Apple Watch causing wrist pain

I don’t need to, I took the watch off and have no pain.

Got several different new Apple Watch 3's (42, 38, different bands, all cellular) and within 5 minutes wearing time I feel a similar uncomfortable/odd sensation in my wrist. It is a little bit warm as well but that could be due to the band material.

And for the usual questions or assumptions I've seen posted...

• No, not wearing it too tight - can fit fingers in between wrist and band
• Tried on other wrist and feel the same sensation, but takes a bit longer to be noticed
• I am not overturning my wrist when I get notifications and thus overusing muscles - I just got put it on a few minutes ago and I've tried not turning my wrist at all for some time and still get the sensation.
• I'm a regular watch wearer for 30+ years
• Average build and average size wrists. Nothing out of the ordinary physically...mentally is another story 🙂

Something coincidental maybe, but when I rest my Macbook on my lap for a period of time or use it on an airplane, I get an odd/uncomfortable sensation in my lower stomach area. Am I the only one who feels this? I think it is a similar odd/sensation on my wrist.

Maybe I'm just not meant to have Apple products touching me. Really like the Watch though...guess it is going back. 😟

A family member is a doctor. 26 years strong. Has no idea what could be causing it. I'm very athletic and workout 6 days/week. Never have had a wrist injury or problem. I tried wearing the watch on the other wrist with the same results. I also had to unpair/pair the watch due to a text notification issue and I kept the watch on my wrist while this was going on. The feeling increased and felt like it was burning while it was unpairing/pairing. A doctor is not going to have a solution unless they understand how the watch was built and works. I've owned at least 30 watches up to this point of my life and have never had an issue. Tons of people are complaining about the exact same thing and until I experienced it, I never knew such a complaint existed. There is definitely some relation between the watch and the pain.

I am in so much pain now I cannot work on my computer. Have not worn my watch for two days. This happens repeatedly. I am wearing it well above the wrist bone as recommended and it still happens. I also have “ghost vibrations “ when not wearing it.

I just got my Apple Watch a week ago. And where the glass bubble sits on my wrist is where I get pain. I never had pain there until Apple Watch. I have always worn a watch before. And never had pain from any watch before. I have no skin rash. No redness. Just pain. I’m not wearing the watch too right as I can move the watch, but it’s nit too loose. And the pain is only where the glass bubble sits. I see I’m not the only person complaining. So this isn’t just an issue for a doctor. This is an issue Apple needs to have some concerns on! When people are spending hundreds of dollars on a watch, it shouldn’t be giving us a medi problem that we have to spend more money going to a doctor! I say maybe some lawyers need contacted.

Hi

This problem with Apple Watches is happening all over the Globe, I am in Australia and I worn the series 3 for a total of fifteen hours and received a skin burn underneath the watch, reported this to Apple both email and phone, they didn’t want to know about the situation.

Returned to store for a full refun, never to purchase another.

I find this situation dreadful apple is still selling this dangerous watch and not telling of the problems customers are experiencin, its about time they are held responsible.

Look at google for the amount of customers affected.

Hope me this helps and is a warning to all.

David.

I have the first apple watch and it work fine for ages. Then the pains started to come in my left wrist, I was not sure what it was, but I could not wear the watch. After a few months my wrist stopped hurting so I put it back on and within hours it started hurting again.

I changed the watch to the right had and was OK for a few weeks, I can now feel the same pain coming into my right wrist. I do not wear the band very tight, so this is not the issue. I am not sure but you would have to suspect the heart monitor may be causing the issue.

Maybe apple could give us a way of turning off the monitors in the future?

But I can no longer wear the watch on either wrist. :-(, it is too much pain to stand.

It’s definitely the 3. I have had the 1,2 and now the 3 and this is the first to do it. I have moved to the othe wrist and the pain moves with it. And loosing it doesn’t help. It must be the cellular doing it. ***** to pay $450 and have the pain. Should of stuck with the 2. Just glad I’m not the only one with the pain.

I ended up returning it. Even as I returned it, I had thoughts of maybe if I try to move it on my wrist it will be okay, etc. But the date for return was upon me and I just couldn't let us swallow the $325 price tag on a chance that moving it would help. I tried looser, tighter, different places...but anyway, thanks for the feedback all.

JonCor123 wrote:

Ok Apple employee. Now onto the issue that everyone is concerned about...

I've been experiencing arthritic type pain after about 6-9 weeks of wearing this device.
It's a sharp pain that I've never experienced before. It doesn't stop me from doing pushups or other exercises.
It's just a sharp pain that i notice when leaning on objects while wearing the watch.

I will be looking to return it for a full refund. Apple watch 3 is what i had acquired.

No one here is an Apple employee. This is a user forum.

Go see your doctor.

Just so you understand, the return period for Apple products for a full refund is 14 days. You are going to have to try and sell the device on your own to recover as much of your money as you can. You will not be able to return a device after 6-9 weeks for a full refund.

Rajsanta wrote:

When I put the watch in Airplane mode, the pain goes away. I suspect the pain in my case is because of electromagnetic radiation.

No, the human body is not capable of perceiving electromagnetic radiation at the levels output by a watch unless the emission is in the form of heat or light.

More research is needed on the detrimental effects of radiation - especially when devices used in closed proximity to the body.

The research has been done. You might also want to look up the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

@Apple what do you have to say?

Absolutely nothing here. This is a user-to-user forum.

I am taking mine back talked to a support tech and he said he had never heard of this ether did some investigating and no answer to this issue. called the store to make sure I can return in store told him about having pain in my arm he said he had never heard this ether. I informed both that there is a forum on there web site about this issue but still nothing. I am glad that I am not crazy.

Two orthopedists thus far have told me the watch has nothing to do with my wrist issues--I'd been wearing it since June w/o problems until I took a spill in Feb., actually injuring a tendon. One ortho says it's actually acting like a brace.

I just received my Apple Watch today and started getting the sensation in my wrist as well, which is how I found this thread I turned off LTE and so far it seems to be helping a little. I'll next try turning off Wi-Fi on the watch. I'll likely return it since it seems I can't use LTE. I think some people like myself are just sensitive to LTE and Wi-Fi signals. Similar to how some of us are sensitive to certain foods.

I'm sure the study that the girls did with cress plants would be different if they used a different plant. I'm sure some would grow fine next to Wi-Fi.