Miners' Cramp

MINERS" CRAMP. a= 66 or diathermy, is used in addition to massage for pain over the wrist; when this is associated with stiffness, faradism to the forearm muscles is .sometimes tried, also siniusoidal current ar-nm baths. Wheni stiffness of the joinlts persists after eiglht weeks without pain, the masseuse gives mo-emiient of the stiff joints with a steady pull on the resisting muscles. The patient also performs activ-e nolbilitv exer- cises-pronatioIn and supination with a weighted stick, and wrist flexion and extensioi bly lmeanis of a pulley, the patient assisting movement by pulling on the rope with the sound hand. To lengthen the lever arm, the hand is fixed in a clamp and the rope attached to a bar projecting from the distal end].