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I credit micro breaks and stretching as the main reason I got over my severe RSI [1]. Never really heard that surgeons had similar problems though, but I guess

I credit micro breaks and stretching as the main reason I got over my severe RSI [1]. Never really heard that surgeons had similar problems though, but I guess it is the same mechanism - too much fine motor action for too long without a break. [1] https://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/ https://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/

git_SHA 10y ago
This was an unexpected benefit of the Pomodoro technique for me. I ended up walking around during the forced breaks and it definitely reduced the physical stresses imposed by coding days.
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- chmackenzie 10y ago
  Pomodoro technique definitely transformed my work experience. A few wrist stretches and brief walk definitely improved focus, and relieved the wrist strain most coders are familiar with.
melling 10y ago
I remember reading this blog. There doesn't seem to one good way to cure RSI. There are tons of stories here with lots of different "solutions": https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...
- maxxxxx 10y ago
  The "one good way" to get RSI is repetitive action as the name already implies. So anything that breaks that repetition will help to some degree.
  - melling 10y ago
    Once you get it, it's extremely hard to figure out how to treat it. Sure, if you avoid the repetitive stress in the first place, that's ideal. For some people, once it happens, they can't reduce the "repetiveness" enough. http://looknohands.me/ http://looknohands.me/
- tcoff91 10y ago
  You're right that there isn't one way to cure RSI because RSI is an umbrella term for many different problems.
  - melling 10y ago
    Can you provide some examples? By not being specific when discussing it, it's harder for people to learn, and to figure out how to treat it.
    - dvtv75 10y ago
      In my experience, tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome are hand and wrist examples, tennis elbow, there are neck problems, upper back problems, shoulder problems, general muscle balance problems. I developed a click in my wrist from mousing for 10 hours a day at work, without a break. (Yeah, I know it is illegal, and so did they.) That took a few years to go away.

git_SHA 10y ago

This was an unexpected benefit of the Pomodoro technique for me. I ended up walking around during the forced breaks and it definitely reduced the physical stresses imposed by coding days.

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chmackenzie 10y ago
Pomodoro technique definitely transformed my work experience. A few wrist stretches and brief walk definitely improved focus, and relieved the wrist strain most coders are familiar with.

melling 10y ago

I remember reading this blog. There doesn't seem to one good way to cure RSI. There are tons of stories here with lots of different "solutions": https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

maxxxxx 10y ago
The "one good way" to get RSI is repetitive action as the name already implies. So anything that breaks that repetition will help to some degree.
- melling 10y ago
  Once you get it, it's extremely hard to figure out how to treat it. Sure, if you avoid the repetitive stress in the first place, that's ideal. For some people, once it happens, they can't reduce the "repetiveness" enough. http://looknohands.me/ http://looknohands.me/
tcoff91 10y ago
You're right that there isn't one way to cure RSI because RSI is an umbrella term for many different problems.
- melling 10y ago
  Can you provide some examples? By not being specific when discussing it, it's harder for people to learn, and to figure out how to treat it.
  - dvtv75 10y ago
    In my experience, tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome are hand and wrist examples, tennis elbow, there are neck problems, upper back problems, shoulder problems, general muscle balance problems. I developed a click in my wrist from mousing for 10 hours a day at work, without a break. (Yeah, I know it is illegal, and so did they.) That took a few years to go away.