Carpel Tunnel in your shooting hand. How do you manage it?

[Jo6pak]

I'll say it again in case you guys missed it before

Accupunture.
I know, I was skeptical too. But when I had reoccuring issues with tendonitous in my left arm and MDs just wanted to drug or cut me, and chiropractors didn't help either, I needed another option. I was convinced by a co-worker to give accupunture a try. I figured for $50, it was worth a try. I went in last winter and found immediate relief. When the arm starting acting up about a month ago, I went back in.
Heck for $100 a year, and no drugs or surgery, no pain or numbness. I'm sold.

 

[woodguru]

Ditto on that B6, I had pretty severe carpal tunnel and whipped it with B6. I had heard it would help with something like 80% of cases.

You also have to just plain respect and avoid the kinds of motions and tasks that are hardest on the wrist and hands. A wrist brace helps a lot. Also the motion of shooting double action as opposed to a semi auto or cock the hammer and shoot single action, that trigger finger motion is a killer for carpal tunnel.

The person who mentioned accupuncture has me sold on trying it when I get the next little flareup from something I'm doing. I am a woodworker by hobby and some refinishing tasks are hard on CT.

 

[BigJimP]

I've tried acupuncture ....and it didn't work ....and I'll admit I was a skeptic and wasn't expecting it to work ..( but I went because my wife asked me to consider it ) .......for hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder issues ( carpel tunnel, arthritis, old surgery on nerves in elbow ..and now a rebuilt shoulder ...

The only solutions I have...:

1. gloves might help ( I wear a pair of rain golf gloves on bad days - Foot Joy - they sell them in pairs ) and you can still pick up a dime with them. Golf stores all have them. They sell leather and micro-fibre / go with the micro-fibre versions.

2. shoot a heavier gun and lighter loads - an extra 8oz in the gun will reduce the recoil at least 10 % ... A K frame S&W with some Hogue rubber grips on it / will be heavier ...and the grips will help a little too.

3. shoot a semi-auto / like a 1911 ...with 115 gr 9mm loads / and slow them down a little ... ( the action of the gun absorbs some of the recoil ) ...

4. like others said / shoot a .22 a little more .... Sigs and 1911's all have conversion kits these days ...