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Q: I watch causing Wrist and arm numbing and pain?

Hi everyone,

 

i'm on day 6 of using my i watch, which i love, however for the past 4/5 days is have been experiencing numbing and a tingling sensation on my arm.

It's actually very painful on my wrist at this point.

I decided, on day 4, to try it on my right arm. About 2 hours later I started experiencing the same thing.

I own the Stainless Steel I watch with the Milanese Loop.

 

Was wondering if anyone else experienced the same thing?

Although I absolutely love it because it has been very helpful for me in the gym I think i will be returning it.

 

Would like to hear anyone else's input.

 

Thanks

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Posted on May 6, 2015 7:10 AM

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  • by BSLTRL,

    BSLTRL BSLTRL Dec 30, 2015 10:05 PM in response to deggie
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    Dec 30, 2015 10:05 PM in response to deggie

    If he is who he says he is he shouldn't have to, he is a licensed professional PA. It seems to me everyone here, exception a few, are all vested via stock in these technology companies.

  • by doc_vader,

    doc_vader doc_vader Dec 31, 2015 12:28 AM in response to deggie
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:28 AM in response to deggie

    No. When I noticed there was something going on I began to make changes. For now I'm switching to the other arm to see if there is any correlation. I'm just taking notes on what I'm doing and any symptoms that I have. As there have been no studies on this I have to follow my own advice and stop doing something that hurts me

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 31, 2015 3:23 AM in response to BSLTRL
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    Dec 31, 2015 3:23 AM in response to BSLTRL

    BSLTRL wrote:

     

    If you put the watch in airplane mode does it not stop the radio transmissions from taking place? Thus ceasing radio electromagnetic waves from being received (though even then not completely)? It may minimize the amount of electromagnetic waves a person is receiving but its not worth the plethora of health issues that can be caused by the adjusting a person polarization. Answering your question about carrying a cell phone, yes I do, but I don't have it affixed to my body 24/7...in fact it normally isn't within 15 feet of me throughout the day, except when I am talking on it, which is for a matter of minutes and not hours like many other people.

     

    There are many things to think about with these watches and ZERO research has been completed:

     

    -What medical issues does a person currently have? Medications and certain ailments may make a person more susceptible to the frequencies that are being emitted by the watches.

    -Location of the nearest transmission tower, the closer the tower the more frequency you are to receive.

    -What phone are you paired with, most phones emit a different amount of electromagnetic frequency, some more than others.

    -What is your profession, some professions work with these EM's frequently. However not mine.

    -Where is your location in the world, certain location have different varying polarization and could potentially increase the frequency based on where you live.

     

    Not to mention several other things I will spare you with.

     

    Just because you are one person that doesn't have an issue with your watch doesn't mean other don't...look at it that way.

     

    Airplane Mode disables ALL radios. It does not send anything by radio. It does not receive anything by radio. It stops ALL radio transmission and reception. So if you turn on Airplane mode and you still have symptoms it is not from any transmissions. But if you want a real test turn the watch off completely and see if your symptoms go away.

     

    The rest of your post is a bunch of nonsense words. Polarization? What does that mean? (I know what polarization is; I'm an engineer and I hold patents in microwave technology. Polarization is totally irrelevant). It sounds like you have been reading sources where the author does not know what they are talking about.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Dec 31, 2015 10:43 AM in response to BSLTRL
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    Dec 31, 2015 10:43 AM in response to BSLTRL

    BSLTRL wrote:

     

    that can be caused by the adjusting a person polarization.

    Thank you for this wonderful bit of SciFi!

  • by BSLTRL,

    BSLTRL BSLTRL Dec 31, 2015 12:05 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:05 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    An engineer you may be, good for you, still you are speaking to something you know nothing about, this being the body. Pain receptors transmit signals to neurons in the brain by polarizing and firing a signal across a synapse. Thats how you feel pain! Pain doesn't happen without the appropriate polarization of the pain receptor. The entire human body holds its own electrical conduction capabilities, different entities such as EM waves and chemical changes can change the conduction threshold. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?

  • by BSLTRL,

    BSLTRL BSLTRL Dec 31, 2015 12:12 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:12 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Your welcome, I hope it is of entertainment to you to think that other peoples issues are a joke.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 31, 2015 12:11 PM in response to BSLTRL
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:11 PM in response to BSLTRL

    Why is it so difficult for you to understand that you are talking nonsense that you don't understand yourself? It looks like you are parroting some nonsense that you found somewhere on the internet, perhaps from "doctor" Mercola.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 31, 2015 12:13 PM in response to BSLTRL
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:13 PM in response to BSLTRL

    BSLTRL wrote:

     

    Your welcome, I hope it is of entertainment to you to think that other peoples issues are a joke.

    Do you actually have an Apple watch, or are you just trolling?

     

    If you do have one, have you tried enabling Airplane mode, as I suggested? Or are you afraid to, because you might discover that you are wrong?

  • by Janeag,

    Janeag Janeag Dec 31, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas
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    Dec 31, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas

    I think that it is possibly too tight - that seems like the logical reason to me. I thought at first I needed it tighter for the heart rate etc to work. I took it out a notch and everything works and it is no longer feeling tight.

     

    Hope you get it resolved - it is so cool!!

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jan 1, 2016 12:33 PM in response to BSLTRL
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    Jan 1, 2016 12:33 PM in response to BSLTRL

    BSLTRL wrote:

     

    Your welcome, I hope it is of entertainment to you to think that other peoples issues are a joke.

    It wasn't other people's issues that amused me, it was your nonsensical word salad of an attempt to explain science (or what you think is science).

     

    I have sympathy for people who are in pain. I have no patience, however, for people who, rather that do sensible, logical things to deal with their pain or illness, instead, latch on to nonsense and won't let go, despite the fact that it means they will continue to be in pain. And, by perpetuating such nonsense, you do them a grave disservice.

  • by hahutch29302,

    hahutch29302 hahutch29302 Jan 1, 2016 8:47 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas
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    Jan 1, 2016 8:47 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas

    I got the Apple watch for Christmas.  I have tried wearing after market SS bands and the sport band.  I noticed a pain in my wrist and arm after wearing the Apple watch for a while.  I read a lot of these posts and decided to do my own troubleshooting.  Once my arm and wrist felt normal again, I put the sport band on somewhat loosely.  I kept the power off to the watch and wore it all day with no pain or irritation so I know the pain didn't come from the way I was wearing it.  I then turned the watch on to see how I reacted to that.  My wrist and arm started to feel irritated and a little sore soon after.  I also had the heart rate monitor turned off so that should not have been the problem.  At this point I do not know if it is the heat that the watch puts off or something else that the watch puts out that causes some of us to feel wrist and arm pain from wearing the Apple Watch.   I really liked the watch and I really wanted to keep it but it looks like I am going to have to return it   My hope is that others will read my post and try their own troubleshooting to see if it is the way we are wearing the watch like others suggest or if it has to do with something that happens to us when the watch is turned on.

  • by gregory202,

    gregory202 gregory202 Jan 2, 2016 6:08 AM in response to hahutch29302
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    Jan 2, 2016 6:08 AM in response to hahutch29302

    hahutch29302 wrote:

     

    I got the Apple watch for Christmas.  I have tried wearing after market SS bands and the sport band.  I noticed a pain in my wrist and arm after wearing the Apple watch for a while.  I read a lot of these posts and decided to do my own troubleshooting.  Once my arm and wrist felt normal again, I put the sport band on somewhat loosely.  I kept the power off to the watch and wore it all day with no pain or irritation so I know the pain didn't come from the way I was wearing it.  I then turned the watch on to see how I reacted to that.  My wrist and arm started to feel irritated and a little sore soon after.  I also had the heart rate monitor turned off so that should not have been the problem.  At this point I do not know if it is the heat that the watch puts off or something else that the watch puts out that causes some of us to feel wrist and arm pain from wearing the Apple Watch.   I really liked the watch and I really wanted to keep it but it looks like I am going to have to return it   My hope is that others will read my post and try their own troubleshooting to see if it is the way we are wearing the watch like others suggest or if it has to do with something that happens to us when the watch is turned on.

    I am so happy for you my friend. I have a 30 dollars invicta watch and I like it. But if I had any kind of discomfort, I would return it and enjoy life. You paid way more then that and your reaction is the one I would expect from an adult - NO B S no Whining - return and enjoy life.

  • by BSLTRL,

    BSLTRL BSLTRL Jan 2, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jan 2, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    No, I do not have an Apple Watch, in fact I have a Sony SmartWatch, which as I noticed was causing similar issues as the Apple has many other individuals, which theorizes a problem with the technology, for some people. This is why I did research online and found that similar things are happening with a gamut of other watches that perform the same functions. I stated that it was the technology on this support blog, not that it was the Apple watch alone.

     

    You are an engineer and I a physicist. Science has changed since the first scientific revolution, classical physics (newtonian physics) has been obsolete since the double-slit experiment. The logical quarry of science is not so logical any longer. The specified patterns we once believed to be the hear all-say all in science has been disproven to be the way our world truly is. People have a difficult time fathoming this and thats why it is wished and believed to be "science fiction" when in all reality science has proven to us to be far more complicated than described through Newtonian physics. Take it for what it is, not always does science follow a predictable path.

  • by BSLTRL,

    BSLTRL BSLTRL Jan 2, 2016 1:42 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jan 2, 2016 1:42 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Oh and by the way, Happy New Year!

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jan 2, 2016 2:45 PM in response to BSLTRL
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    Jan 2, 2016 2:45 PM in response to BSLTRL

    Correlation does not equal causation. If you don't have an Apple watch, you have no standing here and nothing to contribute. If you're a physicist, then I'm the King of Scotland.

     

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