Awareness? Awareness of what?
Awareness of a rare condition know a Hair Twirlers Elbow aka H.T.E.
Symptoms of H.T.E consist of highly defined forearm muscles of one arm (usually the flexor capri ulnaris and palmaris longus, the two muscles responsible for movement of the thumb and first two fingers) slight pain in the ulnar collateral ligament and tightness in the deltoid of the afflicted arm.
If you know people that twirl their hair, please warn them of this rare condition. It can be a pain. I am trying to stop twirling my hair, but it is so soft and provides a self soothing affect to twirl it around my fingers, but it is beginning to affect my typing. There are no local support groups, so I am on my own trying to work through it.
When I notice I am reaching for my hair to start twirling, I ask myself if I am upset. If the answer is no, I ask myself then why are you trying to soothe yourself by twirling your hair? If the answer is yes, then I ask myself is twirling your hair going to help your upset? I am diligently working on resolving my own H.T.E. condition through behavior modification and a consistent application of arnicare gel.
Awareness is half the battle. Please spread the word.
I twirl my hair too! Maybe it is a cousin thing. I finally mostly broke myself of the habit, but when I was little I practically had a bald spot from twirling my hair. And even as an adult, I've had hair dressers comment on how weird it was that one side of my hair was so much thinner than the other. I manage to keep my fingers out of my hair now, but I've noticed the fringe on one of our couch throw pillows has some long loose threads and I keep twirling those when I watch TV. Soooooooooooooo soothing. I don't know why. :-)
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