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[lydy]

They hurt. All day, now. And much more when I'm asleep, and reach to adjust the covers and bend them just wrong. I make piteous, barking noises when that happens.

It probably is the crochet. I've been watching my hands when I crochet, and while the hand position is very different between the right and left hand, both wrists twitch in time together as I move the yarn to catch it about the hook, and then pull it through the work, then catch the yarn again. That movement is pretty symmetrical.

I have a doctor's appointment on Monday. Sigh. I don't know what I'm going to do if she tells me to stop crocheting. That would make me very, very unhappy.

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[lydy.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll try some of those. Although 90 seconds is actually a remarkably long time, when you try to count it out. Have you noticed that?

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

When I tried it out, I didn't do the whole 90 seconds because I didn't notice it. I view following directions for things which aren't obviously dangerous as an iterative process.

I recommend those stretches partly because they make my hands feel good, but mostly because a *lot* of people have gotten good results from them.