Anyone have hand trouble or worn out finger or thumb joints ? Docter say years ago , thumb joint is worn out an no cartilage. It is worse ever in last month half, I bought thumb stabilizer, for nite. Sleep with thumb bent in, an bad pain straighten out, daytime.i can hear loud click noises bend thumb, an pain,i can work, some things hard or bad, I have trouble set trap now , with glove hand, well have go doc sometime, not sure if get screw put joint if can bend enough to trap ? I think docter say yrs ago, not able to set trap or do lot kinds work, if screw thumb, u should use connibear tongs Everytime an not be lazy to grab them an set traps without a setter, with glove hand

my hands are beat but still goin,cut tendons in my left thumb and next finger yrs ago and they will really start hurtin but go numb eventually.can tell how cold it really is by them.

This is when the one handed Setters really shine.

Yep, it is a slow degeneration all the way to the grave! My middle knuckle on my right hand is where it started, about fifeteen years ago. Has slowly spread to the fore finger and knuckle next to the first one, and now is starting to really pain my left hand in the same joints. Can't grip things anymore and cannot make a fist with my right hand. Only real relief from pain I've found is a roll on that we make up of olive oil and a few drops of three essential oils, Panaway, Valor, and Peppermint. It immediately takes the pain away, and use it several times a day. Talked to a doc about it, he said that those oils have a lot anti immflamitory agents in them. It is the best solution that I have found, and I've tried about everything out there. One last thought, the doc that I saw origially when all this started, said that eventually your nerves would "burn out" and it wouldn't hurt so bad, and that has happened to some extent in my original knuckle, but when weather changes come or they get cold, they all hurt bad, and that oil that I mentioned is thhe best I've found. If interested in the mix, just say the word!

Lee, would you mind making the list public?

Went on a road trip all I had for a hand sanitizer was a old spray can of Lysol that I used at places I dealt with the public. I was surprised how much it took the stiffness out of my ring finger knuckle not recommending using it all of the time but I was shocked how well it worked.

My thumbs are about all that work correctly with me......

Where can I find information on them. Lawdog
I took a header off a roof that I was installing the top of a chimney on and broke my wrist badly. I missed all season

I've broke and dislocated my fingers so many times that they all hurt now, knuckles stay swelled. This was the latest one

OneHandSetter is on here Dave is a great guy to deal with send him a PM

I dislocate my ring finger on my dominate right hand and it looked just like the one in the picture. Docs set it for a week in a splint, it would not stay so the tried it another week.
After that it was three surgeries and it is fused.
Getting old is not all that easy. LOL
Mac

There is setting tools for not only the one that is stated for conibears , there is also some out there to make it easy to set coilsprings and long springs . This is what I use here is the links to some of it https://www.fntpost.com/Products/Trap+Setters/Coil+Spring+Trap+Setters https://www.fntpost.com/Products/Trap+Setters/RTS+Trap+Setter As for the Bridger #5 DLS I had got the setting tool when I had got the trap knowing one day I will need to use them ,Hope this will help someone .

Thanks coydog2, I've seen these before but completely forgot about them

Not at all. I was originall turned on to Panaway from a trapper in Wy that had had serious wrecks, and was hurt bad in the back. It.can be used straight up, but is very expensive. There are several size bottles of it. As usual, it's a bit cheaper in bigger sizes. Have taken it with good results internally, but must be mixed with an oil or you can't stand the power of it!

The roll on I use, comes from amizon.com. It is the blue one, and refillable. The essential oils are from Young Living, and we buy them through a friend that is a dealer, and her husband is a trapper friend of mine.

There is a mark on the roll on to fill the olive oil to, according to my wife. She said to put the drops of essential oils in the roll on then put the olive oil in it. Ten drops of each of the essential oils, Panaway, Valor, and peppermint. Like I said, it ain't a cheap thing to start into, but works very well. Takes the pain away in less than a minute on my bone on bone hands, and same on my back, when I have overdone and got it hurting. My wife has a bone on bone shoulder, and takes the pain out on it very quickly. I cannot see it not working on anyone that has these problems.

A trapper on the wildcrafting forum discussed on making a potion from cottonwood buds and olive oil or vitamin e for the carrier.

Mac that pinkie looks a little crooked!

Had my Medicare wellness appointment this week. Most things are going quite well but showed the doctor my hands. I have scar tissue build up in my palms. Quite a bit on my left and starting to get it in the right hand. Basically does not hurt, but is increasing in size and length. I am not getting any limitations yet. He showed me the long name for the issue and there is no cure, drug or treatment. Scar tissue building up over time due to use and abuse I guess.

Bryce

Right hand and left hand

RMTrapper-I have an axe you could borrow if you need it.

Moosetrot

Bruce T-Just noticed something in the first picture...looks like the rabbits are moving in on you, too! Careful!

Moosetrot