I inherited a predisposition to RSI and was headed for surgical intervention when I made a few minor life changes that cleared it up completely over the course

I inherited a predisposition to RSI and was headed for surgical intervention when I made a few minor life changes that cleared it up completely over the course of a few months. 1. I started taking huge doses of vitamin B6. 2. I moved my work space around a bit to allow for better typing and writing posture. 3. I switched to a good buckling-spring (mechanical) keyboard, like the IBM Model M or one of its successors from Unicomp[1]. 4. I switched to the dvorak keyboard layout, which reduces the awkward twists/bends that qwerty forces on us. 5. I stopped writing with ballpoints, rollerballs, or any type of pen other than a fountain pen. 6. I purchased the book Write Now by Barbara Getty and Inga Dubay and learned their italic and cursive italic handwriting, which is much better for the hands than how most of us were taught to write in school. 7. I keep mousing (esp. use of "eraser mouse" or touchpad pointing devices on my laptop) to an absolute minimum. ...and that's it. I've been RSI-free for about a decade. The only caveat I have is that my RSI was in my wrists and the backs of my hands/third knuckles. It was not in my fingers at the second knuckle as your pictures show. I'm not sure that this makes a difference, but I'm not sure that it doesn't, either. I still spend most of my typical day typing, and a lot of time writing longhand. I don't take any scheduled breaks from either (just the usual pause-to-think/snack/etc) or do exercises for it -- I tried both of those things and they did nothing for me. Good luck, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. RSI is not fun. --Susan [1]: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html