Hands Trembling?

How do I know if I have steady hands? I think that I dont, because my handwriting is not good and I am really pissed off because I think I have trembling hands that will not let me make my dreams become true (Become a surgeon), or I am just overreacting? How will I found out?

Reply 1

Thought about looking at your hands?

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

I has and I think that I am trembling a little bit but not at a big scale and I dont know if this is normal for all the people

Reply 3

Well, it would be impossible for us to tell. A 5 minute chat with your GP will be able to tell you a lot more than we can, especially seeing as they've had medical training and will probably understand how steady your hand needs to be.

Reply 4

LadyEnglish

Sometimes if you concentrate too much on your hands/any part of your body it trembles slightly. It's happened to me after physical excercise my hands seem to have a life on their own but it's never permanent. It may just be a nervous 'jilt' or a 'shiver' But if you're concerned see a GP. Good luck xxx

Reply 5

Ywiss

Everyone's hands shake slightly most of the time, because you're always exerting and stretching some muscles in them - this exertion makes them tremble a little.

Personally I wouldn't use handwriting as a measurement; some people just have the most awful handwriting, and others have good handwriting. It's partly the way you've been taught, how quickly you write, how you hold a pen, which makes your handwriting what it is.

Reply 6

Renal

Broadly, there are two kinds of tremor - resting tremor, where the hand trembles all the time, and intention tremor, where the hand trembles when it's being used (typically for fine motor tasks).

The tremor can then be split into fine - very small rapid movements - and gross - larger, more ragged movements.

I've got quite a nasty tremor myself but I can still do venipuncture (just :wink: