Right wrist pain

If u figure it out let me know. My wrist always hurts too. Not sure if from the winch bar or throwing straps. But definitely from something related to flatbed because it didn't exist before.

 

I’ve been doing skateboarding most of my trucking life, I’ve been injured, had pains in wrist, arms, shoulders etc. It’s never had stopped me from anything. I’ve never thought about a technique. Only different thing I did last year was get a longer winch bar and bought a few ratchet binders. I run local so I’m always either throwing straps or chains through out the day. One thing I’ll add is on tall steel loads, I’ll throw a rope over and hook the end of the chain hook to pull the chain over. Other than that, it’s just another day at the office, pain or no pain.

 

If it's from the winch bar just switching to left hand use should help some, it'll be awkward as all get out at first but if you force yourself to you can be semi ambidextrous.

 

The real question to ask, is what are you doing with your wrists that is causing the pain? For instance, if you are macho and hand winding your straps, that could be the issue and then when using the winch bar, it shows up. If you are using to much body weight to tighten down the load, and concentrating your body weight on your wrists, as you say you used to do with the straight arm until your shoulders started hurting, that could be the problem. Only you, and maybe a good physical therapist can figure out what you're doing wrong.
One thing you can try, is first using a wrist wrap/splint to help stabilize that area when you work. Don't forget, if you are also using a manual transmission, that your wrist is doing a lot of work regularly, using that shifter and when you start using the winch bar, you may be just putting weight and injury on something that's actually a repetitive stress injury from shifting all the time. If it's concerning enough, see a physical therapist for diagnostic and therapy options.
Good luck, take care of your self.

 

No kidding. I'm a pro painter, used to do taping, masking, brushing, rolling, moving ladders and spraying whole day long and my wrists were doing "a lot of work" daily pulling that trigger up to 4 a second and moving the spray gun wherever it had to be.. etc)

No kidding. I'm a pro driver, shifting shifter whole day long and steering that wheel, wrenching sometimes, holding cup of coffee sometimes, unscrewing bottle of water (all by my wrist!), scratching, turning switches on and off.. etc)

No kidding. Pains in the joints are caused mostly by the inflammation, which is caused by too much carbs intake and/or sugar. Lower that body fat producing intake will lower body inflammation.

No kidding. Do not lay on the winch, ever - use arm only, as much as it pulls and no more. If there is a need to pull it more, grab the bar by both hands and pull it "falling back". Never have your head, body parts in any way in the way of the bar in case it "springs back". Do not keep your hand on the shifter while driving, vibration will destroy the joints. Watch YT for more info...)

PS: this precious writing was addressed to the OP, quotes were used for reference only and no harm was done to the writer's wrists while typing.

 

Not sure what is causing the pain, but something that may help is a longer winch bar for more leverage and less work. I’ve suggested this in other threads: hook two winch bars together, It’s a quick and easy alternative to welding something to your bar (others may suggest finding a length of steel pipe that fits over your winch bar which works fine too).

 

Wild guess.

Are you holding the bar like you would a pistol?
Excess force in that motion of “pointing the pistol up and down using only your wrist “ may be the issue.

For the last tightening stroke, try palm down, left hand over right wrist/hand.

 

Excessive force......pointing......tightening stroke....... this thread has gone sideways!

 

It got physical)

The weight pressure on the wrist can NOT do any harm, unless there is a problem to begin with. Push ups, weights lifting, push ups on parallel bars (which is the same as tying strap down), etc.. do not harm anything wrist related. It was designed to "hold the weight" of the body and some.