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My wrists have been acting up from all the hammering... some smiths swear by braces, others say it's a sign of bad form. What do you think?
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saraht771d ago
Patricia78 is spot on about the elbow doing all the work. I wore a brace for months before a grizzled old smith saw me and just shook his head. He showed me how to choke up on the hammer handle and let it swing more like a pendulum. My wrist pain vanished in a week once I stopped white-knuckling every strike. Braces are a band-aid for a broken swing.
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patricia788d ago
Ugh, felixa18 is right on the money. Braces just get you through the day but they don't solve the real problem. I learned the hard way my elbow was doing all the work. Focus on a loose wrist and let the hammer's weight do the hitting, not your muscle.
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