My comic is on hiatus till my hand works again! Anyone else here suffer from cubital tunnel syndrome or carpal?

[KiabIce]

Its been 3 weeks my hand still can;t work. Mt drawing hand doens't work right I cant draw or type well. Does anybody else here have cubital or carpal tunnel syndrome? If so how did you treat it?

[muchazuke]

Gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
I've never had one (knock on wood!), but I heard you just have to rest it and change positions a lot...
Must be so painful not being able to draw nor type. I wish you a full recovery. >_<
Hope you get better soon!!!

[WOSTR]

Eat, stay hydrated, rest, massage your hand, get warm if you're cold and get cool of you're hot.
Sorry to hear about this, it's horrible, conditions along those lines are common in my family and my brother once lost a job because or carpal yet returned to the same job elsewhere well rested and fine.
If you haven't, maybe put a notice up on your page to let others know of your situation.

[kaetana]

I deal with carpal tunnel or something along those lines on and off, so I can offer a few suggestions for what has helped me with it.

• I have some lightweight hand braces that I got at Walgreens that I wear basically whenever I do anything that puts any strain on my hand/wrist. So I wear those to support my wrists any time I'm working at my computer or playing games, and as much as I can while drawing (I generally have to take the one on my writing hand off while I'm sketching and inking because it does slightly restrict my movement, but it's not an issue for doing anything else). They also have more stiff braces that are recommended to wear while sleeping - I don't use these personally but they can help if you are bending your hands awkwardly while you sleep.
• In addition to wrist stretches you can probably find online, I recommend finding ways to stretch out your pectorals. I tend to build up a lot of tension in mine that then radiates down to my wrists and hands. Personally I use a foam roller that I lie on my back on with my arms out to get a nice stretch there, and that's helped a lot to keep the pain in my hands from flaring up.
• Sometimes if you're having a really bad flareup it means there's inflammation, and it can help to take steps to reduce that, like using an ice pack or putting CBD oil on it (if you have access to that where you live).

Best of luck and I hope your hands feel better soon! I know it's pretty uncomfortable and frustrating when you're having a bad flareup but hopefully you can get it under control. ^_^

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

I might have it, they're gonna run tests in a few weeks.

It's mostly keeping me up at night, waking up to a numb hand and stuff like that.
So I'm guessing it's not as bad as yours.

[KiabIce]

@muchazuke thank you it is a sad i haven't been able to draw! Cant hold things properly either. I get an elbow brace end of the week. Hope it will help

[KiabIce]

@WolfUnderTheMoon89

I don't have much pain but I have weak hand and tender elbow. also pins and needles at my pinky down to my inner elbow. been like this for3-4 weeks now. I hope the elbw brace i order from Amazon will help.

I hope your hand gets better too. sucks for us to get this when our hands mean everything

[CursedBeasts]

Cubital sufferer here, altho thankfully it hasn't been bad lately, there are some exercises that help alleviate it, that you can look up. Still, I would consult a doctor beforehand.

One recommendation I saw that I try to follow is to try to straighten the arms when sleeping.

[Shanny8]

I'm suffering from carpal or RSI- that's why I havent been on my comic for about a year. My hands/wrists/arms just started feeling more on the better side during the pandemic...they still hurt when I push myself for an extended period of time, but not as severe as it was for the last 6 months of 2019.

[KiabIce]

That's so horrible Im glad your hands are starting to heal

[KiabIce]

How long did it take to have your arm/hand/elbow heal?

[CursedBeasts]

Oof i'm not really sure, the last few years were weird with regard to other stuff like mental health, so I don't really have a firm recollection of when it stopped. I think the last flare up I had was in January of this year but it was because I placed my laptop on a special mount \ table thing that has fans in it, and my elbows didn't like the change in height between my elbow and the keyboard. I changed the height back to the laptop just sitting on the desk, and had a bandage with like some cream ( i think) on for a night and it eventually stopped hurting.

I think I looked up the exercises 2 or 3 years ago and started doing them fairly irregularly (when the elbow(s) hurt) since, and started being mindful of my sleeping position but I'm fairly certain that my case is not severe at all. It mostly impaired typing and using the mouse, and made my pinky and ring fingers on the left hand a little numb, but thankfully it didn't affect drawing as I generally draw on an iPad or a sketchpad that can have it's placement adjusted.

[KiabIce]

Hey everybody. Hand is still not working. See a doctor next week about it. Hope I will be able to draw soon.

[KiabIce]

Hey everybody this thread is still open. I am very bored I will read your comic and give comments, like it or sub if I really do like it.

Show me your comics!

[Inspector_Spinda]

never. when i started drawing i was really worried id get it but nothing so far

[Inspector_Spinda]

btw im bored too. if you have a discord we can chat etc.

[KiabIce]

@Inspector_Spinda Never what? Get cubital tunnel syndrome?

[KiabIce]

@Inspector_Spinda

Haha! Yeah 23 is too young. That's the age of my neices and nephews

[Inspector_Spinda]

yeah. i've never had it

[Inspector_Spinda]

23 if im too young it's all good