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I keep hitting my funny bone

OrganichuOrganichu poopspeesRegistered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Everyone does this, right? I probably do it once every couple of months. I figure that's maybe normal.

What's concerning me is that it's happening a lot right now. I've done it about a dozen times in the past couple hours, and I'm certainly not trying for it consciously. Should I be alarmed?

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    You should stop hitting your arm on things.

    If you have your forearm on a flat surface, inside of your elbow down and your elbow bent, you could tap your funny bone very consistantly

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah I get that but I have a very very specific setup: my 360 and laptop are both connected to my monitor. When my 360's not getting any playtime, I place the laptop on top of it to get better typing room while I watch my monitor. So my arms are always situated like this, night after night.

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  • Sol InvictusSol Invictus Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'd recommend getting a better chair, specifically one with soft padded leather armrests. I used to have this problem with the chair I had at the office and it made my arms pretty sore. It also ripped one of my good jackets because the plastic was rough, but that's another story.

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Man, the nerve you had, posting this thread.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    I don't know of any medical condition where this is a symptom, but it doesn't sound too worrying--I think I've had days when I hit my funny bone multiple times in a row. Just unlucky, perhaps?

    I agree with getting some padded armrests (or padding the ones you have now).

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    OremLK wrote: »
    Man, the nerve you had, posting this thread.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    I don't know of any medical condition where this is a symptom, but it doesn't sound too worrying--I think I've had days when I hit my funny bone multiple times in a row. Just unlucky, perhaps?

    I agree with getting some padded armrests (or padding the ones you have now).


    Bah! I was going to use a similar pun. Damn you!

    I hate hitting that damn funny bo... wait, its not a bone... who came up with that because it is not funny to hit your ulnar nerve...

    I don't think anything can happen from it, I suppose repeated hits or one really bad one could possibly damage it but it'd have to be pretty hard I think. Get a better chair, because I'd hate doing that all the time.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    A man walks into a doctor's office and says, "Doc, every time I do this it hurts."

    The doctor replies, "Stop doing that."

    Ba doom doom. Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all night.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Ok I've totally reorganized my command center until I can snatch a new chair.

    Last one (about an hour ago) took over 45 minutes for my pinky to stop being numb. :lol:

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Organichu wrote: »
    Ok I've totally reorganized my command center until I can snatch a new chair.

    Last one (about an hour ago) took over 45 minutes for my pinky to stop being numb. :lol:

    Repeated trauma to a nerve will do that :winky:

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