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cold + wet weather plus using new brushes kinda janked my drawing wrist last week (that's never happened before.... i'm getting old lol)

anyway i've been experimenting to see what helps with it since it's annoyingly, not going away after a few days of non drawing, like most other random bone maladies do. thankfully it doesn't hurt when stationary or even moving, it's a very specific drawing side-to-side gesture/flick, and i can tell it's about to hurty b/c my thumb "cracks" when i move it inwards. bodies are ridiculous.

CBD cream's legal to use in my state and the fam had half a bottle laying around... verdict is i think it helps? it won't magically prevent it from happening but it "dampens" the shit about 30%.

and tonight putting a washcloth underneath a sharp edge of the desk that hits between the wrist/elbow definitely helps keep the sharp lancing pain from happening. downside is arm feels weirdly lightly tingly. tingles aren't great tho so i'm kind of trying to not do that for too long.

its dumb that going back to my old brushes actually helps the most @_@ drew for a good 3 hours saturday with old brushes (no washcloth) while just consistently rotating the thumbpad in between small breaks.

grrr i just want to draw ossans!! /shakefist

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if the pain is in the wrist/tendons in the hands leading to knuckles, grab a cylinder that you can't close your hands around. and roll it. like this This is for bodybuilders and has some weight on it but you dont need that. When I do this and put heat on the wrist, it pretty much demolishes the pain. But yes, tingling is NOT GOOD. My physical therapist gave me the wrist roller and PT clay for my RSI, and I suggest trying the wrist roller and deffo seeing a physical therapist about that...!!!

yoooo the wrist roller looks absolutely perfect since it looks like the exact motion giving me the most grief - will try that this week for sure. thank you!

Oh my god krad PLEASE TRY IT ASAP. I mean it when I say it literally melts the pain away.

By the way, check matrix ^_~