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May I ask what your age is? Also, when you got the RSI did you have symptoms before that you ignored or was it a binary affair (ie. it just hit you hard one da
by aerique 14y ago
May I ask what your age is?
Also, when you got the RSI did you have symptoms before that you ignored or was it a binary affair (ie. it just hit you hard one day and you had RSI).
I ask since I am 38 now and have been using computers (gaming and coding mostly) multiple hours per day since I was 12 or so. However, I have always listened to my body and naturally get breaks by getting a glass of water every 30 to 60 minutes.
- henrik_w 14y agoI was 39 when I got it. It took about 6 months to develop from no symptoms at all to really bad. Before the first symptoms I hadn't had any problems at all (and I have been programming since I was 15). In retrospect, I should have done much more as soon as I felt the first symptoms. However, I didn't really know what to do, and I was sort of just hoping that it would go away by itself. Then I went to see several doctors, but none of them could help. It was only when I started doing my own research that I found effective ways to deal with it. Also, it seems pretty clear from the research I did that not everybody will get RSI, even if they work just like I did. But the problem is that we don't know beforehand who will get it. Listening to your own body is a good precaution though. I wasn't very good at that I think.
- nazgob 14y agoI got one when I was 28, 2 years later I'm almost good. Breaks(I use MacBreakZ on OSX and Workrave on Windows), Colemak, Kinesis keyboard, trackball and regular stretching helped me a lot.