I recently have been having a lot of pain in my hands from yard work. My fingers and thumb hurt when I bend my wrist. I went to the Dr. yesterday and I have arthritis in my wrist. They have become inflamed from pulling weeds and redoing my beds. He has instructed me to stabilize the wrist and no yard work. He did not say I could not sew and quilt. Rest it and stabilize it. I too had carpel tunnel surgery.