My Hands Are Numb

Beemerboy

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
I have noticed that I can recover pretty quickly from two hard days of car detailing...Advil helps!

However I noticed that my hands go threw a lot more abuse than the rest of my body...understandable!

I wake up at night and sometimes one or two of my hands are numb...if I move it into a different position it goes away...towards the end of the week its hardly at all.

I know its age and one of the draw backs to detailing...not complaining just wondering if others have the same issue?

Thanks!
 
I've had that happen to me one time.I washed,clayed,polished,glazed and sealed 2 cars in one day. Now for me that's alot.
I'm not only slow and meticulous but I'm slow.
By late evening my back was stiff and shoulders sore. At night my hands were numb for awhile.
The following day I washed and sealed the cars again. Since then I've never done that much to two cars in one day. I love detailing but it's brutal on me.
I did do everything by hand.:passout:
 
I've had that happen to me just recently. I worked on a black F-250 one day & the following day I worked on a black Silverado. Mainly my wrist was killing me and I think it was just how I was using the rotory. My finger joints felt weird too for at least a week. I just bought a wrist brace which has helped so far. I think for me it's age and possibly even arthritis. Hope not I'm just 36. Geez
 
My fingers get really sore after a detail. I don't know if that is from the PC buzzing or buffing the product off. Either way, it usually takes a couple days for that to get better. I did a big job yesterday, one tonight, and a full day tomorrow, so chances are that I'll have a tough time typing on Monday. lol The only other things that get sore are my knees (arthritis and tendonitis in both of them) and my right arm/shoulder from buffing product off. Luckily my back is still in good shape and everything else seems to be ok. The fingers are my big issue though.
 
My sister is a massage therapist. (and a mobile one at that) so she uses her hands for hours and hours a day. When she gets home, she sticks them in ice and then has this cream that is called "Biofreeze" or something like that that she rubs into her hands and they feel better. I have done this routine a few times after marathon days and I'm fine and ready to go the next day.
I'm not sure about the name of the cream, but I will confirm it. I know it's "Biofreeze" but it may be spelled differently than that.
 
I like the Biofreeze. I didn't think to use it on my hands like that.duh.
It sounds like carpeltunnel Beemerboy. I have it as well. I like to wear a thin pad glove. It helps some.
 
something that i use for swore hands is called a paraffin spa. the one i have is made by remington and does a real good job. it uses hot wax basically, just plug it in a few minutes befoe use and dip your hands in for a couple of minutes..
sure does my hands wanders!! and im not sure of the price cause the little woman bought it for me last year... i highly recommend it....
:cheers:
 
There is a very constant repetative motion, plus using force and balance to maintain the buffer which is vibrating in your hands against a surface, so holding eight pounds for 3 hours of buffing does get tiring. Plus there is the getting up, sitting back down aspects...

I know how you feel, it doesn't hit you till later, but advil helps...anything with a muscle relaxent...
 
I was wondering if you had considered anti-vibration gloves while using the PC or rotary and if that may be part of the problem. I spoke to one of our HSE folks in the field (pipeline industry) and was told of their use when operating certain hand tools. Looked them up and they seem reasonable at about $35 a pair from various manufacturers.
 
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