Steven Rushefsky on thu 10 dec 98
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Hi everyone. Unfortunatley sometimes when I throw on the wheel my wrist will
get sore. I was wondering if anybody out there has some ideas on techniques
to put less pressure on my wrists when I throw.
Cyndi Gehr
cyngehr@ufl.edu
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Two things:
1. B Vitamins are said to help.
2. Exercise: Put your arm out in front of you, palm up. With your other hand,
grip the fingers and GENTLY pull back, creating a NEW stretch in your wrist,
opposite to the stretch you always do. It feels good. Hold for about 10
seconds. Do it 3 times a day, or many times a day. Do other wrist. Can also do
one finger at a time, to limber up your whole hand
StevenRu@aol.com in NYC
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Stephani Stephenson on tue 19 aug 03
One thing i do to 'save' my wrists is to wear wrist supports while I am
doing 'brute' work with them, such as lifting clay bags, hammering,
wielding the mallet , lifting molds, carrying buckets, slinging fluids,
wedging, you get the picture...
the supports keep my wrists straight and I am less likely to abuse them
by transferring weight bearing activities to them ,or twisting them
during work.
. I noticed sometimes that I will tire or overuse wrists in this type of
work, before I ever get to the finer tool work, where I really need
full use of wrist tendons and muscles, turning and flexing
You can buy wrist supports at the drug store , and I do have a
lightweight set from there, which still allows my fingers to work, sort
of unencumbered anyway......
For years I have also used in-line skate wrist guards, the kind that
have a heavy duty shaped piece of hard plastic along the palm side of
the wrist.
Of course those kind are useless for fine dexterous work, but are very
good at protecting your wrists, or at least making you AWARE of your
wrists as you go about the daily rounds of 'gross motor activity' .
the only thing to remember is not to swat the fly off your nose
while wearing skate wrist guards.
However, if you do happen to knock yourself out while doing so, you can
be fairly confident you will not break your wrists when you hit the
floor
Stephani Stephenson
steph@alchemiestudio.com
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