Health-related: Tremor as a result of cubing?

[nicjsb]

Hi guys, I've been worried about carpal tunnel, repetitive stress injury, and other such health problems that can result from cubing. I've found that, for the most part, stretching the wrists and hands periodically, as well as using a powerball, tend to eliminate most of those kinds of problems.

However, I've recently noticed a tremor in my hands during the last 24 hours or so. It could be from all the caffeine I've had this week (numerous cups of tea and coffee) but it could also be from cubing... I'm not sure. My hands don't hurt at all, neither do the wrists. They feel a little weak, but mostly my hands just shake. They're not shaking while still, only when I try to move an individual finger or pick up an object.

Has anybody experienced problems of a similar nature?

 

[Bryan]

Hi guys, I've been worried about carpal tunnel, repetitive stress injury, and other such health problems that can result from cubing. I've found that, for the most part, stretching the wrists and hands periodically, as well as using a powerball, tend to eliminate most of those kinds of problems.

However, I've recently noticed a tremor in my hands during the last 24 hours or so. It could be from all the caffeine I've had this week (numerous cups of tea and coffee) but it could also be from cubing... I'm not sure. My hands don't hurt at all, neither do the wrists. They feel a little weak, but mostly my hands just shake. They're not shaking while still, only when I try to move an individual finger or pick up an object.

Has anybody experienced problems of a similar nature?

You realize that you can get carpel tunnel from many things. I've never cubed to the point where my hands/wrists hurt. If you do, then you're doing something wrong.

My former boss had surgery for carpel tunnel. It wasn't from keyboarding or anything like that, it was from working in a pizza place where she would knead dough.