Holding the newborn

If you keep the wrong hands on the baby, it can lead to pain in the neck and wrists.

Quite a common problem among newly made parents - de Quervain's disease. It is an inflammation of the tendon, which is accompanied by acute pain in the thumb, back of the hand and forearm and neck.

Sharp pain can be avoided if you learn how to properly hold a baby in her arms.

How to Keep the child

Not his bow, bending the wrist at an acute angle. In this position, compressed nerve in the thumb and wrist. Constant pressure in this area can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome, ie, acute pain and numbness in his hands. And not over-emphasize the hip, because due to this can be displaced hip, spine and cervical vertebrae.

How to keep baby

Stand tall. The housing body has to remain in line with the hips and thighs. Do not squeeze the palms and fingers, and keep them in a flat horizontal position.

This picture demonstrates the correct and incorrect posture:

When picking up the child, do not take it for underarms, or thumbs will always be laid at the hands of a right angle. And that is a recipe for pain.

To properly pick up the baby, you need to enclose one hand under the lower part of his body, and the other - under the head and neck. Bow child straight arms, not squeezing his hand.

Another cause of pain in the wrist - a smartphone. Although he is great helper for young parents, but frequent scrolling the screen with your thumb can only aggravate the sharp pain.

If you still hurt badly steel hands, not to delay the campaign to the doctor. He may prescribe an effective treatment.

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