Apple Watch causing wrist pain

If you wear a new pair of shoes for a couple of days and you experience pain in your feet that you never had before buying the shoes, the problem is definitely not the shoes! 😮 Really? Of course, it's the shoes. You don't need a doctor, scientist, or Level 8 - 10 geniuses to tell you it's not the shoes. If they don't fit, return them if you can. It's that simple. They may fit someone else perfectly.

My wrist was fine before I turned on LTE. I turned it off and my wrist is fine again. End of story. I have thirteen more days to try it out and will try turning on LTE again at some point. If I feel pain, I'll turn it off. If I can live without LTE, I may keep the watch. If not, I'll return it and it will fit someone else perfectly.

Thanks for your support and concern.

Worst analogy I have seen in all the time I've been on here. Congratulations.

Unless you were connected to WiFi (it will display it on Control Center) then turning LTE on and off did absolutely nothing so any change you felt was a false response.

Why not return the Watch and get one without LTE which will save you money?

I had a similar situation. I used mine without any issues for several years. Then all the sudden felt like I got shocked by my watch and have had arm pain that moves from my wrist to elbow to shoulder. Very painful. I let Apple know about this. In addition before I got shocked by my watch an alarm went off on my watch that sounded like a house alarm. I'm wondering if there was a software up date that has caused this since it is new to me after having owned it for a couple of years.

Well, it wasn't the watch--turns out my ulna was 4mm too long (congenital) and time + aging caused it to tear my TFCC (wrist cartilage). The soreness & clicking would have happened anyway. Recovering from surgery as I type this (one-handed--with my Apple Watch on my R wrist).

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"--anonymous. Sometimes the cause of pain emanates from your body, not what you might be wearing on it. A prime example of why, when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses before you look for zebras.

(Insert additional cliche of choice here).

Sandra Andina1 wrote:

Well, it wasn't the watch--turns out my ulna was 4mm too long (congenital) and time + aging caused it to tear my TFCC (wrist cartilage). The soreness & clicking would have happened anyway. Recovering from surgery as I type this (one-handed--with my Apple Watch on my R wrist).

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"--anonymous. Sometimes the cause of pain emanates from your body, not what you might be wearing on it. A prime example of why, when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses before you look for zebras.

(Insert additional cliche of choice here).

I hope your recovery goes well!

Thanks for letting us know your "solution".

Sandra Andina1 wrote:

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"--anonymous.

Not really anonymous. Sigmund Freud.

Sometimes the cause of pain emanates from your body, not what you might be wearing on it. A prime example of why, when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses before you look for zebras.

(Insert additional cliche of choice here).

Thanks for your insight.

Div-man,

I had a similar problem. I was using my apple watch during the whole day, to know better the watch, to just use it, whatever the reason and after 10 days (more or less) I had a big pain in the joints between the thumb and forefinger and I didn't know why. The pain in the joints was so bigger (last Thursday) that I decide not to wear the Apple watch and I use a normal one. I could not do any exercise with the left hand and I was thinking to go to a hospital. After 2 days without using the Apple watch, the pain disappeared also without any reasonable explanation. I really don't know the reason but I think is related to the sensors (green lights) that affected some nerves in my left hand. I like my Apple watch and I going to start using it again tomorrow but not the full day, maybe only during exercise and let's see. Renato Neves

The only person you should be asking for a "solution" to this issue is your doctor.

Sorry. That's pure bunk. Your "research" is flawed.

Yes, it is an issue for a doctor, actually... The sensor bubble is putting pressure on a nerve.

Hey! There is a way to turn it off. I posted it in this thread above you.

Good luck!

Speak for yourself, you have no knowledge of other peoples wrists.

Let me assure you, there is nothing 'automatic' about Idris.

Thank you for your message. I am wondering how your answer is helpful. It is probably an automatic response.