Re: HANDS/Fingers

[Guest guest]

I use parafon wax about once a day and it is warm and my hands do move

more freely that is how I can type in the mornings because my hands

don't move hardley at all in the mornings they are all so stiff and

hurt it halps me so it might be worth a try

Sherrie

>

> G'day everyone.I am wondering if anyone has problems with their

> fingers. Every morning I cannot bend 2/3 fingers on Right hand and 1-

2

> on Left. Has anyone used parafon wax for this? Any suggesstions.?

This

> is not inducive to guitar playing.While my Guitar gently weeps..has

a

> whole new meaning.................Skye

[Guest guest]

I am going to try the paraffin, just haven't done it yet.

I'd like to know what others think of it too.

----- Original Message ----- From: gonzo_skye

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 07:43

Subject: HANDS/Fingers

G'day everyone.I am wondering if anyone has problems with their fingers. Every morning I cannot bend 2/3 fingers on Right hand and 1-2 on Left. Has anyone used parafon wax for this? Any suggesstions.? This is not inducive to guitar playing.While my Guitar gently weeps..has a whole new meaning.................Skye

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: gonzo_skye

> G'day everyone.I am wondering if anyone has problems with their fingers. Every morning I cannot bend 2/3 fingers on Right hand and 1-2 on Left.

That's exactl how mine works. I remember on voting day I had three fingers working on one hand and two working on the other. I told the doc I had five working fingers, unfortunately they were not on the same hand!

> Has anyone used parafon wax for this? Any suggesstions.?

I tried the wax, but it's like any heat, just temporary relief for me.

Nina

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: Jacy

> I am going to try the paraffin, just haven't done it yet.

I'd like to know what others think of it too.

To keep expenses down, I bought a $10 crockpot on sale and used that instead of buying the fancy contraption. I bought the paraffin at a drug store.

Nina

[Guest guest]

Good deal. I do love a bargain. Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- From: Nina

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 14:00

Subject: Re: HANDS/Fingers

----- Original Message -----

From: Jacy

> I am going to try the paraffin, just haven't done it yet.

I'd like to know what others think of it too.

To keep expenses down, I bought a $10 crockpot on sale and used that instead of buying the fancy contraption. I bought the paraffin at a drug store.

Nina

[Guest guest]

I think they call that a " contrast bath " or something similar with

the word contrast in it.

I am planning to get a hand gym to strengthen my finger muscles. It

is so hard to do the ones I wAS given all those years ago.

Annette

--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , " Maggie " <meshouse@e...>

wrote:

> My biggest RA problem has been in the hands. Two hand surgeries for

ct

> syndrome and arthritis. Anyway, I had tried something I read on

another

> site. You put your hands in hot water for 4 minutes, cold water for

3

> minutes, then you go back to hot water, then cold water and repeat.

Keep

> reducing the time to 1 minute. It's like shocking it or something.

It worked

> for me when I was waiting for a shot.

>

>>

> I have a lot of trouble with my hands too... it comes and goes.

Sometimes

> it'll last weeks at a time. I do a lot of typing, and if I'm not

online,

> I'm probably cooking, reading a book, or playing video games --

none of

> which are easily possible when your fingers and hands won't

cooperate.

> About the only thing I can do during a really bad flare in my hands

is lay

> around watching TV and that annoys the life out of me. I'm not a

big

> television person. It scares me that I've memorized the weekday

morning

> television lineup. Charmed is on at 9am, then ER at 10am, West

Wing at

> 11... if I haven't fallen back asleep by that time I've probably

turned

> into a raving lunatic and I'm in the kitchen hand-kneading dough

just to

> PROVE I can do any damn thing I want to do even if it kills me, and

it

>

[Guest guest]

Since everyone's talking about the wax, I'll have to weigh in on that specifically... I've tried wax and while it does help, as someone else said (Nina?) -- it doesn't last. It feels wonderful while your hands are in there. It's melty and gooey and smooth. But once you take your hands out and turn the heat off, it's only a few minutes until the relief fades. For my money I'll stick with hot water baths and heating pads. The wax is nice but it isn't any better than any other heat source, and it's a lot messier. Still, kind of fun for novelty value until you get tired of keeping the little heater and paraphernalia out on the counter all the time. If you're unsure about getting one, try soaking your hands in very hot water for a couple minutes, then take them out and gauge how long that relief lasts. If it's long enough to be helpful to you, go ahead and try the wax. If not, don't bother, the wax won't be any better.

Jenni

[Guest guest]

I tried the hot wax one time while I was getting my hair done - the

stylist knows I have RA and let me try the parafin that they have

for doing hands etc. After dipping in the wax about 5 times, they

slide plastic bags on my hands and wrapped them in towels to keep

them warm longer. It felt really good and makes the skin nice and

soft. I don't know how much long term relief it provides, but was

nice at the time.

I also had a physical therapist do the same for my hand and wrist as

part of therapy for carpal tunnel. They did the heat at the

beginning of my time there, and ended it with an ice rub on the

wrist. I'll take the heat any day!

Beth

> Since everyone's talking about the wax, I'll have to weigh in on

that specifically... I've tried wax and while it does help, as

someone else said (Nina?) -- it doesn't last. It feels wonderful

while your hands are in there. It's melty and gooey and smooth.

But once you take your hands out and turn the heat off, it's only a

few minutes until the relief fades. For my money I'll stick with

hot water baths and heating pads. The wax is nice but it isn't any

better than any other heat source, and it's a lot messier. Still,

kind of fun for novelty value until you get tired of keeping the

little heater and paraphernalia out on the counter all the time. If

you're unsure about getting one, try soaking your hands in very hot

water for a couple minutes, then take them out and gauge how long

that relief lasts. If it's long enough to be helpful to you, go

ahead and try the wax. If not, don't bother, the wax won't be any

better.

>

> Jenni

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: Marcia Stoyle

>I think you have to be careful here, with the temperature of the wax. gentle hugs, Marcia

I melted it on the low setting then turned it off and it was the perfect temperature. It was the same as the physical therapist had used on my carpal tunnel.

Nina