Boning knife handle trick after two months of wrist pain

I kept getting a sore wrist from breaking down pork shoulders on Saturdays at the shop. Tried different grips, even switched to a lighter blade, nothing helped much. Then one of the older guys told me to wrap the handle with hockey tape, just two layers, and build up the end a bit. That extra thickness changed the angle my wrist sits at and the pain faded in about a week. Anyone else tried adjusting handle thickness instead of just swapping knives?

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rayc384d ago

Funny how often the fix is changing the tool's shape instead of swapping the tool. Same thing happens with pens if your hand cramps up, people buy a whole new set when a foam grip would've done it. My mom fixed her knee pain by raising her desk chair an inch, not by getting a new chair. There's something to that old guy wisdom. Tiny changes to how your body meets the object beat big changes to the object itself.

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