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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
All writers should be aware of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Check out the great post at Writer Unboxed. It tells you what CTS is, who's at risk, and what you can do.
5 comments:
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I had never experienced carpal tunnel until I was pregnant with my son. Apparently it's a side-effect that's really common. It was excruciating. Enough to make me very aware of it with writing, and to take precautions!
I had carpal tunnel for awhile. The way I fixed it was to get a split keyboard, a wrist rest for the hand that uses the mouse, and good posture. I haven't had any problems since! I'm a big advocate of split keyboards. They take awhile to get used to it, but I can hardly type on "normal" keyboards anymore.
I avoid CTS by only writing in 10 minute increments then getting up to scream at my kids. Then I play another 20 mins. on a game that only requires a mouse. My mom had CTS and ended up having surgery. It was pretty easy surgery, they keep you awake and she hasn't had any problems since.
There is a ergonomic arm support out there called The True Arm found at http://www.truarm.com or http://www.thetruearm.com. It as been sold to companies such as Boeing, IBM, U.S Government and as proven to be very effective. Please go to the site and see the info.The True Arm is revolutionary in ergonomic support products. It is specifically designed to benefit all computer users including the Physically Challenged computer users on wheel chairs. This uniquely designed ergonomic arm support is the only one of it's kind in the market that can help alleviate Upper Body Stress Syndrome associated with repetitive motion. Upper Body Stress Syndrome can lead to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and other Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI).
5 comments:
I had never experienced carpal tunnel until I was pregnant with my son. Apparently it's a side-effect that's really common. It was excruciating. Enough to make me very aware of it with writing, and to take precautions!
I had carpal tunnel for awhile. The way I fixed it was to get a split keyboard, a wrist rest for the hand that uses the mouse, and good posture. I haven't had any problems since! I'm a big advocate of split keyboards. They take awhile to get used to it, but I can hardly type on "normal" keyboards anymore.
I put a nice strip of wood on the front of my desk to hold my wrists up!
Works well and gives me something to hold on to when I run across something REAL funny!
Hope all is well.
Wil
I avoid CTS by only writing in 10 minute increments then getting up to scream at my kids. Then I play another 20 mins. on a game that only requires a mouse. My mom had CTS and ended up having surgery. It was pretty easy surgery, they keep you awake and she hasn't had any problems since.
There is a ergonomic arm support out there called The True Arm found at http://www.truarm.com or http://www.thetruearm.com. It as been sold to companies such as Boeing, IBM, U.S Government and as proven to be very effective. Please go to the site and see the info.The True Arm is revolutionary in ergonomic support products. It is specifically designed to benefit all computer users including the Physically Challenged computer users on wheel chairs. This uniquely designed ergonomic arm support is the only one of it's kind in the market that can help alleviate Upper Body Stress Syndrome associated with repetitive motion. Upper Body Stress Syndrome can lead to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and other Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI).
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