Under pressure of fighting or netting a big fish, medical authorities confirm, this bend in the wrist can cause and aggravate those injuries. Howard Beach sports medicine specialist Richard A. Is trico , M.D., and medical therapist Heidi M. Zierdt , LMT, recommend the new product to anglers to help prevent so-called repetitive stress injuries and cumulative trauma disorders. Carpal tunnel syndrome and other cumulative trauma disorders such as Guyon's syndrome and DeQuervain's tenosynovitis involve the hand, wrist or arm. These disorders are characterized by tingling, numbness and, eventually, debilitating pain. They can occur when a person repeatedly moves the fingers, hand or wrist, causing tendons to flex and become irritated.
Irritated tendons become inflamed and swell, which puts pressure on the nerves.
Zierdt, an avid angler as well as a licensed medical therapist, said the pressure on her wrist while fishing was so severe that she thought she was going to have to give up fishing. With Leverage-King the pressure has been lifted away from my wrist and distributed throughout the muscles in my arm. Inc. All rights reserved.