Bill Simmons

If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book in 2009, I would have jumped around like Joe Carter in the 1993 World Series. I love it. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't like it. The only thing I worry about is carpal tunnel syndrome - my last tour almost caused it.

American Journalist

Lynn Coady

As a novelist, you have to pick your battles. You are tired. You have begun to experience the first ominous tinglings of carpal tunnel syndrome. You wake up in the middle of the night with both hands lying across your chest like a couple of plucked bird carcasses, dead of all sensation.

Canadian Novelist

Amanda Seales

Cornrows came back with a vengeance in the early '00s with every dude trying to grow his hair out to get 'braided up.' It was crazy. Girls were getting carpal tunnel in hoods across America trying to make plaits out of 1.5 inches of ungreased hair.

American Comedian

Robert Greenwald

You're talking to somebody who two years ago couldn't figure out how to use e-mail and who now has carpal tunnel. It has totally changed in that these films would not be getting out to people the way they're getting out without the Internet.

American Director

Used in medical or anatomical contexts to discuss wrist-related subjects.

Technical Term

Often associated with conditions affecting the wrist, like carpal tunnel syndrome.

Common Conditions

Carpal also refers to studies or activities involving the wrist, not just injuries or conditions.

Not Always Injuries

Carpal is used to identify one of the small bones in the wrist, not other parts of the arm.