Ouchies!

[bookzombie]

So, one of the things I have been doing in the most recent internet silence is putting up a couple of sheds in the garden.

To make things easier for the second shed I thought it would be a sensible idea to finally get a ratchet screwdriver (before you ask, I do have a motorised screwdriver but the torque on it sucks).

So what have I discovered? Using a ratchet screwdriver on recalcitrant wood when you are not used to it is fantastic for leaving you with wrist injuries. My wrists are really, really sore, particularly if I bend or rotate them (medical people: rotator cuff?).

They are slowly getting better, but let's just say I'm not going to be doing any handstands any time soon...

Comments

[veejane.livejournal.com]

Your rotator cuff is in your shoulder.

There are a whole bunch of ligaments in your wrists, though, which have to take the stress of the rotation, which is actually controlled via the muscles in your forearm. (Do it a couple of times with nothing in your hand and you'll realize those are the muscles actually moving; it's just that to rotate the forearm/hand with strength puts stress on the wrist ligaments.)

(And yes, I know exactly what you're talking about; I screwed L-brackets by hand into the wobbly legs of a mahogany table once, and they ain't kidding when they say mahogany is a hardwood.)