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Are there any knitters/crocheters out there? How do you support your wrists while working on a project?

Does anyone else have hobbies that are affected by their OBPI?

I knit and crochet . I hold my needle in my injured arm at an upright position resting on my leg. If there is a will there is a way. This has always been my motto. I am starting to get arthritis in my good hand so my messages are usually very short.

Judy 48 ROBPI

I can't knit, I can't seem to coordinate my LOBPI to do it even though my hand/wrist are fully functional. Weird huh? But I can crochet.

I also like to scrapbook


Marieke 33, LOBPI

Funny- I was the other way around. I started out learning to crochet and found I didn't have the dexterity in my left hand to manipulate the 'working' thread. Instead I find it easier to knit- where I just have to hold one needle still in my left hand while the right does almost all the work.

I do find that it aggravates my wrist and before long I get pains shooting though my thumb. = ( I just bought a wrist brace, we'll see how that goes!

I can't hold the needle to knit. I tried for years and finally just gave up. I can crochet and have made many things but I hold the needle in my right (obpi) hand and work the thread with my left hand. i rest my right hand with the needle in it on a pillow and it never moves.

Kath robpi/adult


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Alisha
Some how I missed your arrival to the Message Board!
Welcome to the boards, glad you found us.

It's so amazing when we discover that we are not the only one with a "rare" birth injury. It was a little disappointing finding out I was not as unique as I thought I was LOL...

If you have any questions, even if they might sound silly at first, please feel comfortable and fee to ask away. There are no dumb questions here because we all have little quirks that seem to come with the injury.

Kath robpi/adult

I recently started sailing too, just for fun. It's adapted sailing and even if you are a complete quadraplegic you can do it!

marieke 33, LOBPI (and incomplete paraplegic since 2004)

Wow! Sailing and fencing?! Very cool hobbies! I'm sports-impaired, so to speak. I lack the coordination and speed for anything remotely athletic!

Thanks for the warm welcome! I admit to a little disappointment as well, learning I was not entirely unique = ) but finding people to share it with definately outweighs the disappointment!

As far as sports are concerned, the sailing I did is adapted sailing, so you do as much as you can and they have different attachments and such you can use to help you, along with another person with you.

I did ballet and figure skating (competitive) for years. Only stopped when I was 28!

Marieke 33, LOBPI

I loving "attempting" to swim ...mostly I try just to stay afloat; my body has a lietime of stiffening up and sinking to overcome...I call that Swimming.fyi.

The Computer is my present Hobby. I spend too much time on FB & playing FARKLE!
Carolyn J