn't trying to cause any fears there, just the only time I've heard of something like that is a stroke, know a few people that have had these. Sorry

I do hope its not that either, sounds serious though, that the whole side would numb up like that though. Its so hard to diagnose a stroke also. Take good care of yourself and close that window down.

I don't think it's something like that, it'd be the whole left side if it was. But it's just the arm and the leg, the torso and so does not feel any of it.

Also, yesterday I noticed that one of those nerve "knots" in the left shoulder hurts VERY badly whenever you touch it. So that could explain the arm, but the leg remains a mystery....

[allthumbs]

Originally Posted by Chaotic Kittie

I don't think it's something like that, it'd be the whole left side if it was. But it's just the arm and the leg, the torso and so does not feel any of it.

Also, yesterday I noticed that one of those nerve "knots" in the left shoulder hurts VERY badly whenever you touch it. So that could explain the arm, but the leg remains a mystery....

Pinched nerves around around the spinal column in the back could cause all your symptoms without you feeling any back pain at all. I would get an xray done of your spine.

[doug russell]

Hey CK, I hope you get yourself right soon bro, Just concentrate on getting well.

[737blues]

Hey, Chaotic! AT may have something there with that suggestion of a 'pinched' spinal nerve. I'ts called Spinal Stenosis which simply means that vertebrae which are misaligned, (for whatever reason) are narrowing the canal through which your spinal nerve passes and 'pinching' it. The effects of this can be very varied, manifesting themselves in different places, (often leg and arms) and sometimes be mild tingling or numbness, other times excruciating pain. If your doctor is talking about an MRI scan, don't put it off, get it done. X-rays are usually not good enough to really see what gives. I've had it for some time and it was never properly diagnosed until I had an MRI. If it does turn out to be any sort of nerve problem don't get rushed into having surgery, think of that as a last resort. There is a load of information on the web about alternative non-surgical treatments.