Table of contents:
- Do your hands hurt after typing?
- The cause of hand pain after typing
- 1. Repetitive strain injury
- 2. Carpal tunnel syndrome
- 3. Trigger finger
For those of you who have to type on a laptop every day or on other technological devices such as smartphones, this can actually “invite” various complaints. What are they and how to solve them? Check out the following reviews.
Do your hands hurt after typing?
There's no day without typing, this sentence might suit those of you who have a job as a writer or a job that makes a laptop or computer your main work support tool.
From this, it is certain that one of the organs that has a very important role is the hand. Hands are vital organs that support your daily activities.
If you continue to feel achy in the area of your hands, feel pain and tingling, this can make you unproductive at work. Complaints like this can indeed attack anyone. However, this complaint should not be underestimated, because this can trigger neurological disorders (neuropathy) in the wrist. There are several hand complaints that might happen to you at this time, anything?
The cause of hand pain after typing
1. Repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a condition in which the hand is injured or damaged in the muscles or other nervous tissue of the body due to doing something repeatedly and lasts for years.
This can cause pain in the muscles and nerve tissue that begins with a tear. This complaint can occur because of the frequency of hand movement with a hardware computers often increase, for example because every day you have to press keys and move mouse.
Usually the complaints that will occur are the hands will be numb and sore. This can be caused by a poor and less relaxed typing position and a lack of rest when using a laptop.
For that, try to have a comfortable body position when typing and you should not press the keys too hard.
2. Carpal tunnel syndrome
Have you ever heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, aka carpal tunnel syndrome? Not much different from RSI, this syndrome occurs due to disruption of the middle nerve (median nerve) due to pressure on the wrist which causes pain, pain and weakening of the muscles in the wrist.
The characteristics of the hand will feel pain, burning sensation, tingling or numbness, especially in the area of nerve distribution, such as the thumb, index finger and middle finger. As for self-medication it must be seen how much the complaint is and the "damage" is. This treatment can be through drugs, physiotherapy to surgery.
The risk of carpal tunnel syndrome can be minimized by resting your hands whenever you feel sore, sitting position while working also needs to be considered. If necessary, use special wrist pads on mousepad or keyboard so that the hand feels comfortable.
3. Trigger finger
Another risk that often strikes is trigger finger, stiffness of the tendon or tendon sheath. Trigger finger is a condition of pain or pain in the fingers, the fingers feel stiff when they are bent or when they want to straighten them. Even if trigger finger in severe cases, the finger may be locked in a bent position making it difficult to straighten out spontaneously.
Generally, trigger finger this occurs due to degenerative processes or aging in the elderly (elderly people). But that doesn't mean you who are young can't experience this. Trigger finger also can be experienced by children, especially babies. Children who experience trigger finger, anatomically the pulley is narrowed. This narrowing occurs due to abnormalities in the uterus.
Not much different from complaints on the other hand, if experienced trigger finger the first thing to do is to rest the finger. Try to keep your fingers in a neutral, relaxed position. Another method is to compress with ice water to help reduce swelling.
Various complaints that can cause complaints to the nerves in the hands can be prevented by not forcing the hands to work hard. Hands also need time to rest, and one more thing, when working do not underestimate the position of the body when sitting.
