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Anonymous
Hey /fit/izens,

I have a problem, I suffer from carpal tunnel and every time it has stopped me from doing exercise by biting my ass when I've gone too far on it. Now my belly is kinda getting too much and I want to get some muscles in my arms and make my chest and shoulders a little wider. But it's a real problem I can't even do pushups since my wrists will get overburdened. How can fix this? How can I train those muscles without putting too much pressure on my wrists?
>> Anonymous
What causes the carpal tunnel?
>> Anonymous
>>475846
It all started when I was heavily busy learning how to code, so I spent nights coding with cold hands without breaks, not a good idea. Then I kinda 'snapped' through it when I was boxing, and from there on I really had it. It has been worse, now it's sort of okay if I don't put too much pressure on it, I always make sure I'm not typing with cold hands. The problem is, coding is my job, so I can't really stop touching the computer for say a month. Hope this is enough info.
>> Anonymous
>>475852

Ok, first of all, push ups are actually one of the worst things for bad wrists. The position of your hands during the exertion of force causes pressure to be dispersed at an awkward angle. Don't do push ups.

Second, have you tried other exercises? Pull ups/chin ups? Bench? Bent rows? How have your wrists fared during those?
>> Anonymous
>>475859
I have done various exercises in the gym for a good period of time, twice. But I had to stop each time because I got too enthusiastic and it 'snapped' again, which is very painful and renders my wrist unusable for a good while. But in general my wrist held up nice, but there were moments I had to break it off and go home in order to save my wrists. Each time I really got into it and started seeing results, my wrist snapped (first right, then left).
>> Anonymous
>>475871

Ah, man that sucks. As you found out, the wrists are pretty fucking important for weightlifting. If you want to make your chest and shoulders wider, developing your lats would push them out, so swimming is one option. Other than that, I know of a powerlifter who lost a thumb at an early age so uses straps attached to his arms to lift really heavy lifts. Maybe that's something to look in to. Also if it's as bad as it sounds, you should really see a specialist and maybe they can work you through some recovery for it, maybe make it stronger too.
>> Anonymous
>>475876
Well it's not that bad like right now I'm fine, but once I put too much pressure on it I really have to watch out. There is surgery possible, but that would render my wrists unusable for 2 months or so, and me being in the middle of job applications, I'll have to wait a while with that. As for the straps, I should look into that, but I'm still afraid it'll put pressure on my wrists. Swimming sounds like a good option, that will also allow me to train my wrist muscles without straining them too much. And I think I will see a doctor about it soon too, maybe there is some solution to my problem I don't know of. Anyways, thanks a lot for the feedback so far, the swimming idea is a real neat suggestion, think I'll do that.