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I finally got RSI. I knew it would happen eventually since I'm on my computer all the time, so I just accepted it. When the pain in my wrist became too much, I'd shift positions or take a rest.
Then one day it occurred to me that I had gotten RSI right after getting a new watch. I loosened the watch by one notch and all symptoms disappeared.
This article is totally missing the basics. Exercise. I promise it will make ALL the difference. Get yourself a pull-up bar, and if you're feeling extra fancy, a dip bar. Push-ups, pull-ups, dips, and sit-ups. Every day. You'll be a coding machine. At the VERY least, push-ups. Every hour or two, take a break, knock off ten push-ups, walk around a bit, get some water, get back to work. I'll do this right at the office…
> Push-ups, pull-ups, dips, and sit-ups. Every day. You'll be a coding machine. At the VERY least, push-ups. ehhhh... years of daily pushups contributed to the slow shredding of cartilage in my wrist and two operations before i could type again. but > walk around a bit, get some water, [...] SLEEP. this. can't stress enough.
Also, stretch your arms.
For me, this book was a God-send:
https://www.amazon.com/Repetitive-Strain-Injury-Computer-Use...
I had pretty serious RSI issues a few years ago. Thanks to this book (and working out), I forgot all about it - you can do it, too!
A few years ago, I started feeling frequent hand and wrist pain. At the time I was writing a lot of code and also a lot of text. To attempt to fix it:
1) I learned more keyboard shortcuts and refactoring tools, so that I could write more code with less finger use.
2) I picked up a voice dictation system, went through the tedious process of getting comfortable with it, and switched to it for nearly all of my non-programming work.
Between these two things, I estimate my keyboard use declined by perhaps 75%. My productivity increased. Pain completely disappeared. Total cost, a few hundred dollars, including a decent wireless headset.
I was a bit paranoid about this in my mid 20's, so I learned touch-typing the Dvorak layout (well supported on all major OS's, so no problem using it everywhere), got myself a decent mechanical keyboard a few years later and I use vim for editing since forever (fewer key-combos is good against RSI, so modal wins out here). Most recently I have switched the Ctrl and Caps keys on my layout, which reduces a lot of stres…
How big of a difference did Dvorak make for you? While I feel no pain at all I'm pretty paranoid about getting any pain/RSI in the coming years (recent graduate now working full time)
I've been a Dvorak user for ~20 years. I only use a laptop, am working on it basically all day every day, and have terrible posture. And I've never had any RSI issues.
IIRC with Dvorak your fingers only travel about a third as much as when typing on a regular keyboard. Even if it hasn't been scientifically proven or whatever, imho anyone in the tech industry who isn't using Dvorak is crazy.
If you worked as an orchestra conductor, would you spend your weekends going to EDM shows without hearing protection? Of course not, because you make your living using your ears. Same idea.
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Exercise is the perfect cure if the problem is lack of exercise. In this guy's case, he tried exercise. Various types. He biked to work. It still didn't fix things. His problem was cold. There's probably not much else that could fix that.
FWIW I found biking terribly aggravating for RSI. It really is not an ergonomic position. I'd recommend nearly anything other than biking. Swimming, weight lifting, basketball, etc. Anything where you aren't still sitting.
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Do you mind sharing which cage and barbell you bought?
Barbell: Rogue 2.0 bar (cheap at $250, perfectly fine for newbie) Power cage [0] Realistically, the most expensive part of the setup was...the weights. Shipping that shit costs a lot, and they're not cheap to begin with. I bought some bumper plates for deadlifting, and a bunch more as regular plates. Total weight is like 400 - 500 lbs, I forget exactly. All in all, it cost me like....$1400 or so. Worth it if you know…
The problem turned out to be in the seams between products, not the individual pieces.
The mobo mount solves this by throwing away the table component from the keyboard/mouse equation - solving most posture problems. Try it out.
https://www.amazon.com/Mobo-Chair-Mount-Keyboard-System/dp/B...