Does anyone else have problems with Camera Elbow!?

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Permalink Reply by craig reynolds on July 22, 2007 at 12:52pm

Hi there.it sounds like a thing i used to get after doin a long stint on the guitar,i found that locking your fingers and stretching your arms out in front of you so that your fingers are facing you and your palms are out and holding that for a couple of minutes before i did anything guitar wise really helped. Its just a stetching thing but it may help? good luck,love your photos by the way.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Phillips-McLaren on July 22, 2007 at 8:36pm

Hi Susan

Doctor Ian Phillips-McLaren here :-) I used to get a similar thing cycling, when pulling the brakes on the bike, and all my tendons from my wrist up to my elbows would get inflamed, it was bloody sore, It turned out that my brakes were in the wrong position, bizarre. I don't think there's really anything you can do about it other than change the way you hold the camera maybe, it's repetitive strain....... I'm sure that never helped you one iota.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Zaragoza on July 31, 2007 at 8:19pm

I get the elbow problem more in my busy season when I'm on the computer a lot editing. From time to time its from shooting...that usually gives me a sore index finger. Just take lots of breaks and be as ergonomically proper as you can...these old bodies do wear out though I suspect you're a "young un"....oh, I forgot...I get a sore neck from the camera strap almost every shoot (20D).

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Permalink Reply by Martin Gisborne on August 6, 2007 at 4:57pm

I had a really weird one a couple of years ago... I used to hold my camera, while I was walking, by the grip using three fingers... it just hung nicely. Except with an 80-200 2.8 on it, then my fingers would do this spasm thing. Didn't like that at all. Under pressure - in difficult places or events - I have found myself gripping a camera way too hard which used to make my arm ache... just my 0.02c worth.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Hughes on July 28, 2009 at 12:03pm

the spasm is a symtom of something called, "De Quervains Disease" or tenosynovitis and also linked to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Real time medical problems that can be eased by looking at the ergonomics of how you carry and use your equipment. I like to use just a hand grip but with a large 2.8 lens I am now finding chest harnesses to be a better option for support, you have to learn to relax your grip, just like a soldier squeezes a trigger rather than snatches even under immense pressure of battle.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Porter-Thomas on August 6, 2007 at 6:42pm

I've just had a couple of weeks off and it feels a bit better now I have to admit...mind you with a HUGE baby as well as a heavy camera, I'm not sure what is to blame really...

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