irritation

[jazzfish]

jmax315 reminds me of the least pleasant (though possibly most entertaining in retrospect) part of Origins.

Grah. Headache, tired, problems dealing with UPS and setting up weekend plans, and now it turns out my email isn't being sent to places other than itself. And I'm here late today to make up for shoulderstuff on Monday and sleepstuff on Thursday. Not a good start to the day.

On the other hand, Toki Tori is on sale for 99 cents. Perhaps that will improve matters.

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Speaking of shoulderstuff, it seems that the problem actually lies in the muscles pulling the shoulderblade, and not in the arm itself, at least not anymore. Not sure what I can do about that, other than ice it and stretch it. Taking a few weeks off from phys.ther to see if it gets better.

I can no longer use the desktop at home for longer than about fifteen minutes. Something about the desk and chair and position of my arms is just too painful. I hope a better chair will solve this problem but at this point I don't even know what a "better chair" would be. Aeron, I suppose.

Comments

[faekitty.livejournal.com]

I wish i could give you a massage and palpate the area to see what's going on. Better chair might be better, you might also need a tweaked position.

Does it seem to be in the muscles pulling from the edge of the shoulder(rotator cuff), or between the shoulder blade and your spine? Just curious, i'm trying to visualize this; i don't know how helpful this will make me.

[thanate.livejournal.com]

re: overmousing:

I don't know if it would work for you, or in your workspace, but when I had an officejob, I actually switched the mouse over to the other side to balance out my hand use. It confused the heck out of my co-workers who would occasionally try to do something on my computer and try to use the mouse right-handed without realizing the buttons were switched, but it did work pretty well for me in terms of hand stress. Just a thought.

[jonny-law.livejournal.com]

If the problem is the position of your arm when using a mouse would you like one of my Wacom tablets? I have an older one that is out of support and a slightly less old one that is supported but the pen nib seems a little insensitive.

[babushek.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain... I mean, even after several months of intensive physical therapy, my shoulder *still* is not right. I blame this on the continued repetitive stress of sitting at the computer. My symptoms are almost exactly the same as what you describe you have now. I have to say the laying on tennis balls thing really really helps -- have you tried that yet? *hugs*