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How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Re: How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Post by ErrantX »

Im still sceptical :)

Less, though, than when I opened the article; I have independently noticed my RSI worsens when stressed. Im not sure I buy the mumbo jumbo about the solution as much as I buy the explanation of why stress could affect it.

I use a powerball daily which has really helped. Saw the same issues with massage that the article writer had (short term fix) but it feels really great so I stuck with that=. But the powerball seems to really keep it in bay (I think it is the rotational stuff that helps).

When really stressed I do pull ups and press ups to stretch the relevant muscles.

Re: How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Post by Luc »

sshumaker wrote: post #5

I too, encountered crippling RSI pain, and eventually switched to a kinesis keyboard ( http://www.kinesis-ergo.com ). While the keyboards are crazy expensive, and a bit flaky, they completely cured my carpal tunnel. The downside is, I'm now stuck hauling around this weird, non-standard keyboard. :)

Same here. Had nasty pains in both wrists and tried a lot of things until I finally purchased a Kinesis (the current model is this one: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage_pro.htm ) and a Kensington Epert Mouse trackball. I had to learn to type again, but am now faster and completely pain-free for about 6 years.

Re: How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Post by usaar333 »

I have tendinitis in my wrists to the point that I need to wear braces whenever I use a computer.

I'm pretty skeptical of his claims, though I too agree with what he notes as useless.

The only thing that has worked for me has been strengthening my wrists. I do about 600 reps a day (variety of axes and loads) and it has stabilized my RSI.

Oh - and I make sure that my keyboard is rather low.

Re: How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Post by paulbaumgart »

m_eiman wrote: post #6

It's not actually about "How the technique works", it's more "This book worked for me, but I'm not going to give you even a slight hint about how so go buy the book". Anyone have a link to the actual "How" part?

http://podolsky.everybody.org/rsi/ has a summary.

The book is worth reading. It worked for curing similar wrist pain that I suffered starting about 1.5 years ago. I actually managed to cure it just by reading about Dr. Sarno's ideas online, as unlikely as that sounds. I bought the book, after, though, to get more details. I think he takes it too far in terms of the types of ailments to which he ascribes a purely psychological origin. But I was definitely impressed with how effective his explanation/techniques were for wrist pain.

Re: How I Cured my RSI Pain

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Post by vai »

I actually had chronic RSI (CTS) from the age of 16~ due to studying/practicing music (brass/guitar/piano), and a lesser extent computing.

I'd tried pretty much everything in that list, as well as an operation on my right wrist. I won't say nothing worked .. because I was able to go from not being able to hold a pen .. to not being able to hold a plate :)

I'd actually given up (both therapy, and Music/Software Engineering) due to nothing seemingly working, and by chance started hitting the gym. As a part of my regular workout I integrated some basic wrist exercises (initially, I think it was wrist curls / reverse wrist curls).

So fast forward 10+ years and I now have absolutely zero problems. In hindsight I'm sure it was a combination of all the treatments and building significant forearm strength .. but not one Doctor, or Physiotherapist mentioned physical training as part of the path to recovery/prevention.

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