Grating Cheese - why do I find it so painful?

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I know it is way, way cheaper to buy blocks of cheese and grate them, but it really, really physically hurts me to do it.

I see people on tv grating a block quickly with no fuss, so it obviously can’t be hurting them.

Whenever I grate cheese, the pain in my hands and fingers from holding the cheese and pushing on it and holding the grater from sliding away makes it agonising. I have to keep stopping and waiting, for the pain to ease and then do a bit more. It takes me ages to do a block.

I am late 40’s but have got arthritis in my knuckles and wrists which probably doesn’t help. I can’t bring myself to pay extra to buy grated cheese, but I now find myself avoiding any food with grated cheese as the pain really gets to me plus it takes me so long to do it.

Does anyone else have this issue? Is there an obvious solution that I am missing here please?

@EspressoButler If you do a fancy flourish of grated cheese over a veg side ( and then stash the rest in the fridge) no-one will notice, I promise!

I'm not sure I could get away with getting them to regrout the bathroom or my tax return, though....step too far, Espresso. Step too far

I buy grated cheese

Get an electric grater