RSI Home Remedies
HowStuffWorks.com offers an article titled 26 Home Remedies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that provides a list of things you can do to prevent and treat hand problems.
For most people, the key to beating carpal tunnel syndrome is prevention: making changes before CTS becomes a problem. If you’re already experiencing some minor tingling, numbness, and burning [...]
Free Desk Doctor Software
Einspine Ltd., makers of Desk Doctor software, are launching a large scale research trial of their RSI software and are looking for potential testers. Essentially you can apply online and if you are accepted, you download a 40 day trial of the software. You only need to fill out a questionnaire and send your assessment [...]
Mouseless Browsing
In Weaning Yourself From The Mouse, we discussed two Firefox extensions, Search Keys and Hit-A-Hint, which can be used to navigate a web browser using just a keyboard.
Another such program is Rudolf Noe’s Mouseless Browsing (MLB), a Firefox extension which enables you to browse the internet almost without using the mouse. The basic principle is [...]
Blood Tests May Identify RSI
Researchers at Temple University have found early indicators of inflammation in work-related injuries caused by repetitive motion. Their findings could someday lead to early detection and prevention of debilitating conditions such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Tendonitis.
The new study from senior researchers Ann Barr and Mary Barbe and their doctoral student, Stephen Carp, in the [...]
Weaning Yourself From The Mouse
There are a number of ways to bypass the mouse, by using the keyboard and learning the shortcut keys built into your computer’s operating system, as well as shortcut keys provided by the applications you use every day.
Microsoft Offers RSI Prevention 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 [...]
Can Botox Help Relieve Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain?
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 [...]
Can Dvorak Cure Typing Pain?
At his Coder’s Eye blog, Bruce Kroeze writes about his use of a Dvorak keyboard layout (Dvorak as a cure for typing pain – a four year report). Four years ago, I decided to resolve a problem that had been troubling me for years, he writes. The situation was that my wrists and fingers hurt [...]
Desk-Trainer Reviewed
GTD Wannabe at http://gtdwannabe.blogspot.com/ offers up a review of Desk-Trainer, a web site that provides five-minute exercise programs for pain reduction and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) injury prevention for employees and individuals using computer workstations, cellular telephones, blackberries and other devices .
GTD Wannabe tried some of the exercises, and here’s what he found:
I tried some [...]
GentleMouse Reviewed
GentleMouse is a software utility that may be of great benefit to users suffering from Repetitive Strain Injuries, as well as those with conditions such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, arthritis, or other physical disabilities.
GentleMouse eliminates the need to click the mouse. It does this by introducing a novel computer input method that replaces physical clicking, [...]
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