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Joint pain elsewhere...

mightymangomightymango member
in December 2014 Moms
Is anyone experiencing joint pain other than the typical stuff we're all experiencing with our hips? I've been starting to get joint pain in my thumb and index finger and bending them is becoming downright uncomfortable. Also worrisome is this is beginning to happen with the hand I primarily write with and typing is a little less fun.

Please forgive me if anyone as already brought this up, if you want to you can post a link to the other thread.
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Re: Joint pain elsewhere...

  • ninee88ninee88 member
    My big toe...I don't know why or how, but man is it bothersome. I even cut back in very rich foods incase it was somehow gout (which I've never had but have heard affects the big toe).
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  • CandEChicagoCandEChicago member
    Carpel tunnel related symptoms do pop up as PP said. I had a nerve injury in my ankle to start acting up.


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  • BrideLindsBrideLinds member
    Totally normal. I've been wearing wrist braces to bed since about 12 weeks. With my last pregnancy the carpal tunnel cleared up a few days after delivery.



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  • mothstothemoonmothstothemoon member
    By the end of my last pregnancy I was almost completely unable to use my hands because of carpal tunnel!
    A trick I've learned to manage carpal tunnel is to stand arms length away from a wall and place your palm flat on the wall, fingers up (talk-to-the-hand pose) and extend through your whole arm to press palm into the wall. It will be an intense stretch through your inner arm and wrist but hold and breathe deeply for atleast 20 seconds and keep that shoulder moving down away from your ear.
    Then turn your palm 90degrees and hold in that position.

    It helps immensely with carpal tunnel, just keep it up for a few days. I'm hoping it's a match for pregnancy induced carpal tunnel bc that's a whole different animal and I suffer from both!
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  • mothstothemoonmothstothemoon member
    ^ I should ass that your arm is out to the side as it presses into the wall not out in front of you.
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