Glad to hear you found a promising path Gio!
I’ve had to deal with these as I spend tons of hours in front of a computer. I had a couple light carpal tunnel episodes, and tons of neck muscles contractures due to so many hours staring at a screen, our necks are not designed for that!. Broke a collarbone on a bike crash, too…
Massages helped, but the definitive solution was:
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Posture Higyene: watch out for bad “resting” posture habits, or techniques that force your wrist
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Strenght. If muscles and tendons are not strong, the damage usually goes to the joints. Get muscles supporting the joint strong and problems will go away.
For me a lot of the relief comes from breaking up scar tissue and letting the muscles finally relax and de-contract.
Couldn’t agree more. I could barely reach for the safety belt in the car… (rotator cuff due to bike crash) doctors said surgery, but I took three months of suffering at the gym instead, is actually breaking those scars in muscles/tendons, what is required (and aches) to regain all movement.