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Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by rmtech on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:03AM (#24649538)
that 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.

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Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by Abishek_Muthian on Sunday October 04, 2020 @11:42PM (#24684381)
Switching 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.

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