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RSI Update: My Hands Have Been Better

Posted on January 22, 2006May 5, 2017

Is RSI something that one is ever completely cured of?  I’../2004/07/rsimy_condition.html”>here)  Although I still have trouble with my hands, I’ve been able to get back to a close-to-normal work load.  Since I work from home, I do spread my tasks out over the entire day (an hour here, do something away from the computer, an hour working–that kind of thing), so that helps.  I have a feeling I couldn’t handle eight hours a day hammering at a keyboard in some office for very long.  However, this is quite an improvement, since my hands used to hurt so much I could barely drive.  I still have hope that they’ll improve further if I try not to push things.

So, what have I done?  It’s hard to say that it’s been any one thing, because when you’../2004/11/flextend_week_1.html”>Flextend for about a year (and I still use the gloves from time to time), but it wasn’t the cure-all I’d hoped for (check them out if you haven’t though–it seems to work well for some people).

About a year ago, I replaced my TouchStream keyboard (which I never quite got the hang of) with a Kinesis ergonomic keyboard, which I like and plan to keep.  I also replaced my regular mouse with an iGesture (unfortunately FingerWorks, the company that makes this and the TouchStream, have gone out of business), which I also like a lot.  For a while I relied heavily on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, but I’ve been using it less lately as my hands have been bothering me less (so I’ve been able to type more).  I still think it’s an excellent tool, though.

Another thing that has changed is that I’ve lost about 25 pounds.  I wasn’t exactly a fatty before, but now I’m pretty lean.  Although I don’t remember discussing it in this blog before, I seem to remember reading about ties between obesity and RSI.  Like I said, I wasn’t obese, but I figure any little bit might help with these kind of things.  That much less stress on the body, ya know?

Lastly, the break reminder program.  I have it set to go off every 20 minutes I sit at the computer.  I’m not always good about obeying it, but I do try to at least get up and stretch a bit a couple times an hour.  Our bodies just weren’t built to sit in a chair hacking at a keyboard for hours in a row.

Anyway, I’ll post further updates if anything changes.  Good luck to everybody out there who is having trouble.

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