Re: sympathetic hands (was Re: foot pedals)

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

I am a righty.  But I thought that switching to my left hand would solve
my problems.  It didn't.  I think I have thorasic outlet whatever and
my pain emminates from my neck/shoulder.  I switched to writing with my
left hand (ah!  opposite of you!).  It's less painful, but it hasn't really
relieved my overall pain in my right hand.

I need speech recognition!!

What's really strange is that sometimes I have "nightmares" where I write
with my right hand.  Those are probably the nights that I forget to put my
wrist brace on. :-)

 > From: "L. Trindle Gennari" <http://www.EARTHLINK.NET/~estonia>
 > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:13:47 -0800
 >
 > Robert, are you a righty? Maybe your left hand is getting it's info on how
 > to move the mouse from your right hand, and your right hand is tensing as
 > though it were doing the work.
 > 
 > I have such a right-left connection. In my case, I think being born a lefty
 > and forced to write right (leaving me ANTIdextrous - unable to write
 > decently with either hand) is the cause. My hands take the sympathy thing
 > one step further. If I think about what I'm writing, the non-writing hand
 > twitches as though it were writing too. If I'm on autopilot, however
 > (paying no concious attention to what my hands are doing), I don't have
 > this problem and in school was even known to write notes with one hand
 > while writing other notes in the margins of my books.
 > 
 > Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote:
 > 
 >  >Amazingly, despite the
 >  >fact that, when I'm forced to use one, I use a mouse with my left hand,
 >  >my right hand starts hurting!  But, it's quite consistent.
 > 
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