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Q: Apple watch gives pain on the wrist?

Day 5  on wearing Apple watch and I feel sharp heat-like pain on the skin touching the sensors. I have an aluminium sports one and the last few days I started to wear it loosely thinking it's just because I'm wearing it very snugly. I tried on the other wrist today and the same heat-like heavy sensation is starting to build up. I'm a dentist so to those who will say build wrist muscle comments should not be one of the reasons. I wear a wrist watch a lot and most of them are heavy ceramic or stainless steel but I have never had this pain before.

Apple Watch, iOS 8.3, Aluminium

Posted on May 4, 2015 11:55 AM

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  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jul 28, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Sunderbus
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    Jul 28, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Sunderbus

    What's to figure out? You either believe in the validity of the legitimate science, or you put on a tinfoil hat and hunker down in fear...

  • by Sunderbus,

    Sunderbus Sunderbus Jul 28, 2015 9:48 AM in response to KiltedTim
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    Jul 28, 2015 9:48 AM in response to KiltedTim

    I was just in the middle of going through the list non-ionizing radiation and health effects studies that google burped up. If they seem bogus, then I'll treat them as such, but it's a lot to sift through.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jul 28, 2015 9:52 AM in response to Sunderbus
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    Jul 28, 2015 9:52 AM in response to Sunderbus

    Prepare yourself for a lot of reading then... there is a LOT of bogosity out there on the interwebtubes.

  • by Sunderbus,

    Sunderbus Sunderbus Jul 28, 2015 9:55 AM in response to KiltedTim
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    Jul 28, 2015 9:55 AM in response to KiltedTim

    I know. I'm trying to sift out the ones that have creds behind them.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jul 28, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Sunderbus
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    Jul 28, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Sunderbus

    And do you have the background to actually do this? We know Lawrence's credentials what are yours?

  • by Sunderbus,

    Sunderbus Sunderbus Jul 28, 2015 10:12 AM in response to deggie
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    Jul 28, 2015 10:12 AM in response to deggie

    No, I don't have creds. I'm just trying to get informed. Eventually, I'll get to a point where I'll canvass different folks who do have creds.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jul 28, 2015 10:15 AM in response to Sunderbus
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    Jul 28, 2015 10:15 AM in response to Sunderbus

    Here is an idea. Pick one study/publication from a recognized university, write a letter to them and ask if they would provide you with relevant scientific studies. If you keep going the way you are you will be surrounded by a mountain of garbage that is impossible to sift through. You will also end up with Dr. Mercola or one of his MANY related groups with various names.

  • by Sunderbus,

    Sunderbus Sunderbus Jul 28, 2015 10:17 AM in response to deggie
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    Jul 28, 2015 10:17 AM in response to deggie

    Well, I guess that'll be my mountain of garbage to deal with.

  • by Richy B.,

    Richy B. Richy B. Oct 19, 2015 3:05 AM in response to The Winerunner
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    Oct 19, 2015 3:05 AM in response to The Winerunner

    My unscientific guess is prolonged exposure is causing the blood to release some kind of toxins into the blood.  After two weeks of wearing the watch I started to feel like my blood had a heavy feeling with a fatigue I have not felt before.  I'm hoping its just a case of wearing the watch occasionally until the issue subsides.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Oct 19, 2015 3:32 AM in response to Richy B.
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    Oct 19, 2015 3:32 AM in response to Richy B.

    That's very unscientific and makes no sense at all medically.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Oct 19, 2015 3:50 AM in response to Richy B.
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    Oct 19, 2015 3:50 AM in response to Richy B.

    Your doctor can treat that with leeches, you know...

  • by Richy B.,

    Richy B. Richy B. Oct 19, 2015 5:59 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Oct 19, 2015 5:59 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Yes I know lol, thats why I said unscientific guess.  With what little data I have, I have to make up my own mind.  Same thing happened with my fitibit force only sooner because I wore it 24/7.  Problem went away when I stopped wearing it.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Oct 19, 2015 6:40 AM in response to Richy B.
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    Oct 19, 2015 6:40 AM in response to Richy B.

    Richy B. wrote:

     

    Yes I know lol, thats why I said unscientific guess.  With what little data I have, I have to make up my own mind.  Same thing happened with my fitibit force only sooner because I wore it 24/7.  Problem went away when I stopped wearing it.

    With the little data I have on where my socks go when they disappear in the dryer, I've determined that there is, in fact, a gateway to the dream dimension in my basement. When I don't take my socks to the basement, they never disappear. But I am tired of handwashing my socks.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Oct 19, 2015 6:41 AM in response to KiltedTim
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    Oct 19, 2015 6:41 AM in response to KiltedTim

    KiltedTim wrote:

     

    Your doctor can treat that with leeches, you know...

    Leeches have actual medical use in restoring circulation. I doubt they'd want their reputation sullied.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Oct 19, 2015 6:59 AM in response to Richy B.
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    Oct 19, 2015 6:59 AM in response to Richy B.

    OK, well I'll make a scientific guess, which you might want to visit a doctor to get a qualified opinion. You wear both the watch and the fitbit on a part of your wrist where it puts pressure on nerves and tendons that terminate in your hand, and you wear it tighter than you would a watch, because if you wear it loosely the sensors in it won't work. Tendons and nerves are very close to the skin in your wrist, because there are a lot of nerves and tendons and not much wrist volume. Most people don't realize that there are no muscles in your fingers; the muscles that control your fingers are in your arm, and manipulate your fingers by "remote control" via the tendons. Extensor tendons that straighten your fingers are on the outside of your wrist, flexor tendons that allow you to make a fist are on the inside of your wrist. The tendons are each contained in narrow "tubes," or sheaths, and any pressure at all on a sheath will cause pain as the tendon cannot move freely. Pressure on a nerve will cause tingling in your fingers or arm.

     

    As an experiment try wearing your Apple watch very loosely; too loose for the heart rate sensors to work. If it is worn loose it shouldn't put pressure on tendons and nerves and the problem will most likely have been identified.

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