May 28th, 2007 |
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RSI Tips | Tags: mice
Jon Galloway writes in his blog about Mouseless Computing. Writing from a programmer’s perspective, Jon discusses tactics such as mousing goofy (switching mouse hands) and using a tablet in place of a mouse.
But the meat of the article discusses ways to bypass the mouse, by using the keyboard. He discusses a Firefox extension called Search [...]
May 21st, 2007 |
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RSI Tips
An April 2007 article in Microsoft Home Magazine, Protect Your Wrists from Typing, promises to help you “learn to identify the signs of carpal tunnel syndrome from frequent computer use”.
The article relates the story of Joanne Bernard, who was “diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome caused by extensive computer use”, and goes on to discuss the [...]
May 14th, 2007 |
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RSI in the News | Tags: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Local injections of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) may provide long-lasting relief of pain associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Taiwanese researchers report in Clinical Drug Investigation.
CTS is a disabling disorder of the wrist and hand caused by compression of the median nerve, which runs through a narrow passageway in the wrist — the carpal [...]