1st Dorsal Interossei cramp...

[Drew]

I woke up last night to this incredibly extreme pain in my 1st Dorsal Interossei on my R hand, it was cramping up badly, so much so I couldn't get back to sleep. I have had a very slow past few weeks and yesterday ended up doing a full day. I ended up finding the trigger point and working on it for as long as I could tolerate at 3am! Thankfully I was able to work today since I had 3 scheduled.

Has anyone experienced this before?

 

[KiwiJoey]

I'm just a student...so..my reply will prbably not carry any merit, but do you regularly stretch before and after your massages? Perhaps a nice paraffin hand dip will feel good? or maybe you can get someone to massage your hands?

 

[???]

Yes, I do. I stretch before and in between each and every client, then work on myself every night. It really felt like the cramp that you would get in your gastroc/soleus in the middle of the night, it was that intense.

 

[LizzakaMel]

Yes, I have had that happen to me. Not that specific area, but the hands in general. It always happens when my schedule gets really off balance like yours was.

I just try to keep my schedule consistent. Even if I have to do a freebie on a friend.

Having just turned 40, I've found every bad/stupid thing I did to my body is deciding to make itself known :shock: Who knew I wasn't indestructible!!

Kirsten