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RonH
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - who knew??

I've been waking up 2 or 3 times during the night with a numb/tingling right hand. Since I have (lumbar) spinal stenosis I thought it might be spine related. Went to my spine doc and had X-rays and he said its not spine related. It's CTS.
The doc gave me a splint to wear at night and I've had two uninterrupted night's sleep.

He recommended cork handlebar tape and good quality gel gloves. My Litespeed has cork tape and I have one pair of Sugoi Formula FX gloves with nice gel padding. The PI gloves have gel-light padding so they'll be backup gloves only. Went to the bike shop and picked up another pair of Sugoi gloves. They didn't have cork tape for the Cannondale (it has some fancy Cannondale stuff, looks kinda like leather/rubber) so ordered some cork tape online.
Now I need to remember how to wrap the handlebars.
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