Comments on: Ouch! It hurts! http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/ ...knit happens! Thu, 17 May 2012 11:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damn, Knit & Blast It » Blankie, Overdue Curtains and Schrodinger’s Cat http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Damn, Knit & Blast It » Blankie, Overdue Curtains and Schrodinger’s Cat Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:11:43 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-108 [...] hard on the hands and joints to work with and my Golfer’s Elbow( first talked about here and here) has started to play up again. But more about the blankie [...] [...] hard on the hands and joints to work with and my Golfer’s Elbow( first talked about here and here) has started to play up again. But more about the blankie [...]

]]> By: susan crowe http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-107 susan crowe Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:38:53 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-107 Thanks all for your messages - Seen my GP today - it's golfer's elbow! (Nothing to do with golf) Rest and anti-inflammatorys.... is wine an anti-inflammatory?? :-) Thanks all for your messages – Seen my GP today – it’s golfer’s elbow!
(Nothing to do with golf)

Rest and anti-inflammatorys…. is wine an anti-inflammatory?? :-)

]]> By: Knitting Ninja http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Knitting Ninja Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:17:38 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-106 I've also had this problem, and I used Brian Gray's Iron Palm Liniment. He makes it for Ninjas-in-training, used to strengthen hands for the rigors of fighting. Works great for Ninja Knitters, too. Not cheap - but good. Just google Brian Gray Iron Palm Liniment and you'll can find a link to his website where it can be purchased. I only had to use it a few times, and my tingling stopped. I use it on my neck all the way down to my palms. It's the stuff! I’ve also had this problem, and I used Brian Gray’s Iron Palm Liniment. He makes it for Ninjas-in-training, used to strengthen hands for the rigors of fighting. Works great for Ninja Knitters, too. Not cheap – but good. Just google Brian Gray Iron Palm Liniment and you’ll can find a link to his website where it can be purchased. I only had to use it a few times, and my tingling stopped. I use it on my neck all the way down to my palms. It’s the stuff!

]]> By: Arianwen http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Arianwen Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:12:01 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-105 I hope all aches and pains subside, though I have found as I got older that my fingers hurt in the morning if I have been knitting the night before. Soaking them in hot water really helps to get them moving again. I am not sure if circs will help or not I am busy using one at the moment and have a pain in my left arm I think I am holding them funny. Go and enjoy making curtains and hopefully you will feel better in a couple of days I hope all aches and pains subside, though I have found as I got older that my fingers hurt in the morning if I have been knitting the night before. Soaking them in hot water really helps to get them moving again. I am not sure if circs will help or not I am busy using one at the moment and have a pain in my left arm I think I am holding them funny. Go and enjoy making curtains and hopefully you will feel better in a couple of days

]]> By: Isobel http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Isobel Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:27:12 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-104 I had this happen to me last summer. In July I started with a pain in my right shoulder, down into my right upper arm, then my hand. I also experienced numbing and tingling in my arm, hand and fingers. I ended up having to go to physio therapy 3x a week, then 2x the finally 1x. This lasted into October. I have a series of exercises I do 3x a day. I couldn't knit or be on the computer and it even affected my driving, I could only go short distances as the numbing became unbearable. I still have residual pain, and they feel I will have to live with this for the rest of my life as I have damaged my skelton from years of being on the computer and knitting. It has been very difficult to live with and my knitting projects have changed drastically, no more large projects now I knit mostly socks, and small projects. The repetitive nature of typing, and knitting have done their damage. The only positive was that I retired from my school district a month before all this began, because I would not have been able to work for the first semester of this year. I would consult your doctor and see what he suggests, it sounds that your are putting serious thought into this and that the choices you are making are very sound. good luck I had this happen to me last summer. In July I started with a pain in my right shoulder, down into my right upper arm, then my hand. I also experienced numbing and tingling in my arm, hand and fingers. I ended up having to go to physio therapy 3x a week, then 2x the finally 1x. This lasted into October. I have a series of exercises I do 3x a day. I couldn’t knit or be on the computer and it even affected my driving, I could only go short distances as the numbing became unbearable. I still have residual pain, and they feel I will have to live with this for the rest of my life as I have damaged my skelton from years of being on the computer and knitting. It has been very difficult to live with and my knitting projects have changed drastically, no more large projects now I knit mostly socks, and small projects. The repetitive nature of typing, and knitting have done their damage. The only positive was that I retired from my school district a month before all this began, because I would not have been able to work for the first semester of this year. I would consult your doctor and see what he suggests, it sounds that your are putting serious thought into this and that the choices you are making are very sound.
good luck

]]> By: Rachel http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Rachel Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:22:03 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/03/26/ouch-it-hurts/#comment-103 God, I'm sorry you are having pain! How alarming! Do try with different sizes and types of needle, as this may help. I am much more relaxed with small needles and fine yarn; big needles make me strain. Also, while knitting the Perugino, I started on bamboo straights so the yarn could get a better grip but then switched to Addi chrome circs once I'd done a few rows. I am still gripping and manipulating the yarn too tightly (this doesn't happen to me on a small gauge) but it is much better then when I was using the straight bamboo needles. So try your fave projects with different needles and see if that helps, or switch to a project your hands can relax with. Good luck, and please let us know how it pans out! God, I’m sorry you are having pain! How alarming! Do try with different sizes and types of needle, as this may help. I am much more relaxed with small needles and fine yarn; big needles make me strain. Also, while knitting the Perugino, I started on bamboo straights so the yarn could get a better grip but then switched to Addi chrome circs once I’d done a few rows. I am still gripping and manipulating the yarn too tightly (this doesn’t happen to me on a small gauge) but it is much better then when I was using the straight bamboo needles. So try your fave projects with different needles and see if that helps, or switch to a project your hands can relax with. Good luck, and please let us know how it pans out!

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