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Preventing RSI?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the carpal-tunnel-and-friends dept.

conJunk asks: "How do you protect against RSI? I try to practice good typing habits, but without the aid of wrist splints, I tend to get cold wrists. The splints are great, but they slow down my typing by a fair bit. What do you all do?"

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  1. Re:Workrave by Bromskloss · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have workrave running on my computer. It's great!

    I tend to be sceptical when people recommend some program enthusiastically. I followed your advice, however, and it really is great! I immediately feel better!

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  2. Outsourcing by Inverted+Intellect · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to outsource all my typing to India.

    When my boss complained about my spelling and vocabulary, I told him I'd gotten dyslexic.

    atm, I'm an RSI-free full time couch potato. Too bad I can't outsource channel switching...

  3. Sue? by HaydnH · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Move to America
    2) Get RSI
    3) Sue
    4) PROFIT!!!

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  4. Wrist exercises? by lisaparratt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know I'll probably get the piss taken out of me for this, but I tend to do a lot of glowsticking - often up to an hour a day, in the privacy of my home. It's fun and fairly good exercise, plus it means gonig out clubbing all night doesn't leave me a smouldering wreck the morning after.

    It mostly involves fluidly moving the hands via the wrists faster than the eye can see, along with a fairly hefty dose of arm waving, continuously, for anywhere from an hour to ten hours.

    I've never been able to tell if it's good or bad for me. I don't have RSI, but then I didn't have it before I took up glowsticking, either.

    Anyone know? Us ravers need to know! :D

  5. RSI - stop it or you'll go blind! by Half+a+dent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since I stopped visiting "adult" web pages my wrist RSI has greatly improved!

    1. Re:RSI - stop it or you'll go blind! by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny
      Since I stopped visiting "adult" web pages my wrist RSI has greatly improved!

      This is slashdot. Of course this gets modded informative...

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  6. Re:Don't take medical advice from me... by The+Cydonian · · Score: 2, Funny
    In old days when people used typewriters there was never any RSI
    Then again, people in the old days didn't slack off in front of typewriters, trying to be funny in responding to strangers across the world... ;-)
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  7. Re:Go by what you feel by The+Fun+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you feel something hurting, stop. right away. Then look at what you're doing and what could cause it, and try something different.

    The same advice could be given to undergraduates taking CompSci courses.

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  8. Re:Cold wrists? by billcopc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well jiminy the man doesn't have RSI, he just hasn't paid his heating bill since the dot com bust!

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