[Chicago] trying to find old post on wrist therapy for RSI

[Jordan Bettis]

I've had mild tendinitis problems for a few years now. It seemed to be 
exaserbated by the mouse so I try to avoid mice. I really like the 
thinkpad touchpoint because I can use it with either index finger. On my 
desktop I use a wacom tablet.

But the most important thing is to not exacerbate the problem by 
ignoring the pain. Since tendinitis is inflammation, drinking plenty of 
water helps, as does putting ice on it. But mostly you have to rest the 
wrist and let the inflammation go back down.

A few months ago I banged my right wrist into a door knob I was walking 
by. After that I had pain like tendinitis but it was also combined with 
tingling and numbness in my fingers that I'd never felt before. I did my 
normal tendinitis care: resting it as much as possible, water, and ice, 
but that was only partially effective. My fingers especially felt numb 
in the morning and then that would turn into pain later in the day. I 
finally started splinting my wrist at night before going to bed, and 
then bought one of these:

http://www.drugstore.com/maxar-wrist-splint-with-abducted-left-thumb-black-x-large/qxp254962

I wore it as much as possible but especially at night, and the pain and 
numbness cleared up after about a week. I still wear it most nights even 
though my hand hasn't bothered me in a while because it's no big deal to 
put it on.

On 02/27/2013 09:21 PM, Daniel Peters wrote:
> if anyone could dredge it up.....?  Or simply re-comment? I tried 
> searching through my archive but can't seem to find it......
>
> I think about 2 years ago, possibly even earlier, right after I 
> started following this list someone posted techniques on alleviating  
> RSI, and I'm desperately in need of any real advice that I could get 
> on that.  Exercises, equipment, voodoo spells, I'm interested.  I know 
> this is like the "which editor do *you* recommend" question in that it 
> gets asked all the time, but well....sorry.  I also deeply enjoy 
> playing guitar and would like to keep annoying friends and roommates 
> for years to come with my, erm, /delightful/ strumming.  Thanks for 
> the time chipy!
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