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Hello Peeps,

I have suffered from arthritis for a few years now, it has mainly been in my knee, shoulder and back but I just tend to get on with things. Recently it has decided to move into my domminent right hand, which has got me rather annoyed! because I was coming along just fine with my coin magic, and now I can't do any.

I can bare the pain aspect, but I can't bare the restricted movement of my thumb (a TT won't even fit anymore due to swelling) I can still do most card tricks and card slights.

I only take Ibruprofen when the pain gets real bad, has anyone else suffered from this, if so what medication have you found works best?
Or any exersises that have helpped you regain normal movement?

Cheers

Join the club!

Many of us are plagued with this condition... poor Banachek is finding himself having to make some very special arrangements in his TK demonstrations so he's not having to do as much "on the spot" bending due to arthritis in the hands... I've completely stopped doing bending for the most part, for the very same reason (as have others).

It's just one of those things you learn to adapt through... wish I could be more positive on things

Thanks for the reply Craig,

I will have to grin and bare it then, or as you say adapt.

When i had a car accident i lost the use of right hand, arm and legs. Doctors gave me co-proximol and tramadol. Maybe you could ask your doctor about something along those lines. Theyre much stronger than what you get over the counter. Other than that, I'd suggest adapting if your other hand comfortable enough. I can do a charlier cut better left handed than right handed now even though iv since got my right hand back I hated physio, so practicing card tricks was my own form of physio when the nerves started to repair themselves

Thank you for your post and sugestions, I will be visiting the doctors pretty soon and see what they can offer! Funny enough my Charlier Cut is better with my left hand than it is with my right now! Although I can't do any coin work with my left!

I have been trying XCM and coin rolls for self physio.

I have decided to adapt my magic style to suit my disability, I will not be practising coin work for a while now that I have started doing sponge ball routines. I fine I can use them a great deal better than coins, and the reactions I have been getting are quite rewarding!

So thanks for the heads up!

After my car accident, i never went back to coins as i find them too fiddly lol but after being inspired by jeff mcbrides manipulation series, im thinking of trying some big casino-style chips or tokens

Go to the Doctor's and ask them for Arcoxia and Tramadol. Arcoxia is fairly new & works like Ibuprofen in that it reduces swelling but without the possible stomach problems that Ibuporfen can cause & Tramadol is a good pain killer. Taken as a combination they are pretty good.

Kevin Cann wrote:Go to the Doctor's and ask them for Arcoxia and Tramadol. Arcoxia is fairly new & works like Ibuprofen in that it reduces swelling but without the possible stomach problems that Ibuporfen can cause & Tramadol is a good pain killer. Taken as a combination they are pretty good.

I went to the doctors last night and she prescribed me Tramadol and somthing else (can't remember) and I got refered back to the specialist, so things should be looking up!

For you guys with arthritis, does glaucosamine do nothing for you? I've been on it a while and the difference is remarkable. My right shoulder used to be very painful and burn after a long session spent writing or practicing (same sort of position, I suppose), but now it's down to very reasonable levels of ignorable dull ache, which points to a lack of fluid in the joint.

I have never tried glaucosamine, however I took my first dose of Tramadol and Diclofenac last night at about 7pm but I felt dizzy and I was having hot and cold rushes by about 9pm(not flushes) I woke up this morning and was still feeling very light headed, I have been sluring my speech and feel drunk or hungover. I proceded to take my morning dose at about 10am and I will see if it is my body just getting used to the new chemicals, if this is the normal sensation of taking these pills I will not be able to function a regular daily basis.

If anyone who has had these, maybe Kevin could give me some feedback on how you were affected whilst on this medication I would be most greatfull.

That sounds like some heavy medication! I'm also on omega-3 (it's a combination capsule with the glucosamine), and my shoulder genuinely feels better. The burning pain has reduced to a slight ache and I've been able to start lifting weights again to build up the muscles that support it, though whether the effect is just the placebo effect remains to be seen. I'll have to wait until I have a heavy writing session to endure before I know...

I've just realised that I've been practicing my Hindu shuffle all afternoon and evening and my shoulder, far from burning like hell, only aches a bit. It's the one hand position that used to really kill me. Result!

I've been looking at the literature on glaucosamine and omega-3 too, and it's somewhat mixed. Maybe it's the placebo effect then, but even when the pain is bad, it's now localised, and if I rest it goes away rather than carrying on for hour after hour.

I have found that Volterol as a rub takes the edge off the pain. Isuffer with it in both thumbs quite badly which makes palming uncomfortable

Tomo it's good that something is working and you feel you have a result! It seems that it was my body just getting used to the pills, as I am fine with them now and the pain has greatly improved over the last week or so.

Johnny I do have a muscle rub called "cold as ice" I use it on my knee sometimes, but the pills realy helped my thumb joints.