Sunday, 12 August 2012

Dangerous Pastimes

It's happened again!

*RCI

This time in my other arm.

Symptoms
 - hurts to lift things up
- tender muscles in the forearm
- pain down to wrist

Dangerous hobby this crocheting!


*RCI - Repetitive Crochet Injury

Check out this site and this site.

5 comments:

  1. Ha! I know what you mean mum, I have had a bad case of RKI (knitting sadly affects my neck and shoulders and I love to knit). I have to carry on through the pain barrier! What we crafty folk have to put up with eh?

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  2. Oh woe, really feel for you Mum. When its something you enjoy being prevented is the pits. Hope it doesnt last long.

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  3. hahaha, shouldn't laugh but I understand having recently hand punched 10,000 hearts hubby made me take ibuprofen and it was brilliant, worked a treat! x

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  4. I hope you get better soon, mum. Thank you for sharing those articles. xx

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  5. The same here at them moment and this rug is taking forever and now I am close to the end the arms are killing me!!! I am determined to get it done but at least work of a day rests those muscles...hope you are feeling less painful today.

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