An entry from May that I forgot to post
Jun. 18th, 2018 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
roadrunnertwiceThe other day, while out on a walk, I suddenly realized that my hands don't hurt in the morning anymore!
I never really said much about it, but during our big building spree, and for months after, I always woke up with stiff hands. A deep dull ache that started as soon as I grabbed my phone to stop the alarm. It would fade after like five minutes, stay silent throughout the day, and return the next morning.
None of the DIY literature I read mentioned this. But Ruth had a much smaller version of it (she wasn't handling baseboards), and my friend Eric mentioned that he had the same thing when he was doing heavy trail work in the national parks. I don't know if it's just a thing people who work with hand tools all suffer and don't talk about, whether your body acclimates eventually, or whether there are things you can do to counteract it, like stretches?
Well: I'm glad to be rid of it, whatever it was.
I never really said much about it, but during our big building spree, and for months after, I always woke up with stiff hands. A deep dull ache that started as soon as I grabbed my phone to stop the alarm. It would fade after like five minutes, stay silent throughout the day, and return the next morning.
None of the DIY literature I read mentioned this. But Ruth had a much smaller version of it (she wasn't handling baseboards), and my friend Eric mentioned that he had the same thing when he was doing heavy trail work in the national parks. I don't know if it's just a thing people who work with hand tools all suffer and don't talk about, whether your body acclimates eventually, or whether there are things you can do to counteract it, like stretches?
Well: I'm glad to be rid of it, whatever it was.