[geefree]

With all the pole work my inside of thumb , mainly right hand , is really painful at times and its forming a different shape , like a bunnion... with sliding and gripping pole...

just wondered if anyone else has this as a discomfort ?

or aching neck and shoulders

or anything else?

[pncleaning]

What pole do you use? some wears gloves too dont they 
Hope you feel better before Monday when you start all over again!!!!

[TomCrowther]

Yeah, theres a few of us with the same thickening thumb. I noticed it a while ago amd posted on here about it. Nothing you can do really, I wear gloves and try to alter my grip from time to time but it doesn't go away.
Re the neck and shoulders, My neck is bad, mainly on the right side 

[matty72]

neck, wrist, back, shoulders painful, that thumb thing managed to get rid of lump took a couple of years, wearing gloves and changing pole grip slightly but wrist is alot worse now cant win

[Jackal]

iv found with pretty much any job iv had where your doing the same day in day out theres a bit of a side effect,im trad and every couple of months i seem to get a crack in my skin on detailing finger and is sore for a week till it heels plus i dont like the idea of my knees being knackered later in life,

looks like iv got the sore thumb syndrome to come then when i convert 

[rah]

Try to alternate between sides! I struggle to do so, but do find it helps when i do. also, avoid looking up all the time, rotate the head / neck through 360 degrees and it opposite directions.

Doesn't cure by any means, but does help

Rob.

[geefree]

Thanks everyone , thought i was on my own with my ailments for a minute there !

I will do all of the above suggestions thanks...

both thumbs are the same , but the right hand one hurts .. lol ( big softie eh).....

[gary999]

stop masterbating!

[dazmond]

charge more and work less if you can and use the lightest pole you can afford.mix it up a bit and trad some ground floor work for a change.wear gloves all year round except when its hot and sunny as you ll have white hands if you do!

dont grip the pole too tight!no need!!(no double entendres please lads!!)

i have the odd bit of neck ache and sore shoulders its usually when im trying to fit in the extras around a busy week of window cleaning.its the fascia/gutter cleans that do me in even using virosol first!!

using CLX and SLX poles and gardiner brushes have certainly reduced a lot of strain from my working day thats for sure.

when you think about it even though the extreme poles are twice the price of the SLX the reduced strain and ease of use will surely pay dividends in the future.

my next main pole will be a 25ft EXTREME when my SLX wears out.

[bad trippy]

I wear dunlop biking gloves, however, because they are fingerless, part of the said area you mention is not covered by the glove material.
Answer for me...
Girls hair ties, i wrap then around the thumb about 3 times.
Bought about a dozen for 99p at my local discount store, that was about a year ago, so still going strong .
Sounds really silly, but they do work

[mister bit]

I was watching one of Lee Burghbridge videos ... the ionics one - entitled Lee meets the Ionics man - I think.

Anyway we're doing it all wrong. Right hand on the base of the pole and work with the hips.

Like your bayonetting someone  I bet Tosh has this technique down pat 

[Cliff perkins]

Funny enough i said to the mrs in bed this morning about the growing lump on my right thumb at bottom on inside ,mines just hard skin and it doesnt bother me really.
Unless it grows to much that is lol

[CLEANCARE WC]

I was watching one of Lee Burghbridge videos ... the ionics one - entitled Lee meets the Ionics man - I think.

Anyway we're doing it all wrong. Right hand on the base of the pole and work with the hips.

Like your bayonetting someone  I bet Tosh has this technique down pat 

I have not done any "bayonetting" for some time 

[Roy Cauldery]

rotate the head / neck through 360 degrees

I tried this,but some wally got a priest in and then it was holy water and hail mary's and all sorts.
I wouldnt have minded , but it was the levitating that I couldn't get on with-don't like heights you see
Thats why we went wfp-work of Beelzebub himself,this magic water stuff
 

[Dave Anderson]

I see a chiropractor every 8 weeks for a 'click' session and have now started running again after work 3 days a week.  The combination of these 2 make me 'feel' better'.

Cheers
Dave.

[Splash 4 Cash]

we need to do some exercise to strengthen up for this job. know some one doing this job at 63 and he says he has not pain at all.

[mark dew]

Get a sports massage gazza. Once a month for £30 quid. For the sake of an hours work yourself is the best investment you will ever make.
Get on a yoga class as well if you can. In fact anything spiritual where you can truly relax for a few minutes will do aches and pains wonders.
I dunno about your thumb though??