Hi - Unfortunately no solution for me. I’ve tried EVERY iteration of each series (including the latest S5 Titanium one).
I still get a dull ache/ wrist pain that radiates up my arm and to my shoulder. Within 30 minutes of removing, pain starts to subside and eventually goes.
Having spoken to a doctor I’ve been advised it’s an internal reaction to one or multiple materials in the watch. Nothing to do with Bluetooth or wireless signals as I exhibit no issues using my phone 6 hours a day!
THANK YOU for responding!
Extremely disappointed to hear this, but glad to get confirmation. I'd argue it is material independent as you've tried every single material available, and most of these materials are used for analog watches as well.
Exact same symptoms, but lucky me I also seem to have developed have a large bump in the wrist bone above where the watch sat that is not present on the other wrist. Going to get it x-rayed to be sure its nothing to worry about.
If I had to guess, it's either RF from the radios, or from the HR sensor (maybe the infrared light?) or both. For additional precision, I've only ever had non-lte watches (series 1, 3 and now 4) and when the watch is OFF or in power reserve, it feels completely fine.
For the last few months, I’ve had numbness and tingling in my left arm, which travels all the way up to my shoulder. At night, I feel a deep pain in my arm which sometimes keeps me up at night. It’s gotten so bad that I scheduled an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to see if I had impingement or a trapped nerve in my arm. After reading this thread, I took my Apple watch off and have not worn it for a couple of days. Oddly, the pain is subsiding.
It never dawned on me that it might be related to the Apple watch, but now I don’t know what to think.
Thank you also for posting. Very valuable insight. Again, disappointed and glad to see this at the same time. Given that the pain subsided when you took it off, unfortunately the root cause is clear.
Personally, I will discontinue use and return the watch. This is really disappointing- Apple Watch is the best tech I've owned in over a decade.
I Guess a way to involve the ‘process of elimination’, is wear the Apple Watch on the opposite wrist and see if it affects that arm, which by theory, the original arm that was affected by the pain should subside altogether.
Can't speak for the others here but I can confirm it happens on the other wrist as well, almost the same level of intensity despite the watch never being worn on the other wrist. In my case at least, I guess the 'sensitive to (whatever is causing it)' switch got flipped and now my body reacts the same way no matter where contact occurs. Even tried it on my ankle and it started tingling/numbing soon after,
As a certain youtuber says, my disappointment is immeasurable and indeed my day is ruined.