Wrist
May 22, 2009 on 6:23 pm | In Happenings, University | 4 CommentsI have, as they say in technical circles, buggered me wrist. I’m not sure which is the guilty party:* tennis (highly suspicious), notewriting (damn you, endocrine!), badminton (I will miss you), piano (those cursed high-speed arpeggios in Metamorphosis II) or squash (unlikely as not played in a while), but something has done some damage and me ignoring said damage for a week or so hasn’t helped.
Thus, I have purchased a wrist support, and I shall hope for the best. It’s irritating because it kind of cripples my cunning (but not actually all the cunning) plans to write huge quantities of notes and it has also caused me to miss the last badminton sessions before the halls flood with desks and the susurrations of hundreds of pens frantically recording the poorly-remembered knowledge of their masters. Grr to that, says I. Still, I’m one better than last year in that I’m not going to go anyway and cripple myself. Bonus.
This term has flown by at an unbelievable rate – it seems like only a fortnight ago that I was enjoying my easter holidays and, surely, it was only a couple of weeks before then that I had neuro burn a hole in my brain? It is insanity itself, this rush of days. Tomorrow I’m off for a camping trip. Might let me relax for a little bit, would be good! The invitation seems a little odd though. Nothing scary-strange, just kind of unexpected.
Do you ever get a feeling that someone is acting out of character towards you?
Sometimes you don’t know where something will go until you get up and do it.
*I’m guessing that gardening isn’t the reason, as there is nothing strenuous about moving seedlings from A to B.
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Yes.
Comment by Lucy — May 22, 2009 #
All the time, lately.
Comment by Ipso Facto — May 22, 2009 #
Yup. But it’s nothing that can’t be fixed by talking it through, if it really bothers you.
Comment by Mia — May 23, 2009 #
Yes, definitely. Do you have any guesses as to why they might be acting out of character?
(please work, line spacing? I’m swearing now to get it over and done with, but in my head, for the sake of your readers). I’m worried about your piano playing – if it *is* your wrist taht’s the problem then you are doing something seriously wrong. Lots of people do it, but you HAVE HAVE HAVE to keep your wrist relaxed, otherwise you will end up with SUCH problems. Honestly, my father can no longer type, can’t play the piano for more than about ten minutes at a time, and can’t really do any useful practical lifting/painting/decorating/fixing/other generalised tool use for terribly long either, full stop, and all because his piano technique has utterly buggered up his wrist. Seriously, get it sorted. Get someone to hang about with you when you play the piano and then unexpectedly swoop in and knock your wrist up from the piano keyboard – your hand should straight away drop down (assuming you don’t reflexively kill whoever-it-is) with no tension whatsoever. Honestly consider having lessons at some point before your technique becomes too ingrained. It’ll be worth the expense.
Comment by Jenny — May 24, 2009 #