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Google Staff MD on Carpal Tunnel & RSI

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. Exoticism? by Potor · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    There is a Chinese saying that "To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."
    Sure, the Chinese may have said this. But this is hardly exotic, oriental wisdom. This is the basis insight of Aristotle too.