Apple Watch causing wrist pain

I get what you're saying but I don't have carpal tunnel. The only time I've experienced wrist pain was when I wore a FitBit/device that emitted EMF. As soon as I took the device off the pain stopped and I haven't felt it ever since then and I never felt it before I owned the device. For me, it's the EMF, it's not carpal tunnel.

If you have not visited a doctor yet, you really should. Because if you are border line Carpal Tunnel, you may find at a future date you have done sufficient damage to your nerves that you lose the full use of your hand. I am speaking as someone that has to wear a wrist brace 5 days a week all day at work. You do not want to have Carpal Tunnel advances to the point of daily pain when you do anything with your hand.

If, after you visit your doctor and the specialists recommended, you do not have Carpel Tunnel, then at least you know for sure, and are not just basing this is a single situation.

corynne0686 wrote:

I've been to my GP, they think I have carpal tunnel.

"Think" is a good start. However, there is a fairly simple test that can confirm (or refute) a diagnosis of RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury - the general class that Carpal Tunnel belongs to). It's called an EMG, and it measures nerve conductivity in your arms and wrists. If your GP has not referred you to a neurologist for further diagnosis you should request one.

Because they are DIFFERENT.

Go see your doctor. They can explain it to you.

The watch is not 'causing' the medical condition. When you are wearing it, conditions are such that you notice the problem you may not notice without it, either because of pressure being placed on a nerve, the motions of your hand, wrist and arm while using it, or something similar.

You don't have a technical problem, you have a medical problem.

stop wearing apple watch immediately these are repetitive motion injuries

I believe it is the sensor. I covered it up and all is good :)

Really? That’s the only possible way to get nerve damage from an electronic device? By smashing it into your body and/or cutting off your blood circulation with it? No one has ever in the history of electronics has ever experienced pain as a rusult of anything else?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization classifies EMF and RF wireless as 2B (possible) carcinogens, same as DDT and lead.

Are you saying that possible actually means impossible? And that this world renown health organization is wrong? In my opinion this is a VERY conservative classification. Check out this article

http://www.emfsa.co.za/news/can-non-ionizing-radiation-cause-cancer/

Why do we see more complaints of people experience this pain while usinging the series 3 with gps + cellular? Isn’t it known that these features increase the EMF emitted by the device?

I get the same pain from my iPhone X I just don’t have it strapped to my body for 12+ hours a day. That’s why people are noticing it with the watch. It’s a combination of the duration of exposure and the close proximity to the emissions. Don’t expect anything to be done about it soon. The technology industry is powerful. We are talking about a multi trillion dollar industry fuled by an addiction the people have barley come to terms with. If you don’t like radiation poisoning then use a mechanical watch and send post cards.

Hey there, I bought the apple watch series 3 about 2 weeks ago and had the exact same problem. After a few days I gave up wearing it as it was too painful and was causing a stiffness in my wrist after the pain had gone away. I ended up not wearing it for a couple days and went back to it. It wasn't as painful the second time round but left it off for the next few days. Now currently I'm wearing it everyday and my arm and wrist don't hurt at all. I think the nerve or something in my arm had to get used to the concave shape of the heart-rate sensor. I would definitely give it another go with breaks in between wearing it is too painful. Also I would recommend wearing it on a loose setting and then after a few days tighten it to fit your wrist perfectly.

Cheers

SCCreevey wrote:

I think the nerve or something in my arm had to get used to the concave shape of the heart-rate sensor. I would definitely give it another go with breaks in between wearing it is too painful. Also I would recommend wearing it on a loose setting and then after a few days tighten it to fit your wrist perfectly.

That was a theory put forth by (someone who claimed to be) a doctor in one of the threads. It seems highly plausible. It seems that some people may be more sensitive to the pressure than others.

The reason why it hurts is that people usually have a vain running atop of the wrist bone. If you are wearing the watch too close to your wrist bone it will continuously press on the vain, and eventually give you that radiating feeling.

The reason why classic watches do not cause this issue is simply because they are lighter.

In order to prevent the Apple Watch from hurting in this way you'd have to wear it further away from your wrist bone. You can use a hair rubber band or similar to prevent the watch from sliding back.

in my case is not only pain, appeared a purple in the place that the cardiac sensor is in contact with the skin and a pint in the middle, today one week after stopping using the clock wrist still hurts and by medical recommendations of my dermatologist was prohibited to use the watch. the suspicion is of irradiation caused by the sensor. the pain is not only in the place it radiates to the hand and the arm. I will go to the store to return the watch immediately. It’s needed to take off the pint.

KDWinnie wrote:

I know the arm pain is the WiFi. Microwave radiation causes fatigue and pain. I feel it the minute I put on the watch but what I don’t understand is why they don’t address the radio waves anywhere with all these complaints!

WiFi doesn't cause arm pain. Microwaves don't cause fatigue or pain. Repeat scientific studies have verified this. I have no doubt that you are experiencing pain. However, until you go to a doctor ( a real one, not a homeopath or naturopath), you're not going to know what the real treatment should be. Please, go see a doctor.

He is one of the best here.

yes It is complicated.

Best advice I could suggest is to see a qualified ortho/ neurologist to do the MRI, EEG nerve testing, to see what’s going onand why. Trying to figure out the issue here in the forum will not get the result unless it’s the issue of wearing it incorrectly.

Cåts wrote:

He is one of the best here.

yes It is complicated.

Best advice I could suggest is to see a qualified ortho/ neurologist to do the MRI, EEG nerve testing, to see what’s going onand why. Trying to figure out the issue here in the forum will not get the result unless it’s the issue of wearing it incorrectly.

Excellent advice!

No. I don't think it's a design problem. It's a medical problem. Probably Carpel Tunnel or something similar being caused by nerve compression.

Millions of people suffer from it and many never bother to get it diagnosed or treated.

Go see your doctor.

I bought my watch about a month ago. It was the latest apple watch 4. I have been experiencing the same pain for about 2 weeks now. I called Apple support and they had me talk to the Safety Advisor. He asked me a whole bunch of questions that were related to rashes and I kept telling him I was having wrist pain and no rash. He then spoke to his engineering team. To make a long story short, after speaking to him three times today, he said it was not a "Safety Issue". He said I could take the watch to the Apple Store and have them "Look into what may be wrong with it". He also suggested that I could go to my Doctor.

He said there is no "Process for this" What does that even mean? Is Apple not aware of how many people on Google are talking about this wrist pain with the apple watch or are they ignoring it? I saw hundreds of blogs and videos talking about wrist pain. The safety advisor told me that they could have a Process for this later but at this time they are not aware of the pain issue. How many people does it take to complain to Apple that they are experiencing this pain before they take some action and maybe recall this apple watch? Are they Serious? Don't they even care to resolve this issue? Just by ignoring that it exists, will it just go away?

I am very disappointed with Apple response to my issue. I will not stop at this and I will make sure they do something about this.