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Indeed. Typing timers like xwrits (http://www.lcdf.org/xwrits/ http://www.lcdf.org/xwrits/) and workrave (http://www.workrave.org/welcome/ http://www.workrave.o

Indeed. Typing timers like xwrits (http://www.lcdf.org/xwrits/ http://www.lcdf.org/xwrits/) and workrave (http://www.workrave.org/welcome/ http://www.workrave.org/welcome/) help, but the thing that's most directly helped me is a series of wrist stretches I learned while studying Aikido (a martial art that involves a lot of wrist joint locks). The names differ from school to school, but searching for "aikido wrist stretches" on youtube etc. should be good enough. (I use Dvorak, too. I think it helps, but the chorded keys in Emacs are probably the bigger issue.)

pohl 18y ago
Interesting. I did find such a video on youtube, and the stretches appear to be similar to the ones I encountered in Butler's book. The one video that I sampled, though, was entirely focused on the wrists. One interesting thing about the way muscular tension is networked throughout the body is that when one muscular group is compromised, another will compensate. This ultimately can cause a network of failures, so stretching all of the upper body, at the very least, is important in properly solving the RSI problem. I'm sure an ancient art like Aikido addresses the whole body properly, but I thought it worth mentioning.
- mapleoin 18y ago
  Aikido is actually less than a hundred years old :)
  - pohl 18y ago
    Yeah, when I typed 'ancient' I thought someone would mention that. Can I be saved by assuming that it descended from older forms? ;-)
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  Aikido's all about moving "from your center", moving your body as a whole. It can sometimes go into mystic-sounding "chi"/"ki" talk, but precisely verbalizing things that often depend on really subtle timing and positioning is hard.
mapleoin 18y ago
Heh, I practiced aikido for a while, too. And judo. We used to do a lot of those wrist exercises in aikido, but not in judo. I had no idea they were good for RSI. Thanks!

pohl 18y ago

Interesting. I did find such a video on youtube, and the stretches appear to be similar to the ones I encountered in Butler's book. The one video that I sampled, though, was entirely focused on the wrists. One interesting thing about the way muscular tension is networked throughout the body is that when one muscular group is compromised, another will compensate. This ultimately can cause a network of failures, so stretching all of the upper body, at the very least, is important in properly solving the RSI problem. I'm sure an ancient art like Aikido addresses the whole body properly, but I thought it worth mentioning.

mapleoin 18y ago
Aikido is actually less than a hundred years old :)
- pohl 18y ago
  Yeah, when I typed 'ancient' I thought someone would mention that. Can I be saved by assuming that it descended from older forms? ;-)
silentbicycle 18y ago
Aikido's all about moving "from your center", moving your body as a whole. It can sometimes go into mystic-sounding "chi"/"ki" talk, but precisely verbalizing things that often depend on really subtle timing and positioning is hard.

mapleoin 18y ago

Heh, I practiced aikido for a while, too. And judo. We used to do a lot of those wrist exercises in aikido, but not in judo. I had no idea they were good for RSI. Thanks!