What does a trapped nerve feel like?

Seems to have an effect for me... and the warning about it eating the
contents of one's stomach seem quite harsh for a placebo

 

Probably a rotator cuff strain.

I had one of those last year - lasted months (every time I did certain
things with the shoulder) then just mysteriously disappeared.

 

When it first started, I thought it *was* CTS... I was shitting myself.
Fortunately it turned out to be a trapped nerve, and a visit to the
osteopath's every few months keep it under control.



<Soapbox>

A conventional keyboard gives you a tradeoff between CTS and trapped-
nerve-type problems.

Either you have to bend your wrists outwards- which means your nerves
rub on the sides of the carpal tunnel.

Or you hunch your shoulders in, in a vain attempt to bring the shoulder
ends of your arms as close together as, say, the "D" and "K" on your
keyboard.

I tend to do the latter.

My original problem was helped a lot when I got my first Microsoft
Natural Keyboard, and it's recently flared up again in the wake of 10
months on client sites using ordinary keyboards.

Ergonomic keyboards *rock*.

</Soapbox>

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[snip sad story of someone else's stabbed scapula and beav going
to get his ripped out with a particularly low dose of anaesthetic,
leaving him with a perpertually oozing and pus-ridden septic sore,
dribbling foul-smelling yellow gunk]

I take it all back
Oh, and gws post op

 

NSAIDs seem to vary quite widely in their effects from person to person
- the most effective one for me is asprin. Sadly it's also the best at
chewing large holes in my stomach..

Ibuprofen is next best..

Phil

 

Eh? Diclofenac is highly effective for localised inflammation. Not
much cop for pain relief, but then that's not its intent.

 

I was on it for about 6 weeks.. and since my pain is from localised
inflammation we were hoping that it would reduce.

It didn't..

Phil

 

Maybe there is no God?

 

The Times was talking about anti-inflammatories that don't cause stomach rot
the other day (one of them causes heart problems :| ) - how come they aren't
prescribed more?

Something like Caseane or something like that?

 

Huh? How do we get from 'Phil still in pain' to the existance of God?
Or is this just another "Ben does Des" moment?

Phil

 

Just logic, really: God loves you. You're in pain. God surely
wouldn't want that. So either doesn't love you. Or doesn't exist.

 

Very poor logic.. based on flawed information with extra assumptions
that are wrong.

Try again![1]

Phil.

[1] I know, I know. You don't actually care.. But it's a slow afternoon
and I feel the need for an argument to wake me up..

 

What's flawed? "God loves you"? "You're in pain"?

They both seem okay.

Assumptions? "God surely doesn't want you to be in pain"? Seems
reasonable to assume that about someone/thing/being that loves you.

I don't need to.

You got one.

 

You are talking about a bloke who didn't lift a finger when they nailed his
kid up.

Tough love, that's what kids today need.


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