Re: Hand cramping when writing?/Ring splints

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In a message dated 8/30/2004 1:55:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jmnycricket22@... writes:

How many splints does she use for writing and on which fingers and

joints? I only ordered the swan neck for my thumb and a swan neck

for my index finger (joint closest to the finger tip).

has the fingertip ones for the first two fingers of her right hand,

so her fingers don't bend backwards when she writes. I think she had the most

flexible fingers of anyone we met in Buffalo, LOL....and taking notes and

writing in class has always been painful. Today she did make it thru 6 classes

with no problems taking notes...and no EDS issues either! Most of her classes

won't need a lot of books and the seats are more comfy she says than in middle

school also. One day down...hundreds more to survive...

Liza

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In a message dated 8/30/2004 1:55:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jmnycricket22@... writes:

How many splints does she use for writing and on which fingers and

joints? I only ordered the swan neck for my thumb and a swan neck

for my index finger (joint closest to the finger tip).

has the fingertip ones for the first two fingers of her right hand,

so her fingers don't bend backwards when she writes. I think she had the most

flexible fingers of anyone we met in Buffalo, LOL....and taking notes and

writing in class has always been painful. Today she did make it thru 6 classes

with no problems taking notes...and no EDS issues either! Most of her classes

won't need a lot of books and the seats are more comfy she says than in middle

school also. One day down...hundreds more to survive...

Liza

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/30/2004 1:55:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jmnycricket22@... writes:

How many splints does she use for writing and on which fingers and

joints? I only ordered the swan neck for my thumb and a swan neck

for my index finger (joint closest to the finger tip).

has the fingertip ones for the first two fingers of her right hand,

so her fingers don't bend backwards when she writes. I think she had the most

flexible fingers of anyone we met in Buffalo, LOL....and taking notes and

writing in class has always been painful. Today she did make it thru 6 classes

with no problems taking notes...and no EDS issues either! Most of her classes

won't need a lot of books and the seats are more comfy she says than in middle

school also. One day down...hundreds more to survive...

Liza

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How many splints does she use for writing and on which fingers and

joints? I only ordered the swan neck for my thumb and a swan neck

for my index finger (joint closest to the finger tip). That was all

I could afford for right now (and that was thanks to a yard sale I

had a couple of weeks ago!) I think the next couple splints I'll get

(if I like these once they arrive) will be for the middle finger of

my right hand and my left thumb. I'm hoping to eventually get them

for the joint closest to the finger tips of all the fingers of my

left hand so I can take up the violin again. I started to learn to

play, but had so much trouble with my finger tips bending backward

that I couldn't get the notes right and I couldn't straighten them

fast enough to move to the next note.

> is loving her own ring splints...for the first time in her

life she

> can write without pain!