Hand Health

So I'm still icing and resting my hands. They are feeling much better, although if I could give up moving books around at work, they would feel even better! Interestingly, I found a thread over at the Crochet Liberation Front group on Ravelry about crochet related injuries and crocheting with pre-existing injuries. A lot of the posts discuss changing how you hold your hook, yarn, and project to protect the hands. I actually never think to do this, but once I am back in action, I would like to look at experimenting a bit. Even more interesting to me, though, was this link to a page with hand exercises and stretches. I find that stretching (when I am diligent about doing it) is the best antidote to any muscle pain. So I am adding some of the hand stretches to my regime. I hope this all works, because it's not easy to give up stitching entirely. I'm starting to get antsy to get back to work!