The Blonde Diaries

Last year when I was working very long hours during busy season I noticed that I was having wrist and forearm pain. I was not quite sure what was making this happen until I was discussing with a friend. She told me the same exact thing happened to her one busy season and it was because she was sitting in front of a laptop for 18 hours a day and typing. In order to relieve her pain she bought wrist braces to help keep her wrists straight while she typed. She had tried everything else, just as I had, such as Tylenol and visiting the doctor but the pain from carpel tunnel syndrome was just too much for her. For me, I focused on keeping my wrists straight and took some Tylenol and it seemed to relieve the pain at the time but I have to admit the pain creeps back every now and then and I really just need to buckle down and buy a pair of braces so that I can have some carpal tunnel relief. I found some neat braces on the IMAK website that are padded and look much nicer than the ones at Walmart (ie a lot more stylish). They run about $20 each which is not bad at all and are reversible so if you only need one brace at a time you just need to buy one and you can flip them inside out to fit both hands. That is kinda cool. If you are suffering from the onset of carpal tunnel or want to prevent it head over to IMAK and pick up a brace. They really will help relieve the pain and keep carpal tunnel at bay.

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