Re: Subject: Everyone – alternative to Dr. Shiel's Patented Handshake for Arthritis

[Guest guest]

>you don't have to

> give a " naff " handshake – so Al you can " shake like a man! " LOL!

Gee thanks Heidi! LOL!

Fortunately, only the little finger on my right hand is deformed. My

handshake is still intact. And " manly " I might add...

Al in IL

[Guest guest]

I like this suggestion, Heidi. In fact, a few years ago I had one

physician who had arthritis himself who was using that type of

handshake. At first, I wondered what the heck he was doing - ah, the

early naive days.

Here are some handshaking tips from the University of Missouri at

Columbia:

http://www.muhealth.org/~arthritis/nwrac/spring01/handshake.html

" Naff " is another new word for me. I'm always happy to learn something

from you or someone here. Such a colorful group!

Everyone – alternative to Dr. Shiel's

Patented Handshake for Arthritis

> Hi Everyone,

> This made me remember something. The professor I met in South Africa

when I

> was first diagnosed showed me a great “Arthritis handshake”, its

different

> to Dr Shiel’s – I’ll try explain. You shake by holding your hand with

index

> finger and baby finger touching (under your two middle fingers), looks

a bit

> strange (like a V) but people don’t seem to notice and you don’t have

to

> give a “naff” handshake – so Al you can “shake like a man!” LOL! It

> protects the joints from being crushed. He explained to my husband

how it

> feels for us when someone squeezes our hands like this – he took four

> pencils and placed them between his fingers, then he squeezed the top

and

> bottom fingers together as in a handshake – I think he got the picture

quiet

> vividly LOL! ! It’s a great way to show friends and family how it

feels

> for us, try it (but tell them to squeeze themselves or you may lose a

> friend! LOL!)

> Hugs,

> Heidi