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Ouch!!!

Post by Hollywood » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:06 pm

Does any one else get a lot of pain in there hands (thumbs mostly) wile dreading... :i3:

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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by IKickShins » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:04 pm

My thumbs are okay, but as of a few months ago I've got carpal tunnel in both wrists (looks like 11 years of dreading finally caught up with me!) I wear braces most of the time now.

Sometimes I get tennis elbow too. I think backcombing is what causes it.
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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by twigletstar » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:57 pm

I only ever make a few at a time because I used to get terrible RSI in my thumbs and wrists from dreading.

Be careful and don't overdo it!

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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by kitcupcake » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:28 am

My wrists only hurt if I don't take breaks [I also suffer from carpel tunnel, from years of writing/drawing/painting/sewing/typing, and now dreading, ick] though for most painful dread-related injury, I think the time I stabbed myself in the face with a crochet hook while trying to pull hair through a particularly knotted dread was the worst. It got stuck, so I yanked a little too hard to pull it through, and the next thing I knew I had hook embedded in my cheek. Not my best moment, and beats my carpel tunnel pain hands down.

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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by VonBioHazard » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:29 am

Noticed lots of pain in my wrists and thumbs, finding it hard to even game and type some days, skin on my thumbs is peeling to, not very nice

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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by Miss Liberty » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:42 pm

I am the queen of carpel tunnel due to dreading. Its one of many reasons I took a break from dreading.

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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by Dreaddictedcreations » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:48 am

If I'm working an entire day i get blisters on my pointing fingers. It also depends on how hard i'm twisting them.
Thats why I prefer making naturals - no twisting :D

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Post by BloodHoney » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:53 am

Oh, yes. Blisters, red and sore fingers, burns from steam..
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Re: Ouch!!!

Post by Sharaya » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:13 am

Yes. the twisting is what gets me too! My hands lock up sometimes. It's the most annoying feeling.

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