[Jewelry making - Article 00372] - Re: [Orchid] Tendonitis

[Jimmy Eriksson]

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 Maggie,

    I had a similar problem a few years ago. I have been a diamond
    setter over 30 years and my elbows were so sore I could not raise
    beads for pave' or hold the setting block. After seeing a few doctors,
    one told me it was my wrist not my elbow and taped my wrist with first
    aid tape.  He said it should help, and it did.   He said that  in all
    the years I worked  with my elbows and wrists in a twisting and
    pushing, holding  motion the muscle band around the tendons around
    the wrists were not strong anymore.   The tape worked great, but with
    a retail store it did not look right.  I made myself a cuff bracelet,
    first out of silver then another of gold.  The gold one is of flat
    wire 1.5mm x 8mm the silver is 2 mm x 10mm, bent around an oval
    mandrel. Made to fit very tight around the wrist, so that when you
    remove it you can see the marks on the skin.  I wear the one on the
    left wrist 24 hours a day and the one on my right wrist when I need
    to pave' a  large number of diamonds.  For me this seem to solve the
    problem, as I have very little pain in either elbow now. 

Jimmy Eriksson
J. Eriksson's Jewelry


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