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A quick sampling of messages on Twitter provides a revealing look at how many people are really experiencing RSI-related problems:

• “I think I’m getting carpal tunnel from writing so much” – CingleShaker
• “making coffee is hard when you can’t feel your hands. damn carpal tunnel. my hands are cashed this morning.” – bbyrd
• “I hope I don’t end up having wear some sort of stupid brace for carpal tunnel, my hand is killing me.” – nahun
• “trying to edit through the carpal tunnel pain.” – karenlisa
• “making the conscious effort to do everything with my left hand now because i’m starting to wonder if i have RSI or something worse” – skinnylatte
• “Attempting to mouse left-handed. Getting RSI-like pains in my forearm.” – drewm
• “in what seems to me an injustice, after reading last night instead of computing, my mouse claw (right hand RSI) is worse than in months” – scilib
• “Just been to docs. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome it is then. Does that mean I should stop using computers? ” – niallcook
• “Seriously feeling exhausted. My carpal tunnel is so bad today. I feel the ache all the way up my arm and my hands are tingling. Not good.” – DeaEterna
• “After successfully dodging carpal tunnel.syndrome for years, it burns my buns to have been hit by plantar fasciitis. And I did it to myself.” – gregortroll
• “I changed my knitting style to limit the dequervain’s syndrome in my right hand, but the new style is causing carpal tunnel in my left. ” – jesh

Of course, most people refer to any sort of arm/hand/wrist pain as “carpal tunnel”, but still, there are a lot of people hurting out there…

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