Pain in wrist when pulling trigger

[Moparmike]

After dry-firing several times tonight, I noticed an odd sensation in my wrist, between my two forarm bones. I noticed it was almost painful to pull the trigger in DA, but only was mildly annoying during SA repititions.

Any ideas? Carpel Tunnel? My hands do go buzzy and numb after an hour or so of lawn mowing, and someone offhandedly mentioned Carpel...

 

[whm1974]

Go to a doctor and get checked. Looks like you may only be shooting .22 for while...

-Bill

 

[Gump]

Is your wrist in front of the muzzle? If so you might be shooting yourself in the wrist


Probably CTS. What do you do for a living?

 

[Old Fuff]

My hands and wrists sometimes get numb while mowing the lawn because of vibrations transmitted from the mower through the handle. As for shooting, I think it's time to see a doctor and find out. Maybe (hopefully) wearing a wrist brace might solve the problem.

 

[Gfrey]

Does it wake you up at night?

(I am NOT a Dr.)

See a massage therapist, a GOOD one. Mention the pain in your wrist.

As suggested see a Dr. (Yes, see both)

I have had luck with taking 100 mg B-6 EVERY day. (It is supposed to be good for the nerves, no not NERVES. it is supposed to help them heal, or regenerate, or something.) Maybe it'll help you too.

The toughest thing for me to get better (Dr. was ready to recommend surgery about 10 years ago) was to realize there were things I SHOULD not do to give my wrists time to heal. (Why? Because it didn't hurt when I did it, but it certainly did later.)

I wish you well, there are many steps before surgery....



Good luck

Gfrey

 

[Red_SC]

Is your wrist in front of the muzzle? If so you might be shooting yourself in the wrist

You so funny!

 

[shermacman]

Interesting. May wrists ache when I have to mow the lawn or wash dishes. I have been forced to stop both activities. They seem to be fine when I go shooting, blast around in my boat or when drinking beer.

Go figure

 

[flatrock]

I have had problems with tendonitis in my wrists from computer use. When I started shooting again, especially my G30, the pain came back. I worked some on building up some strength in my hands and wrist, and that seems to be helping a lot to reduce the stress my wrist feels.

However, I've seen some people with stronger hands than I have have problems with carpal tunnel / tendonitis, so a trip to the doctor is probably your best bet.

Something to reduce the swelling will probably also reduce the pain.

 

[mfree]

Stopping muzzle flip by holding your left wrist on top of the slide while firing is *not* a generally adviseable tactic

 

[GunnySkox]

That sort of pain has happened to me on several occasions. I never went to a doctor, but I second the recommendations of others to do so. Mostly what I did was lay off of the computer for a while. Try and stretch out your wrists and hands regularly every day, and you might want to get one of those "exercise balls" (Or, if you want a dual-purpose toy, get one of those rubber balls that light up when they hit something, so you can have an exercise ball and an Australian indoor-rules Quidditch ball, too). Generally, I always got the pains when I was deep in a First Person Shooter or AIM craze, spending many, many hours without ceasing in front of the computer.

In other words, AFAIK, it's one of those "warning signs" of Carpal Tunnel, so try to back off of computer and other dexterity-heavy activitys for a week or so. This means no (or very little) shooting or dry firing, lots of stretching your hands and wrists (carefully), and no.. er.. Right, you get the idea.

I'm gonna go try to make sense of what I just typed.

~Slam_Fire

"My, you've got a strong grip."
"It comes from years of being single." ~Something Positive

 

[sm]

Go see a doctor, this is a warning . Repetitive Motion - like computers are real bad about this.

There is no way in hell a fella can hit squat shooting after using a weedeater. I told mom to get some goats, forget about mowing/ weedeating the yard.

I go to my doctor to steal jelly beans, drink his coffee and see what free Sales Rep stuff I can steal...oh I flirt with the girls.

He told the last fella that came in with this problem, to shoot a .22, lay off the computer, go find a GF. They be soft and don't cause these problems...may drive you insane...but you don't CTS from a girl.

My doc is a cool guy and a shooter...he needs to refill his jelly beans and get me that canvas tote the Rep was supposed to leave for me...good looking young thing with long legs...

 

[Browns Fan]

I've got an old football injury where I jammed my thumb on my shooting hand and it has acted up recently. havent shoot since , but I taking glucosamine and condroitin and it seems to be helping. You may want to give it a try.

 

[ken w.]

A PAIN IN THE WRIST

I get the same thing.I go to a chiropractor for a badly herniated lower disc. After complaining about my wrist and the numbness,he adjusted my mid to upper back and it went away for the most part. The main cause is my lower back and muscle's contracting and pulling on the upper back.It's not a cure,but releaf.

 

[Moparmike]

Unfortunately, I work with nothing but computers. And I dont have a .22. After dryfiring, and lots of typing, my wrist will be a little stiff the next morning, but it usually goes away. After shooting about 70rds of 10mm, my wrist will be stiff and somewhat sore for about 36hrs. I am one of those "pansy" small-handed weak-wristed men, unfortunately.


A doctor will probably put me in a brace. Great, more money I dont have to be spent. *sigh*

 

[Jim K]

If you use a mouse, try using it with the other (left?) hand. You may want to reverse the buttons also (use the mouse setup). Takes a bit of getting used to, but will relieve carpal tunnel syndrome.

Jim

 

[Grey54956]

I know exactly what pain yopu are feeling. Vibrating tools will cause a flare up, as will painting the house.

It is probably a precursor to carpral tunnel syndrome, like mine was. I still get it from time to time. Now is the time to act. A doctor will probably recommend that you use a brace for your wrist when you go to bed, or when things are bothering you. This is just to immobilize the wrist and aid in healing. He may also prescribe some industrial strength ibuprofen, or what ever other magical anti-inflammatory all the rage. Things should clear up.

 

[firearms_instructor]

I recommend exercise,

and I second the recommendations for Glucosamine and Chondroitin, and add B Complex.

Here's a GREAT wrist exerciser for shooters:
http://www.gyroflex.biz/
http://www.dynabee.com/Default.htm

And of course wrist curls with light to medium weights. Good luck!

 

[GigaBuist]

I'm a computer programming by trade so I have a bit of experience with CTS. I had warning symptoms myself at one point in time but I've adjusted my workstations to help fix the problem.

The problem was first noticed when I would drop glasses. The fingers kind of go numb on you and I'd randomly drop a glass I was holding onto. Actually it'd be a beer. Two beers would numb the fingers enough that combined with early CTS I wouldn't feel things well anymore and lose track of them. My buddies thought I was completely hammered the first time it happened (I wasn't) -- and it happened a few times too often for me to ignore it.

Oddly enough I don't think it's keyboarding that does it to me. It's working the mouse. The advent of them scroll-wheel things is what did it to me. It only acts up when I'm working in Windows based systems all the time. The VB IDE required me to use the mouse to navigate around code a lot and I'd use the scroll wheel.

I did a few things different from then on when working in Windows systems. If I knew it'd be a day of coding I'd take the extra time to open things up in an editor that didn't require the mouse. I'm a Unix nerd so I'd use 'vim'.

Second for a while I actually used two keyboards. I had one ergonomic styled keyboard (Microsoft Natural) and a regular stock Dell keyboard. One in the PS/2 port and one in the USB port. I situated them so that my arms were totally seperated. I'd just recline back and have my arms 90 degrees to eachother. Right hand on one keyboard and left hand on the other. Gotta be a touch-typist to do this of course. That helped roll back the clock.

Now that I'm back in an all Unix/Linux land I don't use a mouse for much. I just switch between an ergo keyboard and a regular keyboard every 6 months or so. The change-up seems to help. I don't develop any real sloppy habbits with my wrists being at weird angles when I change keyboards all the time. I'm forced to keep a proper typing style and such.

Hope that helps.

 

[einnor1040]

You're probably still feeling the affects of shooting that 41 magnum at the Cheatham Range last month.

 

[Moparmike]

Maybe.

 

[45R]

Go to a doctor, DO NOT see a massage therapist for your problem. It is not in the scope of their practice to diagnois why your having wrist pain and it can be made potentially worst if treated.

DO NOT do any strengthening exercises until you are prescribed them. In the mean time lay low on the dryfiring and from shooting until you are cleared by your primary care.


Let us know how things work out.