Comments on: RSI, Mind over Matter? http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/ an RSI sufferer's thoughts and wisdom Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kina http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 Kina Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:50:03 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=29#comment-4667 p.s. a little addendum: once I accepted the pain as part of me, the people around me had to accept it too .... p.s. a little addendum: once I accepted the pain as part of me, the people around me had to accept it too ….

]]> By: Kina http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 Kina Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:48:42 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=29#comment-4666 Hi, I come back as I have some news over my RSI and pain. It has been declared chronic, meaning it could always come back. I have also been enrolled by the hospital in a physical rehab, which mostly consisted in "training your brain to pain".. a bit what Chris is mentioning. Doctors explained me that our brain works as an alarm when pain comes. When someone suffered from a lot of pain the brain is immediately triggering the alarm and the pain - even the little one - is received as a BIG one by the brain, which will trigger all the alarm bells. This will make the sick person more "sensitive" to his own pain. To overcome this, they are training me weekly on daily activities, or ex. use of computer: we decided that in 10 weeks I'll be able to work 1.5 hours on PC non-stop... you begin to build this time up even when yuou have a little pain. You train your body to work through the MINIMUM pain only to build up the strength to reach your goal. In this way the brain let all the alarms loose and you'll be able to do much more around the pain. I have been sick since last year and before... now finally understood how to deal with it. I wish you all my sincere good luck hoping it will go better for you as well. I refused to accept the idea I was blocking my own-self.. but once accepted, it is really much better :) ciao ciao - strength! Hi, I come back as I have some news over my RSI and pain. It has been declared chronic, meaning it could always come back. I have also been enrolled by the hospital in a physical rehab, which mostly consisted in “training your brain to pain”.. a bit what Chris is mentioning. Doctors explained me that our brain works as an alarm when pain comes. When someone suffered from a lot of pain the brain is immediately triggering the alarm and the pain – even the little one – is received as a BIG one by the brain, which will trigger all the alarm bells. This will make the sick person more “sensitive” to his own pain. To overcome this, they are training me weekly on daily activities, or ex. use of computer: we decided that in 10 weeks I’ll be able to work 1.5 hours on PC non-stop… you begin to build this time up even when yuou have a little pain. You train your body to work through the MINIMUM pain only to build up the strength to reach your goal. In this way the brain let all the alarms loose and you’ll be able to do much more around the pain. I have been sick since last year and before… now finally understood how to deal with it. I wish you all my sincere good luck hoping it will go better for you as well.
I refused to accept the idea I was blocking my own-self.. but once accepted, it is really much better :) ciao ciao – strength!

]]> By: Chris http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-4497 Chris Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:57:40 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=29#comment-4497 I suffered from RSI (Tennis and Golfer's elbow) for 14 months, changing jobs from programmer to architect to avoid too much keyboard and mouse work, did months of massage, NSAIDs, physio, started using dragon dictation and quit my MMO. At this point, my pain subsided slightly, but prevented me from returning to coding, which is what I enjoy. After reading Nate's story at http://www.conquerrsi.com/, I tried a little amateur meditation and bought Sarno's book. I personally think his Freudian theories are a crock, but the message of the pain being mostly in my head struck a chord. I'm RSI free now, and back to coding and playing WoW. Early on, the pain returned when my confidence in the theory wavered, but I lost 95% of the pain and returned to my regular computer use within about 6 weeks. The other five percent took another month or so. You've been suffering a lot longer than me, so I'm guessing this may not work for you. Just wanted to let you know that the whole mind-body thing is more than a few random cases and a doctor trying to sell a few books. At least, there's one more person out there that can vouch for it. I suffered from RSI (Tennis and Golfer’s elbow) for 14 months, changing jobs from programmer to architect to avoid too much keyboard and mouse work, did months of massage, NSAIDs, physio, started using dragon dictation and quit my MMO. At this point, my pain subsided slightly, but prevented me from returning to coding, which is what I enjoy.

After reading Nate’s story at http://www.conquerrsi.com/, I tried a little amateur meditation and bought Sarno’s book. I personally think his Freudian theories are a crock, but the message of the pain being mostly in my head struck a chord.

I’m RSI free now, and back to coding and playing WoW. Early on, the pain returned when my confidence in the theory wavered, but I lost 95% of the pain and returned to my regular computer use within about 6 weeks. The other five percent took another month or so.

You’ve been suffering a lot longer than me, so I’m guessing this may not work for you. Just wanted to let you know that the whole mind-body thing is more than a few random cases and a doctor trying to sell a few books. At least, there’s one more person out there that can vouch for it.

]]> By: Kina http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Kina Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:53:30 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=29#comment-280 Hi- I suffer from rsi and lately is becoming quite annying to the term I can't use my right arm properly no more. I'm home from work and the feelings of guilt and uselessness certainly do not help my condition. My therapist pushes the fact that until I can reach a relaxation psychologically, I will not reach it physically. The problem is that not many people around me really understand the pain I have nor the fact that the impossibility to do some normal activity can be quite frustrating.. this aggravates the condition. I am also very worried about needing to change carrer after many years of employment and I seem to not be able to find any website showing the best options for people who suffer from this condition, maybe you can help us here.... Finally, I thank you for this post: it should make everybody aware of the RSI condition (I'll forward this to some peeps!) - Good luck and health. Looking forward to have no more pain :) Hi- I suffer from rsi and lately is becoming quite annying to the term I can’t use my right arm properly no more. I’m home from work and the feelings of guilt and uselessness certainly do not help my condition. My therapist pushes the fact that until I can reach a relaxation psychologically, I will not reach it physically.
The problem is that not many people around me really understand the pain I have nor the fact that the impossibility to do some normal activity can be quite frustrating.. this aggravates the condition.
I am also very worried about needing to change carrer after many years of employment and I seem to not be able to find any website showing the best options for people who suffer from this condition, maybe you can help us here….
Finally, I thank you for this post: it should make everybody aware of the RSI condition (I’ll forward this to some peeps!) -
Good luck and health. Looking forward to have no more pain :)

]]> By: jon http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/rsi-mind-over-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-238 jon Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:31:35 +0000 http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/?p=29#comment-238 Would be nice to hear some more details on coping startegies/techniques. Would be nice to hear some more details on coping startegies/techniques.

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