Conditions & Injuries

Wedging and centering are the two hand-hostile actions in ceramics, both done with the wrists at end range. Why table height matters more than anything else, and what the wheel does to thumbs.

Riding injures hands two ways: slowly through rein contact, suddenly through falls. What holding contact does to thumbs and elbows, the yard work injuries, and the rope habit that costs fingers.

The load goes up every week and never comes down. Why new parents get wrist and thumb pain, the lifting change that does most of the work, and why a plain wrist brace won’t help.

Crutches put your body weight through your hands for weeks. The nerve compressions that causes, why handgrip height and padding matter so much, and what to say to whoever is treating your leg.

When your hands are also your mobility, “rest it” isn’t advice. The two nerve compressions wheelchair users get most, what changes the load per push, and why assessment should come earlier.

Fine pinch on a small tool, held steady for six hours, with vibration and chemicals on top. What nail work does to the thumb and wrist, and the grip change that costs almost nothing.

Picks per hour is a hand metric. What warehouse picking, scanning and box handling do to hands and elbows, the carrying change that helps most, and what to report before it becomes permanent.

One of the highest-risk trades in the world for hand disorders: repetition, force, cold and line speed. The overuse picture, why cold matters more than expected, and what knife cuts hide.

Drumming injures hands through grip tension, not force. Why blisters in the same spot are a technique signal, what the forearm problems actually are, and the setup changes that reduce the load.

The left hand and the bow hand do completely different jobs and fail in different ways. What each one loads, why the shoulder rest matters more than any exercise, and the problem without pain.