First of all, I can't say anything about the insurance side, and such, since that is all rather different in my part of the world.
Last year, I finally had to admit that I was having too many pain problems in my arms. Both the company doctor and my "own" gp came to the same diagnosis: CTS in my right wrist and bursitis in my left shoulder.
First thing the company doctor had me do, was take rest - staying at home. While that helped for short terms, it also meant that I got less resistance against pain, meaning that the pain came back and got worse quicker, whenever I tried to do even the smallest thing. (Gotta love having to clean the kitchen, when you just dropped your food, cause it hurt too much and the arm is too weak!)
We then went for three months of therapy.
This therapy consisted of three parts:
90 minutes of exercises, three days a week, building up strength and resistance to pain. They consisted mostly of the usual mixture of cardio and physical exercises, but with a smaller group of people than normally in a sports school, and with a physio therapist looking after us all the time.
A number of talks with a psycho therapist, giving one a chance to talk about possible stressful situations at work - or elsewhere - that can have a very negative influence on ones health.
Four visits to my own workplace by another physio therapist, to verify the working situation and suggest changes (that were, thankfully, implemented by my employer).
During those three months, I slowly started working more hours again. From 0 hours a week when I started, to 30 hours a week by the end. This process went on during the period after those three months, till I was back to my normal 40 hours a week, about two months later.
Am I completely healthy again? Yes, sorta...
Yes, I can do my job again normally, and I do not have any pains whatsoever in my arms. But I have to make sure, even better than before, that I take regular breaks away from the computer.
For that my employer uses a program called WorkPace which, when set up correctly, forces one into a better "break rhythm". At first, being interrupted by micropauses and restbreaks, but it sure helps!
There are other programs that offer comparable functions, like the excellent open source (GNU GPL) program Workrave, which I use at home.
While I have seen Klez in my inbox a few times, lately I see Yaha-E all the time.
(Seems right now, Yaha-E is the biggest in the Netherlands - one wonders what the maker has against us poor Dutchies... *G*)
The capacity was the same as some 3.5" drives of the same era (a whopping 1.2G or 2.4G, IIRC), but the BigFoot drives were quieter and somewhat faster.
Actually, they even made them upto 8.4G (at least).
As to speed - they were usually less fast then their 3.5" counterparts.
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I thought I had friends, but have yet to get an invite... *G*
First of all, I can't say anything about the insurance side, and such, since that is all rather different in my part of the world.
Last year, I finally had to admit that I was having too many pain problems in my arms. Both the company doctor and my "own" gp came to the same diagnosis: CTS in my right wrist and bursitis in my left shoulder.
First thing the company doctor had me do, was take rest - staying at home. While that helped for short terms, it also meant that I got less resistance against pain, meaning that the pain came back and got worse quicker, whenever I tried to do even the smallest thing. (Gotta love having to clean the kitchen, when you just dropped your food, cause it hurt too much and the arm is too weak!)
We then went for three months of therapy.
This therapy consisted of three parts:
During those three months, I slowly started working more hours again. From 0 hours a week when I started, to 30 hours a week by the end. This process went on during the period after those three months, till I was back to my normal 40 hours a week, about two months later.
Am I completely healthy again? Yes, sorta...
Yes, I can do my job again normally, and I do not have any pains whatsoever in my arms. But I have to make sure, even better than before, that I take regular breaks away from the computer.
For that my employer uses a program called WorkPace which, when set up correctly, forces one into a better "break rhythm". At first, being interrupted by micropauses and restbreaks, but it sure helps!
There are other programs that offer comparable functions, like the excellent open source (GNU GPL) program Workrave, which I use at home.
Grtz,
Frodo
Hmm... Is Anonymous that hard to spell? ;)
While I have seen Klez in my inbox a few times, lately I see Yaha-E all the time. (Seems right now, Yaha-E is the biggest in the Netherlands - one wonders what the maker has against us poor Dutchies... *G*)
I always thought it was a test for software DVD players... ;)
Actually, they even made them upto 8.4G (at least).
As to speed - they were usually less fast then their 3.5" counterparts.