New tool for arthritic hands!
#12
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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The only thing that helps my thumb is a thumb splint ( from Walgreens). and a special cream prescribed by my rhumetologist.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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Thanks for letting us know about those useful tools. After years of being a secretary I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, so I appreciate finding out about the tools that are out there. Thanks for sharing the information.
#16
I never heard of this kind of silverware - going to check it out and get some for my hubby who suffers from the same thing. Thanks for your tip
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Martinsville, Indiana
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The needle puller that I have used for hand quilting split down the metal strip and I had bent it back in place so many times, it wuldn't work any more. I had a pair of slant tweezers nearby and tried using that as a needle puller. It worked!!! I got them at a dollar store for $1.00. I tied a string of ribbon through the center and then around the closed end and can put them around my neck for a handy place to have them.
Have you tried putting caster oil on your hands? I have used it on one of my knees that gets tight and doesn't want to bend. I had expected it to help there, but didn't think about my fingers that didn't want to bend easily. After a while, I noticed that the fingers on my hand that I used to apply the caster oil to my knee would bend easier. It's worth a try, it worked on my fingers, and just might help yours too. I find it near the laxatives in the drug area of stores.
Have you tried putting caster oil on your hands? I have used it on one of my knees that gets tight and doesn't want to bend. I had expected it to help there, but didn't think about my fingers that didn't want to bend easily. After a while, I noticed that the fingers on my hand that I used to apply the caster oil to my knee would bend easier. It's worth a try, it worked on my fingers, and just might help yours too. I find it near the laxatives in the drug area of stores.
#19
Yes I agree they're great. I use them in my counted cross stitch all the time but mine are a little smaller to fit my small hands and pick the tiny cross stitches. And I do have a larger set on my sewing table as well. Don't know what I would do without them.
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