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Sample size of one and all that, but weightlifting is the only thing that helped my RSI. I've tried everything: Kinesis keyboards, trackballs, ergonomic mice, e

by m0zg 7y ago

Sample size of one and all that, but weightlifting is the only thing that helped my RSI. I've tried everything: Kinesis keyboards, trackballs, ergonomic mice, etc. Nothing worked. I couldn't sleep properly some nights due to constant pain. I took up weightlifting, and my RSI was gone within a month. And back pain was gone as well. What's frustrating is that _not a single doctor_ suggested physical exercise. Some prescribed expensive PT. Some prescribed some stupid hand stretching exercises which only seemed to make things worse. One prescribed massage (nope, doesn't help with RSI). Ever since then I'm pretty convinced that most musculoskeletal and tendon chronic ailments are due to either the lack of muscle development (especially in the back and legs/knees) or due to unbalanced muscle development.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
My ex lifted weights and also spent a lot of time at a computer. He began having pain when he stopped lifting for a time. He saw a doctor and the conclusion was that he was in pain because he hadn't been lifting. He resumed lifting and it went away. But, yeah, generally speaking, I'm pretty frustrated with how common it is for doctors to not tell patients about simple fixes that don't involve drugs or surgeries. Sometimes you get generic handouts with information about, for example, how cleaning can serve as a first line of defense with allergies and respiratory problems, but we don't really promote such approaches in earnest. Interventions that don't involve drugs or surgery are often treated like they don't really count in some sense.
- m0zg 7y ago
  Allergies are frustrating as well. Before I moved to the US I had no allergies at all. I grew up in a place where ragweed grows dense and 6 feet tall. There are plenty of allergens there, and yet I was fine. Like with my RSI I went to the doctors, they did tests, prescribed medications, and my life still kind of sucked for a good chunk of the year. And then I bought a house and started gardening with my bare hands (giving my immune system better things to worry about), and things are much easier now, allergy-wise, though still not ideal. And yet, no doctor in the US will prescribe that you expose yourself to dirt and germs from time to time.

by m0zg 7y ago

DoreenMichele 7y ago

My ex lifted weights and also spent a lot of time at a computer. He began having pain when he stopped lifting for a time. He saw a doctor and the conclusion was that he was in pain because he hadn't been lifting. He resumed lifting and it went away. But, yeah, generally speaking, I'm pretty frustrated with how common it is for doctors to not tell patients about simple fixes that don't involve drugs or surgeries. Sometimes you get generic handouts with information about, for example, how cleaning can serve as a first line of defense with allergies and respiratory problems, but we don't really promote such approaches in earnest. Interventions that don't involve drugs or surgery are often treated like they don't really count in some sense.

m0zg 7y ago
Allergies are frustrating as well. Before I moved to the US I had no allergies at all. I grew up in a place where ragweed grows dense and 6 feet tall. There are plenty of allergens there, and yet I was fine. Like with my RSI I went to the doctors, they did tests, prescribed medications, and my life still kind of sucked for a good chunk of the year. And then I bought a house and started gardening with my bare hands (giving my immune system better things to worry about), and things are much easier now, allergy-wise, though still not ideal. And yet, no doctor in the US will prescribe that you expose yourself to dirt and germs from time to time.