Carpal Tunnel (fishing injury)

Larry Zepeda · Post by **Larry Zepeda** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:55 am

I have a doctors appointment next week because my left wrist has a small raised bump on the top, which I think is a form of carpal tunnel. I think it may be a result from casting and reeling because that is the only time it hurts and swells up. I was wondering if anyone has experienced this and what was done to to cure or relieve the pain?

Thanks,

Larry Zepeda

ash · Post by **ash** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:36 am

Castaic Dave · Post by **Castaic Dave** » Wed May 11, 2005 7:31 pm

Its time to get another one. Mine is in my elbow.

Dave

Gerryjig · Post by **Gerryjig** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:54 pm

Hey Larry, I too have symptoms of carpal tunnels myself. I was scheduled to see a specialist today for both wrists, normal squeeze pressure from your hand is 130lbs. for us.....mine was 110 in one and 90 in the other (no not that one either!)......well I had to cancel and re-schedule because the Jerkbait bite on the boilers was on fire for the Calico's today!!!!....OUCH!!

Castaic Dave · Post by **Castaic Dave** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:12 am

Tempory fix is to ice the area for at least 15 minutes about 30 minutes BEFORE and After your exersize. Ibuprofin or another anti-inflamitory will help but not illeviate the problem. Hope this helps.
Dave

Larry Zepeda · Post by **Larry Zepeda** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:19 am

Thanks for the information guys, I hope my wrist is not too bad and it can be taken care of. I don't care I will still fish even if it means I have to use duct tape on my wrist (lol)j/k.

Larry

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:23 am

Hey Larry, when I was playing football and catching 100's of passes everyday I had an injury which was similar to Carpul Tunnel. Let me know if this sounds similar.

There are two major tendons/ligaments something (I believe its tendons though) that cross right about where you would wear a watch. Through over use of your hands and wrists these can rub against each other and swell up. Mine were so swollen I thought I had broken both of my arms, I literally couldn't stand to move either wrist. I thought maybe I got hit on the arms in the course of a game or fell on the artificial turf wrong on both of them... If your injury is that far up the wrist here was my team doctors soluton.

Naproxen - Ice and rest...
I did the Naproxen and Ice, By-passes on the rest, I wasn't good enough to miss practices.... but, I did, Ice them about 3 times a day for at least 3 months... Haven't had a problem since then. For the rest of my playing career I did wrist exercises every morning and night.. If you are interested in those excercises.. let me know and I will email them to you.. pretty basic stuff... mostly just pushing the range of movement, more of a stretch than anything.

Good luck with it.. Assuming your injury is similar to mine... I know it is extremely painful!

Larry Zepeda · Post by **Larry Zepeda** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:43 am

Tom,

The injury you experienced sounds very familiar to what I have, between the two tendons or ligamnets. Most people I show think I have a broken wrist, but I know for a fact it's not broken because that is a different kind of pain. I would be interested in those exercises you mentioned if you can shoot me an e-mail. My doctors appiontment is next week because I had to reschedule, but until then I will try the ice thing you mentioned. Hopefully it will be fine for the Cachuma AC tournament this weekend.

Larry