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Google Staff MD on Carpal Tunnel & RSI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wrists-to-sore-to-make-sarcastic-quip dept.

bariswheel writes "Every older and some younger Slashdotters have been subject to that tingling feeling in your wrist after countless hours of hacking, cracking, or playing CS. This Google Blog, posted by the Staff MD addresses this serious symptom that could potentially lead to "compression of the nerve which can cause numbness or tingling and eventually weakness if the nerve is damaged severely." Didn't think hard work would hurt anybody right?"

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  1. Used to have that problem by DoctorPepper · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then I bought a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. I don't much like MS software, but their hardware is first-rate. I can (and do) sit in front of my computer and write code for hours on end, with no problems. I even bring on with me on contract jobs.

    I have a couple of extra, just in case this one croaks. I haven't noticed the natural keyboard in stores lately.

    --

    No matter where you go... there you are.
  2. It's all about posture. by Ryvar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was starting to get the tingling in the nerves of my right hand recently at 25 - and I've spent nearly every day, at least 12 hours, on the keyboard since highschool. Sometimes I'll go a few months, solid, in front of the screen 16/7. At first I thought it was just age and wear and tear on my wrists, but then I noticed something - the new high-back executive chair I bought sat lower, at its maximum height, than my previous chair.

    So I bought a new chair that sat higher with higher armrests, and haven't had even a whisper of a problem since. I'm convinced the problem is largely one of ergonomics and posture.

    --Ryvar