So I had a 3 day weekend and I decided to spend all of that time crocheting. Well, yesterday I was working on making a pair of crocheted converse and noticed my wrists were hurting. I said “i’ll do 1 more row, then stop!”, and I did that row, but my wrists stopped hurting, so I kept going! It turns out they must have just gone numb because this morning I woke up and I can’t crochet without it hurting a lot.
This is a really big problem for me because I usually crochet at LEAST 30mins a day, and if I can’t do that, idk what i’ll do. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to heal my wrist fast?
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Thats werid I have never had that but I think you can do like 10 mins here and take a break and then 10mins here and so on. Also ice might help!
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you could try eating some pain medicine like tylenol or ibuprofen, or try gently moving your wrists and massaging them. or try to not move your wrists when crocheting? hope they stop hurting!
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Try some Tylenol/Ibuprofen, warm compress, and rest (maybe wait towards the end of the day) would probably be fastest… wear wrist braces or compression gloves while crocheting will help in the long run…
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I second the wrist brace/compression gloves. I often use the gloves as pain prevention if I know I am going to crochet for a while. My hands used to hurt a bit fairly regularly, since the gloves, hardly at all ever.
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You might want to look into tension rings. They are a bit fiddly to get used to, but they do help you not to have to hold as much tension in your hands.
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Use the RICE method.
Also compression.
I hope your wrists get better soon!
It must be tough not being able to crochet.
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Ice your hand.
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Okay, I would say, REST IT. Even if you really want to crochet, this is better for you. I would say to rest it for 1-2 days along with all this other stuff bc you could cause permanent damage to your wrists- not trying to scare you BTW.
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Uwatch these 2 videos it really helped me
Wrist Massage / Rehab My Patient
Try This…You Never Knew Your Wrists Can Feel So Good! Dr. Mandell / motivationaldoc
The ULTIMATE Guide to Preventing PAIN from CROCHETING / Elise Rose Crochet
You can try this one too my sister recommended this one
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Thank you so much! I watched all of them and I’ll see if it works; i’ll do the massages every day!
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I got a wrist brace and I’m taking a break for now! Thanks everybody for the advice :3
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oof that happened to me and i was like “oh it doesn’t hurt anymore so i’ll just crochet more.” Then i crochet for very longggg then um i couldn’t crochet for a whole week. Moral of the story don’t ignore it unlss u want it to be worse.
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Ok
Oh are you alright now
You might need to go to a doctor if it’s still going on.