Re: OW! My thumb hurts! How do you use those Bottles all day?!?(long)

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Posted by Lynn on June 13, 2001 at 21:51:20:

In reply to: OW! My thumb hurts! How do you use those Bottles all day?!?(long) posted by Lauren on June 12, 2001 at 22:40:42:

Keep the bottle full - if it gets too low then it does hurt, but keep
topping it up and you won't have a problem (promise!!!). Lynn

: I usually use cones but last festival, I used a Jacquard bottle.
It
: was only about five hours, but by the end I could not bend my thumb
: enough to squeeze the bottle. It was really sore for a couple
days,
: with shooting pains in the lower in-between-knuckle area that only
: extreme pressure relieved. I actually wrapped a rubber band around
: the area for a bit (although I took it off quickly, it felt better)
: It was slightly stiff but fine for a couple more days and I thought
: it was healed. This was two weeks ago. I did some more work with a
: bottle over this past weekend and it was slightly stiff but not
: actually painful. Then I got taken out to dinner and had lobster
: (oh, yum) and had difficulty applying enough pressure to crack the
: harder parts of the shell, and at one point the nutcracker-thing
they
: give you pressed exactly wrong spot and it hurt incredibly.
: All day today, it's hurt a lot, with pain all up and down the lower
: in-between-knuckle area and it feels bruised so it hurts to touch
it
: at the point where the thumb and finger bones come together near
the
: wrist and toward the webby part.
: What dod I do, wht can I do to help fix it, and how do those of you
: who use those bottles all the time cope with it?

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: Keep the bottle full - if it gets too low then it does hurt, but keep : topping it up and you won't have a problem (promise!!!). Lynn : : : : : I usually use cones but last festival, I used a Jacquard bottle. : It : : was only about five hours, but by the end I could not bend my thumb : : enough to squeeze the bottle. It was really sore for a couple : days, : : with shooting pains in the lower in-between-knuckle area that only : : extreme pressure relieved. I actually wrapped a rubber band around : : the area for a bit (although I took it off quickly, it felt better) : : It was slightly stiff but fine for a couple more days and I thought : : it was healed. This was two weeks ago. I did some more work with a : : bottle over this past weekend and it was slightly stiff but not : : actually painful. Then I got taken out to dinner and had lobster : : (oh, yum) and had difficulty applying enough pressure to crack the : : harder parts of the shell, and at one point the nutcracker-thing : they : : give you pressed exactly wrong spot and it hurt incredibly. : : All day today, it's hurt a lot, with pain all up and down the lower : : in-between-knuckle area and it feels bruised so it hurts to touch : it : : at the point where the thumb and finger bones come together near : the : : wrist and toward the webby part. : : What dod I do, wht can I do to help fix it, and how do those of you : : who use those bottles all the time cope with it?
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