RSI-Relief

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In Your Computer May Be A Pain In The Neck, Stefanie Olsen of CNET News.com writes about “postural syndrome” – a repetitive strain injury involving the neck and spine. Postural syndrome is associated with the 12 vertebrae of the mid-back and chest area, with the injury commonly targetting the fourth, fifth and sixth discs in [...]

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I’ve recently added a new section to this web site, focussing on RSI Books. Included are all the currently available publications I could find, covering the following topics: Books about Repetitive Strain Injury Books about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Books about Related Conditions Books about Ergonomics The “related conditions” section includes works about topics such as [...]

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This is a topic I’d never thought much about, but as Lilly PuTian says at Blogcritics.org, “If a keyboard is made, like many things, for the average man, then for the person who is smaller, much smaller than the average male, the keyboard is oversized.” Lilly is under five feet tall, weighs less than 100 [...]

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At InternetNews.com, Sean Michael Kerner writes about Workrave (How Open Source Saved My Neck), the free break reminder program from developer Raymond Penners. Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily [...]