Re: Finger Tips

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Date: Fri Mar 28 1997 - 18:04:36 PST


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This comes from gripping your boom too tightly. Use an underhand grip
with your front hand and concentrate on not gripping tightly. Try to hang
from your hand rather than squeeze the boom. I had this problem in my
first year of shortboarding but this went away after realizing not to grip
tightly.

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Wiesner Craig wrote:

> I just returned from Baja and while there my finger tips on my right hand went
> numb. It was worse while sailing and at night it would wake me up while I was
> sleeping. The doctor gave me a wrist splint and lots of ibuprofin. Says its
> carpoltunnel syndrome. It does not seem to be getting any better. My fingers
> tingle all the time and go numb when sailing or using my hand for anything.
>
> Could tens years of sailing do this? I have not heard other sailors talk about
> this problem. Anyone out there have the same ailment and/or know what to do
> about it?
>
> Thanks,
> - Craig
>



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