I watch causing Wrist and arm numbing and pain?

hot_spur wrote:

I get a little bit of tingling in my ring finger and pinkie, and sometimes my left hand gets cold. I can just take the watch off at those times. When I'm doing other things, it is not a problem.

Those are definitely early signs of carpel tunnel. Wearing a watch (any watch) won't cause it, but it may very well affect how you hold your hands when typing, which could aggravate the symptoms when doing something like typing. You should have it looked at before it gets worse.

palmsolo wrote:

I have a rather large vein on the top of my hand that runs near my wrist bone and I think the Apple Watch puts pressure on it when I wear it in the "normal" position down low on my wrist.

I'm trying to picture what you're describing and want to make sure I'm understanding. When you say "low on my wrist", do you mean either on the wristbones or toward your hand (as opposed to on the 'elbow' side of the wristbone)?

If so, that's not the 'normal' position to wear any watch. It should be just above (toward the elbow) the wristbone, so that the watch back sits on the flat of your arm. That's not unique to smart-watches.

palmsolo wrote:

I have since slid the Apple Watch up my wrist past the big socket of my wrist bone and have not experienced any wrist or hand pain. I've had such pain in my ankles caused by pressure on veins from tight shoes too so this is my non-scientific theory to the wrist/hand pain.

This is interesting. I haven't had any issues with my Apple Watch, nor any other watch I've ever worn. Perhaps this is why. I've never had a watch with a band small enough that it would come even close to my wrist. I've always worn watches about 2 inches from my wrist. I'm wearing my Apple watch at its smallest setting (on the s/m band) and it comes to about an inch from my wrist. I'd prefer it one notch less, and thus further from the wrist up, but when I sweat it ends up sliding around.

I have the same apple watch as you, which I have been wearing it for about a month.I am having the same issue. I wear it very loosely, and barely look at the thing other than to check the time. Honestly I only wear it to avoid hurting the person's feeling who gave it to me. I use my right hand much more, for drawing on the computer and do not have any "carpal tunnel" type pain in my right wrist. I never had this type of pain before I started wearing the apple watch. It was so bad today that I had to take it off and was prompted to do an internet search to see if anyone else was having an issue…It seems that there is quite a few people having this issue, especially considering how few people actually have one.

I noticed since I started wearing my sport watch some slight numbness toward the end of the pinky. I didn't associate it with the watch until I started thinking it began right around when I started wearing it. I check the watch and it doesn't seem to emit much EMF (I have a meter). I think it might have something to do with the contacts under the watch because if I move my pinky I feel it right where the watch sits on my wrist. I don't think this is serious but a little discouraging. I'm going to wear it less and see how it goes.

Carpel Tunnel is a repetitive stress injury such as grocery clerks who for 40 hours a week move the hand in the same anatomical behavior making for swelling of the effected tissue much like Pitchers Shoulder. The Pitcher uses sport medicine techniques to help speed heal their stress injury from tossing that ball over 100 mph for a minimum of 9 innings in one day ... so things get hot, swell up, take damages from that much like rubbing your hands together. If it was possible you could rub your hands together in the same manner very fast and make a fire from the heat produced.

Doing that repetitive cycle or frequency a little makes for a little damage, doing it a lot makes for a lot of damage. The damage is the damage never the less and the Pitcher or Grocery clerk pays for it from their life later on down the road on par with the high or low income as the value he or she wants to undertake, knowing full well they are being damaged for life. As that is what the honest doctors tell them ... same if you repetitively smoke cigarettes; it is written on the side of the cigarette pack in plain english.

Wearing any watch would not make carpel tunnel syndrome and wearing the iWatch would also not make carpel tunnel syndrome. If it did, then watches would be linked to the medical phenomena of Carpel Tunnel syndrome a long time before the iWatch showed up, as watches have been around for a long time.

Still the anecdotal observations of the iWatch consumer must be consider accurate, as why would they engage in deception. The consumers had to have worn watches on their wrists before today; even though they are novice first time consumers to the iWatch. They can only report what they know through their own observation novice as that might be.

No one said the watch caused carpel tunnel. That's just plain stupid. Please try actually reading what's being said. If carpel tunnel already exists, even to a degree that has not caused much or anything in the way of symptoms yet, then wearing the watch (any watch, actually) may cause pressure to be placed on a nerve that evokes symptoms.

The only significant difference between the Apple Watch and most conventional watches that might affect this is the sensor pod on the back. I am NOT talking about radiation or emissions from the watch. What I am talking about is the physical bulge on the back of the watch where most watches are flat.

No one is denying that people are experiencing pain. If they are experiencing pain, then they should see their doctor. Blaming it on emissions, or radiation is just plain ridiculous, however. There is no science to support that at all and much to contradict it. Of course, since people who believe that can't seem to be bothered to investigate the actual cause of their problems, those of us with a clue are just wasting our time trying to explain things to them.

cubcougar wrote:

the anecdotal observations of the iWatch consumer must be consider accurate, as why would they engage in deception. The consumers had to have worn watches on their wrists before today; even though they are novice first time consumers to the iWatch. They can only report what they know through their own observation novice as that might be.

iWatch? What's that?

hot_spur wrote:

I'm preserving his last response (which has been deleted) in my inbox for future laughs.

The idea that Rumsfeld was ever the head of the FDA is an excellent example of what happens when people spend too much time reading internet conspiracies and too little time actually working to understand or critically evlauate what they're reading.

I have found that there is sensation when wearing the watch and it will move from left to right arm. Wearing loos enough so it will not monitor HR makes it less. The weird thing is I have 20 year old amalgam fillings and "I know they are there" when I wear the watch. Anyone else notice this? I am going to see about having them removed from half my mouth to see if they are not happy with all the extra wifi activity.

Gregg Green1 wrote:

I noticed since I started wearing my sport watch some slight numbness toward the end of the pinky. I didn't associate it with the watch until I started thinking it began right around when I started wearing it. I check the watch and it doesn't seem to emit much EMF (I have a meter). I think it might have something to do with the contacts under the watch because if I move my pinky I feel it right where the watch sits on my wrist. I don't think this is serious but a little discouraging. I'm going to wear it less and see how it goes.

There are no contacts under the watch. Just LED lights that are only on for a few seconds every 10 minutes (except when using the Workout app, when they are on more frequently).

The muscles that move your fingers are in your arm; tendons connect them to your fingers through the carpal tunnel. And the nerves for your fingers follow the same route. So pressure on your wrist can cause a tingling in your fingers, especially if you already have incipient carpal tunnel syndrome, which is caused by tissue swelling in the carpal tunnel from overuse of your fingers. It can also be aggravated by keeping your arms bent at the wrist when using your hands. Ideally, the back of your hand should make a straight line with the back of your wrist and arm when you are using your hands. If the watch is causing the symptom you have you most likely have an existing underlying condition that has not been diagnosed. You should probably see an orthopedist or hand specialist.

I wore a Tissot T-Touch before switching to the Apple Sport Watch and didn't notice the numbness. I haven't worn any watch today and the numbness is almost gone. The Tissot watch is actually heavier but wider and smoother on the back. If I had carpal tunnel it would be in the other hand from using the mouse or trackpad. I'm just observing what happens when I wear it. It doesn't hurt. It's not uncomfortable. It's not a tingling feeling. It's just a little numbness like lack of circulation or something. I'm not wearing it very tight either.

no but I ordered the leather magnetic band and now it seems okay - the sport band has an edge where the band inserts into the slot and I think that little bump puts pressure on the nerve - this leather band is smooth

I am experiencing pain in my left arm and tingling where the sensors are on the skin. And yes, I am going to the doctor to try to figure this out. This is very miserable. And I LOVE my watch. This started about 2 weeks after I purchased the watch. Now I am going on one month and having a lot of pain.

Try wearing the watch on your right wrist for a few days.

Also, I got a different strap (leather magnet) and I don't have the numbness anymore.

Do you have any neck problems? Maybe a chiropractor could help if there are any pinched nerves. Just a thought.