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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. :)
Since then, as long as I used standalone keyboards I bought cheap keyboards where the situation of my fingertips hitting the key caps was that the caps evaded my fingers a little and required some kind-of adjusting of my finger movements to the individual key once my fingertips hit the key in question.
I guess the added movement helped to relax my fingers.
I had very similar symptoms to this guy (pain starting in the wrists and then forearms/elbows). I have adjusted my typing habits and daily routine as follows: * Exercise arms with light weights (~10lbs) * Adjusted chair height * Started using a real keyboard (I think typing on a MBP for extended periods was a big contributor to my RSI) * Drink more water, get better sleep, get some kind of exercise These days, I don'…
The touch pad on the MBP causes me a lot of pain as well. I started carrying around a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer and had the touchpad turn off when a mouse is plugged in. I'm now able to type for long periods of time without killing my wrist or thumb. (It's still hard to break the habit of tapping the pad with my thumb to click.)
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. :)
His experience matches mind as well. Horrible RSI persisting for years, with non of the conventional treatments effective beyond a short amount of time. After doing a _lot_ of research into this, I experienced an almost complete short-term recovery. It wasn't just lack of pain... muscles that felt perpetually taut and ropey were suddenly softened, and I became extraordinarily thirsty for a couple of days as healing s…
Then I hit the next chapter where he lists Deepak Chopra as a supporting figure for the TMP idea. At that point, it's an instant Home, Left Arrow, Remove From Device.
If the author of this article is reading this : can you please provide a timeline of events? Spreadsheet with column A = date, column B = event, column C = number of hours per day of typing at this point. Events include {Started Acupuncture, Started using ergonomic product A, EtherPad acquired}, etc; I wish to exclude these 2 possible reasons for the cure: a) a simple reduction in the number of hours on the keyboard…
no wonder your name at HN is _debug_
Chiropractor, Hand Surgeons, Acupuncture, Massage... what's missing here is a physiotherapist. My girlfriend suffered from career threatening RSI (though RSI is actually a pretty useless term, since it works as an umbrella term for dozens of completely different possible problems). We found her a physio but they didn't really help. Then we found her an excellent physio (recommended by numerous friends) who spent 6 mo…
I have been having wrist problems for about 6 months now, i live in Worthing and would really appreciate the details on the physio you recommend in brighton
Thanks .
Thanks .