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Miss Mary wrote:I borrowed an upright carpet cleaner a year ago and steam cleaned 8 rooms. By the 7th room, my right forearm was getting sore. By the time I was done I realized I should have been switching arms/hands but the damage was already done. I ended up with tennis elbow for 3 months, just to save a few bucks on professional carpet cleaning. How dumb was that? If I even minicked the way I had to squeeze my hand to work the cleaner, I had pains shooting up and down my arm. So that's one example when using the other hand would have been wise. It wasn't surgery or painting.......sometimes you just go for the hand you write with. And pay the price later. I did. Ouch. It's fine now but I learned a lesson there.
Mary
j wrote:Miss Mary wrote:I borrowed an upright carpet cleaner a year ago and steam cleaned 8 rooms. By the 7th room, my right forearm was getting sore. By the time I was done I realized I should have been switching arms/hands but the damage was already done. I ended up with tennis elbow for 3 months, just to save a few bucks on professional carpet cleaning. How dumb was that? If I even minicked the way I had to squeeze my hand to work the cleaner, I had pains shooting up and down my arm. So that's one example when using the other hand would have been wise. It wasn't surgery or painting.......sometimes you just go for the hand you write with. And pay the price later. I did. Ouch. It's fine now but I learned a lesson there.
Mary
ahh yes..Tennis elbow. I have already had a cortizone shot, worked for awhile..now the pain is back, full swing. You should have seen me trying to bowl last night. It was ugly.
I will agree with you Mary about switching hands whenever you can. Its too late for some of us older ones (right Mary?), but if you don't have pain yet, you probably will someday, especially if you sit at a computer all day.
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