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I had an EMG study a couple of years ago and was told I had mild carpal tunnel in both wrists. Well, Ive been working two jobs for a while now and it has gotten way worse. My hands go numb and have to shake them out every so often to get the feeling back and get rid of the tingling. And now my right forarm has a deep muscle ache, on the top of the arm, up close to the elbow, probably the extensor carpi radialis longus muscle and it has been hurting me for at least three months. I'm not sure if that is part of the carpal tunnel or something new. It just aches. I can't squeeze anything to tight or hurts and I cannot lift anything with that arm or hurts. Plus I can feeling the muscle twitching when I'm paused over the keyboard waiting to type something. I've been icing my arms and taking ibuprofen. I already take Flexeril for my neck problems, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything for my arms. When did I get this old?!?!!? I feel like an old stiff woman!
So I have been looking at arm braces to wear at night when I sleep and something I can wear while work. Any suggestions? There are so many out there and I want to make sure I get the right one.
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