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I broke my wrist on my last day of dental school. I screwed up and finished early and it was a fine day for a bike ride. Graduated with a cast. I'm not a big fan of maxing out on a bench press or lots of push ups. But, it has worked fine for over 20 years. Yes there are aches and pains, like everyone gets. It is not the greatest profession for ergonomics. Just the way it is. Your concern for health is real for everyone. I had the same concerns at 25.
IF you can't be a yoga instructor I definitely think you should try yoga. Wish I got into it years ago, but it is awesome.
Btw, everyone's hand cramps up. Writing a lot hurts mine as well. Texting is probably terrible for my hand as well.
I was in an oral surgery case once and an attending couldn't hold back a flap due to an arm cramp. It was pretty funny.
IF you can't be a yoga instructor I definitely think you should try yoga. Wish I got into it years ago, but it is awesome.
Btw, everyone's hand cramps up. Writing a lot hurts mine as well. Texting is probably terrible for my hand as well.
I was in an oral surgery case once and an attending couldn't hold back a flap due to an arm cramp. It was pretty funny.
after you broke your wrist do you still get pain? what kind of yoga do you recommend ?It all of a sudden triggered last weekend for me while taking notes and since then my forearm and wrist have been aching....
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So let me get straight... your hand cramped once in 20ish years from writing and now you freaking out
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Sounds like DAT stress.
mainly concerned that i'll be in loads of debt and with weak hands/sucky at dentistry and not be able to pay it all off....
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Because your hand cramped while writing.
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Carpal tunnel from too much note taking by chance? Don't fret too much
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Why not get a true diagnosis from a medical professional. Establish a treatment plan. Before you nix your future career.
I'm going to play the... you're only 25 years old card. Too young to be in significant pain, but at the same time, you're no longer 19. You can't sit there and play video games for 6 hours, then spend 6 hours studying for the DAT. I would probably chalk it up to stress as well since most people take the DAT with a make or break mentality as far as getting into dental school. I felt great studying for 6 weeks 8 hours a day, but literally the exact night following my exam, I had a flare of sciatic pain (never had sciatic pain previously, nor have had it since that night) leaving me severely nauseated from the pain.
Just relax, and if you're concerned about having weak hands or whatever, then strengthen them. Do something about it. I don't know anyone that writes a lot and does not have hand cramping and soreness after a long session - pretty normal. When I was a kid and essays were handwritten, my hand would hurt all the time from writing fast for long periods of time.
Just relax, and if you're concerned about having weak hands or whatever, then strengthen them. Do something about it. I don't know anyone that writes a lot and does not have hand cramping and soreness after a long session - pretty normal. When I was a kid and essays were handwritten, my hand would hurt all the time from writing fast for long periods of time.
Someone in my class literally comes in with a wrist brace every once in a while cause they actually have some nerve issues that affect their shoulder, wrist, and some fingers. Granted it’s not in their dominant hand and it’s still functioning so they can still do work.
Just relax, stretch, don’t use it as much, and ice it!
Just relax, stretch, don’t use it as much, and ice it!
At the end of every practice, my college basketball coach would say 'ice keeps the body young, now go spend 20 minutes in the ice bath'
Hey everyone so I finished my DAT and went to the doctor because I was still having pain and they told me I have golfers elbow which is tendonitis in my elbow from over-use and prescribed me rest and stretches. Has anyone dealt with this/has any tips?
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Rest and stretch
do these religiously (as many days a week as possible)
he suggests 15 reps
my advice would be to do 20 reps
go with light weights to make sure you do the 20 reps cleanly
it may take a while, but It will help
Thank you for the suggestions. My doctor advised me to take a month off of work to allow it to heal better(working as receptionist at dental office) and i told my office manager but she hasnt replied to my text with the doctors note? im so worried i dont know if im fired or what to do as i donthave my letter of recommendation yet.. i was planning on getting it after the DAT which is now but have to rest because of the elbow injury
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Prolonged rest. Years ago I had severe tennis elbow from weightlifting heavy 3 to 4 times per week. It became so bad that I took a year off from lifting. It is now healed and I have been lifting again regularly for years. But it takes a looooog time to heal.
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i went back to the doctor because my wrist was still hurting and it ended up being wrist tendonitis in addition to golfers elbow 🙁 from over-use.. any experience with that ?
