Reply to: RSI; anyone ever had it?

[gricerboy]

I got it in my wrists. Found that a banana keyborad did the trick

[d000hg]

I know a self-employed gardner who had to have both wrists operated on for carpal tunnel. And I can't remember if my dad had it done, but he looked into it (after retirement).

I got it once and got a nice keyboard & trackball, since then it's largely OK even using normal versions though I do tend to swap which hand I use the mouse with infrequently. In fact my home PC has mouse on the left, at client-site I have it on the right!

[alreadypacked]

Started getting it a few years ago in my right thumb so swapped mouse hands.

As a bonus, it makes pot noodling a lot easier whilst browsing.....

Too much information

[meridian]

Yeah, I've had a dose of this, very painful and restricting mouse-wise, wrist support has sorted this, would use other hand before considering time off !

Started getting it a few years ago in my right thumb so swapped mouse hands.

As a bonus, it makes pot noodling a lot easier whilst browsing.....

[lukemg]

Yeah, I've had a dose of this, very painful and restricting mouse-wise, wrist support has sorted this, would use other hand before considering time off !

[vetran]

Big hands so I need a big mouse. MS intellimouse explorer or trust laser.

Smaller mouse and I feel like wilmslow after a box of tissues.

Its real and really painful. Even when I was a contractor.

[Pogle]

My Mum got it when she worked on the checkout at Tesco, it was lifting all those heavy 12 packs of tins and such, she had to give up knitting - for which we were all grateful

[alreadypacked]

Had a very mild bout a couple of years ago. A mouse-mat with gel pad really helped. As did doing much less work

Me too, always use a gel pad.

[Platypus]

Had a very mild bout a couple of years ago. A mouse-mat with gel pad really helped. As did doing much less work

[dang65]

Never suffered from it myself, but a distant family member who was a really, really good violinist and used to practise pretty much all day, every day was afflicted with RSI when she was only about 19, and it just got worse and worse till she pretty much became an invalid and had to use voice recognition software to use a computer and had to use various other gadgets and devices just to live life. Grim.

[Churchill]

Check out my new kit...

It arrives on Friday..

Ahhh but can ye go marching with ye new drum?

[minestrone]

Which drum was best for resting your bowl of spaghetti on?

Check out my new kit...

It arrives on Friday..

[Churchill]

Which drum was best for resting your bowl of spaghetti on?

Don't mention DRUMS!!!

[Spacecadet]

I was asked to replace a drummer in a band for 3 months because he was due to go in for an operation because of it and they had loads of gigs set up.

Which drum was best for resting your bowl of spaghetti on?

[minestrone]

I was asked to replace a drummer in a band for 3 months because he was due to go in for an operation because of it and they had loads of gigs set up.