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Carpal Tunnel?

lizzieriderlizzierider member
in August 2015 Moms
Has anyone else developed carpel tunnel? My hands fall asleep during the night and it's highly annoying. My doctor said to try hand braces but I feel like that may be just as uncomfortable. Has this happened to anyone else?
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  • honeybee530honeybee530 member
    I feel your pain...literally, lol!! I was just complaining to my doctor about this on Monday...she also recommended braces but I can't imagine that will be anymore comfortable. Whichever side I'm sleeping on is the side that goes numb...it's so uncomfortable, it wakes me up. I switch sides and same thing, grrrr. 
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  • KMBC2552KMBC2552 member
    I had carpel tunnel really bad with my first. I had to get some of those carpel tunnel gloves to wear at work while I typed and to wear while I slept. I didn't get it with my second so I'm hoping I can avoid it this time too.
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  • honeybee530honeybee530 member
    KMBC2552 said:

    I had carpel tunnel really bad with my first. I had to get some of those carpel tunnel gloves to wear at work while I typed and to wear while I slept. I didn't get it with my second so I'm hoping I can avoid it this time too.

    Did the gloves seem to help when you slept or were they equally uncomfortable? I'm looking for any relief I can get, lol!
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  • ashleykhansenashleykhansen member
    I had ct but not with pregnancy. Had them both fixed. Hope I don't get it back now that I'm pregnant. But mine was so bad I dropped food as I was eating. And I'm only 29 had my first surgery at 19 the second a couple years ago. But the braces helped so much while I was sleeping. Dr days you curl your hands inward as you sleep and braces prevent that. As much pain I had as I was sleeping it's totally worth the change on how you sleep with them on.
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  • lizzieriderlizzierider member
    Thank you! I'm going to try them and see. It doesn't bother me much during the day (I'm a Preschool teacher) so that seems to help, it's just when I'm sleeping!
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  • honeybee530honeybee530 member
    I bought a pair of ct gloves today with some help from the pharmacist....we'll see if they help tonight....fingers crossed! :)>-
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  • srmarchesisrmarchesi member
    Braces don't work for me but ice does! Also don't keep your arm/wrist straight when waiting for feeling to come back... Keep your hand slightly bent upwards... Will restore feeling much quicker than keeping your arm straight! My doctor even had me bend the braces just a tad so my wrists didn't rest straight!
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  • Bandm2013Bandm2013 member
    The chiropractor I work for has helped a ton of preggo women with this problem. Maybe try a prenatal/ pediatric chiropractor!!
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  • Hairdesignee6Hairdesignee6 member
    I'm already used to this and go to bed with a hand brace every single night cause I'm a hairstylist and developed that burning numbness in my hands about 6 years ago, also Accupunture works really well.
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  • honeybee530honeybee530 member
    Ugh....gloves did sweet F-A.....tore them off around 3am last night and chucked them across the room in frustration lol.
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