I developed what I thought was carpal tunnel. I went to the doctor and had xrays. They said they could see nothing wrong. I was in serious pain. I switched

I developed what I thought was carpal tunnel. I went to the doctor and had xrays. They said they could see nothing wrong. I was in serious pain. I switched to a trackball, and I did experiments with my desk height, keyboard, monitor height, standing desks, posture, yoga, stretching, sleeping with braces, cold and hot compresses... I'm ashamed that I debug computer programs for a living but I couldnt figure it out. In the same year, I had started using a machete to chop soft wood pine trees down in my new backyard. I didnt own a chainsaw and it was hilarious to me the method. There was enough delay between the activity and pain that I never figured it out. My wrists started to feel after a year or so of not doing this ridiculous activity. How did it finally click? I randomly chopped one straggler tree down that I had missed, and a week later was back in agony. So, really step back and try to look at the big picture. Sometimes we can be blind.