I have been having on-going hand issues for awhile now. First it was carpel tunnel on my right hand. I got a brace to wear at night, and it helped a little. Then my left wrist started really hurting when I did weird things like turned a door knob or turned my steering wheel to the left. Finally, I went to the doctor and had some X-rays done on my wrist. I was hoping it was also carpel tunnel, but it felt so different, that I had a feeling it wasn’t. Unfortunately, I was right.

It turns out that my wrist pain is caused by arthritis, and other than pain meds from the doctor, which I passed on, there’s not a thing anyone can do for me. I bought another brace for this wrist and wear that at night now, and that helps some, but during the day, I was still having pain, even when I took aspirin or ibuprofen. So I finally decided to try out one of the softer wrist braces, and so far so good. I’m able to do a lot more, and the pain level is cut down some. It definitely is not sexy looking, but I’m hoping this will keep me crafting (pain free) for awhile at least.