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Re: Look, no hands

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Post by jostylr »

mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

A scientifically minded approach to pain can be found at https://www.painscience.com/ No magic bullets, but perhaps something that can help.

As for my two cents, I like trigger points. I have used that technique effectively for years to eliminate angry pain. While the science is apparently still questionable, it is a simple method (find some painfully acute spots somewhere around sources of pain and massage it for 20 seconds or so, several times a day). It is talked about at the site above in addition to a variety of other pain management notions, mainly with a scientifically disappointing dose of reality mixed into it all.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by roma1n »

tomblomfield wrote: post #76
noonespecial wrote: post #68

File in the "for what its worth" file: When I started to get some pain in my wrists, I noticed it most when I was using photoshop and clicking a great deal. I tore apart an old USB mouse and wired a pair of foot switches in so I could click with my feet as well. It helped quite a bit. Now I rather prefer it, especially the right click action.

That's a really fun idea. I wonder how you could control programs differently with 2 or even 4 input devices? Ie, twin cursors on the screen, each controlled by a separate mouse? Tablets introduced a number of interesting new interface mechanisms - double tap, pinch, stretch etc. Could we bring these to non touch-screens?

Sure, have a look at ICon (for instance) if you want to add custom input devices to your setup : http://inputconf.sourceforge.net/

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by quantgenius »

Hi Michelle, I was wondering if you had tried the Tyler Twist or the reverse Tyler Twist. I had tennis elbow and golfer's elbow and nothing worked until I tried those exercises.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

Tombone5 wrote: post #65

tl;dr. Young ambitious person gets first chance at job she is trained for, feels pressure to work long hours without complaint. Because of too much work, now she can't use her arms half of the time, instead draws with nose and made portfolio site with nose-drawing as central focus.

There's also the part where she moved to a country with very expensive health care.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

meepmorp wrote: post #37

Just reading the responses here - am I the only person who has zero problem using a trackpad and keyboard with my hands for >=8 hours a day? Maybe it's that I'm not a designer and so the precision of my motions isn't such that I'd experience problems like this. I think the only problem I've ever had was back when I tried using a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and my hands were sore after an hour. Also, good for her, fin…

> am I the only person who has zero problem using a trackpad and keyboard with my hands for >=8 hours a day?

Of course not, it's just selection bias. People without similar problems don't feel the need to provide contrasting (and unavoidably boring) stories.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by smoyer »

mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

I read the entire article and was amazed ... not by your solution per-se but rather by your attitude. I don't know anything about you but I'm going to say your greatest asset is your sense-of-humor (even shown in the picture). You're obviously talented - so much so that it had to ooze out of you somehow, but most people wouldn't consider doing what you've managed to do (and certainly wouldn't have publicized it).

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by ansible »

arjie wrote: post #17

The elasticity of the brain is incredibly impressive. Very neat solution. My parents are surgeons, and I know they worry at least a little bit about the safety of their hands. While my hands are definitely very important to my being able to work I know I don't worry as much as they do. That's funny, because for the most part I think about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as a career-ending condition. I recently suffered some a…

Learning all the different movement commands in vim is quite worthwhile.

For just paging through code, I've also mapped the space bar to be page down in command mode, which I find quite convenient.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by neaanopri »

mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

Has the sensitivity of your n'ose changer at all?

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by qwerta »

My cousin was born without hands. He is using his feets for most things. Today he is 22, he drives a car, handles computer and tablets... His typing is ok, so he could be programmer if he chooses to. And he wants (and probably will) to move to his own place.

He does not use special devices, just big mouse and large AT/IBM keyboard.

Re: Look, no hands

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Post by rndn »

Htsthbjig wrote: post #79
mvandy wrote: post #69

I'm Michelle (the girl in the video). This thread is really fascinating to me. I'll add some more details to the discussion below. I was diagnosed with epicodylitis (tennis albow) and I tried a range of different treatments: electrical therapy, accipunture, anti-inflammatory tablets and some kind of light therapy(?) But without any results (probably why I can't remember the last treatment). Also notised there were so…

Amazing story. Necessity is the mother of invention. I use crazy input devices on crazy ways too. Magic trackpad and a 3d connection 3d mouse on a TV arm screwed to the wall along the computer screen so I can work standing up or with a stool. A a lap-along wearable stenotype device instead of keyboard. Speech recognition for other things. I can work much better, more comfortable and faster than anybody else after yea…

It seems to me the more different input devices, the better, because one can quickly switch the input device when it becomes too repetitive. I’m currently experimenting with a vertical mouse (Anchor), a handheld trackball (IMAGE), a handheld touchpad (Perixx), a vertical keyboard (Kinesis Freestyle2), an ergonomic keyboard (Kinesis Advantage), a sitting/standing desk (IKEA) and a sitting ball. The most effective changes seem to be the vertical keyboard, the remote trackball, the new desk and a couple of streching exercises I started doing. While the Advantage does relieve the pinkies in Emacs, it still feels inferior to the vertical Freestyle2 because the forearms are still in a twisted pose. I think I tend to overly cramp my hands and fingers so that I’m experiencing RSI even without overly long working hours.
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