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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 Gregg Green1,

    Gregg Green1 Gregg Green1 Jun 17, 2015 9:19 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas
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    Jun 17, 2015 9:19 PM in response to Mstattedcanvas

    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.

  • by cubcougar,

    cubcougar Jun 17, 2015 10:58 PM in response to EllieRedWelly
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    Jun 17, 2015 10:58 PM in response to EllieRedWelly

    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. 


  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jun 18, 2015 3:35 AM in response to cubcougar
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    Jun 18, 2015 3:35 AM in response to cubcougar

    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.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jun 18, 2015 5:02 AM in response to cubcougar
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    Jun 18, 2015 5:02 AM in response to cubcougar

    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?

  • by hot_spur,

    hot_spur hot_spur Jun 18, 2015 6:20 AM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jun 18, 2015 6:20 AM in response to Meg St._Clair

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

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jun 18, 2015 6:38 AM in response to hot_spur
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    Jun 18, 2015 6:38 AM in response to hot_spur

    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.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jun 18, 2015 6:58 AM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jun 18, 2015 6:58 AM in response to Meg St._Clair

    I think the non-ionizing radiation has already done its damage with him. Must live next to power lines.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jun 18, 2015 7:16 AM in response to deggie
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    Jun 18, 2015 7:16 AM in response to deggie

     

  • by Jenny O'Toole,

    Jenny O'Toole Jenny O'Toole Jun 18, 2015 8:51 AM in response to Mstattedcanvas
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    Jun 18, 2015 8:51 AM in response to Mstattedcanvas

    I was having the same issue.  Someone recommended moving the watch further up my arm and it really does work! No more pain but still a slight but if numbness.  Yeah! 

  • by Christopher Kraus,

    Christopher Kraus Christopher Kraus Jun 18, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Mstattedcanvas
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    Jun 18, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Mstattedcanvas

    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.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jun 18, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Jenny O'Toole
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    Jun 18, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Jenny O'Toole

    Glad you figured that out. That observation has been made here a number of times, not to mention by writers in the tech press. The paranoids, however, continue to blame their issues on "radiation".

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Jun 18, 2015 9:33 AM in response to Gregg Green1
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    Jun 18, 2015 9:33 AM in response to Gregg Green1

    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.

  • by Gregg Green1,

    Gregg Green1 Gregg Green1 Jun 18, 2015 9:49 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Jun 18, 2015 9:49 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    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.

  • by fenno1,

    fenno1 fenno1 Jul 1, 2015 6:57 AM in response to g_shettler
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    Jul 1, 2015 6:57 AM in response to g_shettler

    did you ever get a response from apple support??

  • by Gregg Green1,

    Gregg Green1 Gregg Green1 Jul 1, 2015 8:49 AM in response to fenno1
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    Jul 1, 2015 8:49 AM in response to fenno1

    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

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