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July 29th, 2006
Mind Your Posture

Published in RSI Tips | 1 Comment

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 the [...]

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July 21st, 2006
RSI-Relief Books

Published in RSI Products, Site News | No Comments

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 Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain, Thoracic Outlet [...]

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July 14th, 2006
Keyboards for Smaller Hands

Published in RSI Products | No Comments |  Tags: keyboards

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 pounds, [...]

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July 7th, 2006
Workrave Earns Raves

Published in RSI Products | No Comments |  Tags: software

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 limit. [...]

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June 30th, 2006
Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever

Published in RSI Products | No Comments |  Tags: keyboards

If, like I do, you have a soft spot in your heart (and perhaps an empty spot in your wallet) for unusual input devices, you’ll enjoy reading Mikael Svärdh’s article at Fosfor Gadgets, The Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever.
Here’s the list:

Roll-up Keyboard
The Wrist Keyboard
Maltron 3D Ergonomic Keyboard
The SafeType Keyboard
Virtual Laser Keyboard
The Frogpad
The Twiddler 2
The Orbitouch
The [...]

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June 23rd, 2006
How To Switch Mouse Hands

Published in RSI Tips | 1 Comment |  Tags: mice

In How To Mouse Goofy, Meg Hourihan offers an interesting story about how she learned to use the mouse with her left hand (she’s a natural righty).
The “goofy” in the title is a skateboarding reference. Most skateboarders ride with their left foot on the front of the board; this is called the “normal” stance. [...]

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June 16th, 2006
Another Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 Review

Published in RSI Products | No Comments |  Tags: mice

Jeremy Atkinson has a reviw of the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 (Is the VerticalMouse 2 Worth a Thumbs Up?) at ExtremeTech.com.
We’d reported on an earlier review of the mouse, from LIVEdigitally.com nearly a year ago. So the mouse has been available for awhile, but is apparently still gaining attention.

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June 8th, 2006
DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard Reviewed

Published in RSI Products | No Comments |  Tags: ergonomics, keyboards

There’s a review of the DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard at atpm.com. Paul Fatula discusses this unusual input device and how it can be useful for RSI sufferers:
One of the ways the Datahand helps to reduce RSI-related pain comes through requiring far less finger movement to type than do other keyboards. Each finger rests in a “well,” [...]

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June 2nd, 2006
Avoiding RSI at Google

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Dr. Taraneh Razavi, a staff doctor at Google, has posted an article on the Google Blog (Avoiding RSI) about dealing with repetitive stress injury in the workplace.
The article rightly points out the best way to avoid RSI:
The key to treatment is prevention. Research shows that injuries decrease and productivity increases when employers encourage stretch breaks [...]

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May 27th, 2006
Ultrasound Guides Tendonitis Treatment

Published in RSI in the News | No Comments |  Tags: DeQuervain

In an article from Reuters Health, Megan Rauscher reports on a treatment for De Quervain’s Tendonitis (also known as “DeQuervain’s Disease” or “DeQuervain’s Syndrome”, which is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb.
This painful Repetitive Strain Injury is often treated with a shot of cortisone, [...]

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