The nocebo effect is quite powerful. I'm 22 years old and was in chronic pain for a year. I had trouble doing simple things like opening doors. Understanding

The nocebo effect is quite powerful. I'm 22 years old and was in chronic pain for a year. I had trouble doing simple things like opening doors. Understanding nocebos helped me cure my carpal/cubital tunnel and thoracic outlet problems. After wasting a lot of money on ergonomic setups and doctors I read Aaron Iba's post on how he cured his RSI [1]. One of my takeaways from subsequent reading and research was that the nocebo effect played a huge role in how I associated computer usage and programming with pain. When you expect an autonomic symptom, you are much more likely to experience it. Since treating myself with this in mind, along with other techniques such as those outlined by Aaron, it's been a couple months since I've been in pain from using a computer. http://aaroniba.net/articles/tmp/how-i-cured-my-rsi-pain.html http://aaroniba.net/articles/tmp/how-i-cured-my-rsi-pain.htm...