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I had tingling pain with a fitbit and I have solved it. Loosen it fully at night and the tingling stops.
by rmtech 6y ago
I had tingling pain with a fitbit and I have solved it. Loosen it fully at night and the tingling stops.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoSorry, that's not it for me or many others who face the same issue. As I've mentioned in the blog, I've loosened it to the max with multiple fitbits and I always end up with pain; unless I switch off the heart rate monitor. When the heart rate monitor is switched off, there is no pain/tingling even if I wear it tight and this has been corroborated by many others in fitbit/apple watch forums. But since, most of these cases are due to wearing it tight (or the manufacturers want to project it that way) the heart rate monitor issue is not getting enough attention.
- rmtech 6y agothat is interesting. I also switch from left to right. Maybe that makes a difference? The other thing is that the two explanations are not mutually exclusive. Once you loosen it fully it moves around on your arm, which might move the harmful parts away from whatever is vulnerable. Do we know what exactly causes the tingling? My left hand is still numb almost a week after I was first injured.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoSwitching hands doesn't make a difference. Although loosening might help you place heart rate monitor at a different place or avoid direct contact with skin; in my(our) experience switching off HR produced definitive results immediately. The reason for why HR does this is speculative(I've covered in my blog), as long as the consumers demand strong action from the manufacturers we're not going to find the reason.