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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1187572" data-attributes="member: 44954">The only &quot;trick&quot; is ibuprofen, and hand exercises for carpal tunnel. I had the same problem for a few months at first.&nbsp; Sometimes when I woke up in the morning, I would even get a tingling numb sensation in my hands.&nbsp; I had never done a job that required constant gripping.&nbsp; My problem improved on its own over time.&nbsp;&nbsp; My hands are huge compared to how they were when I first started.&nbsp; There are over a dozen muscles in the human hand, maybe you&#039;re just giving them a good workout without enough time off in between.&nbsp; The cheap arse straps on the finger scanners are always too loose, and bang up against my knuckles too, it is really painful after a while.&nbsp;&nbsp; Try just holding it in your hand for a while instead of strapping it on if the pain gets too bad.&nbsp; Or get your sup to switch it out for a scanner that doesn&#039;t have a 5 year old strap on it. A lot of times when I complained about the scanner not having a good strap, or the battery constantly dying, or the actual scanner not having a holster, he would just say fine don&#039;t worry about scanning....most don&#039;t really care.Since you just started, I&#039;m guessing a trip to the doctor is out of the question, as it was for me, since you don&#039;t have health insurance yet.&nbsp;&nbsp; I took ibuprofen everyday before work for the first 6 months I worked here.&nbsp;&nbsp; The repetitive motion of moving your wrist the exact same way to scan a thousand or so times a day,&nbsp; could be bringing out a genetic disposition to carpel tunnel.&nbsp;&nbsp; Doctors would first try getting you to do hand exercises, then medication, then steroid injections, then surgery as a last option.I hope it works itself out for you like it did for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes I feel like a darn gorilla with these huge hands.&nbsp; My chances of being a pianist are shot, curse you UPS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1187572, member: 44954"] The only "trick" is ibuprofen, and hand exercises for carpal tunnel. I had the same problem for a few months at first. Sometimes when I woke up in the morning, I would even get a tingling numb sensation in my hands. I had never done a job that required constant gripping. My problem improved on its own over time. My hands are huge compared to how they were when I first started. There are over a dozen muscles in the human hand, maybe you're just giving them a good workout without enough time off in between. The cheap arse straps on the finger scanners are always too loose, and bang up against my knuckles too, it is really painful after a while. Try just holding it in your hand for a while instead of strapping it on if the pain gets too bad. Or get your sup to switch it out for a scanner that doesn't have a 5 year old strap on it. A lot of times when I complained about the scanner not having a good strap, or the battery constantly dying, or the actual scanner not having a holster, he would just say fine don't worry about scanning....most don't really care. Since you just started, I'm guessing a trip to the doctor is out of the question, as it was for me, since you don't have health insurance yet. I took ibuprofen everyday before work for the first 6 months I worked here. The repetitive motion of moving your wrist the exact same way to scan a thousand or so times a day, could be bringing out a genetic disposition to carpel tunnel. Doctors would first try getting you to do hand exercises, then medication, then steroid injections, then surgery as a last option. I hope it works itself out for you like it did for me. Sometimes I feel like a darn gorilla with these huge hands. My chances of being a pianist are shot, curse you UPS. [/QUOTE]

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