Wrist Pain Continued…

There was a thread awhile back about wrist pain using the Apple Watch. Most likely it’s from constantly checking the watch and rolling your wrist over to check the Watch frequently. With a regular mechanical watch you only check it when you want the time. If you’re getting tons of notifications and keep checking the watch it could cause stress on the tendons in your wrists and elbows. I have experienced this and had it diagnosed. I’ve since limited my notifications to important ones only.

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Posted on Jun 28, 2023 6:21 AM

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Jul 9, 2023 8:20 PM in response to stevethedotnetguy

Another common condition that would be exposed by wearing a watch is cervical radiculopathy. One characteristic of the condition is upper limb nerve hypersensitivity to pressure (ie from wearing a watch) and stretch ie reaching awkwardly behind you when sitting in a car seat.

This underlying sensitivity can be very subtle to the degree that one may not realise it’s there until exposed by a new stimulus. In this case the watch is not causing the condition, but amplifying it the point where it becomes strongly symptomatic.

I treat this regularly in my physio clinic :).

thanks

Ryan



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