I went for a completely computer free life doing picture framing. I can still get RSI pain in the wrist when using a mount cutter especially through heavy duty board, but generally, framing is something I can do that doesn’t involve sitting working on a computer. still have to check emails, but generally I have reduced the exposure dramatically. Interestingly my old RSI injuries are still there, and it doesn’t take too long on a keyboard/mouse to upset them so I need to be very careful and limit any computer work.

Alan

If you don’t mind me asking – what did you end up doing for a career? I’m quite dejected at the moment and am looking for advice into other ventures.

thanks for your comment, it’s interesting to hear from someone with RSI who hasn’t been injured from computers. That’s my experience, but I have read of RSI from work such as building/construction. Can you elaborate specifically what repetitive task it was that set your RSI condition off? Just curious. You are right though there is no gain without putting effort into rehab effort, and its difficult to do this AND keep doing the work that caused the pain to occur in the first place.

Alan

Now if you suffer forms of this doing simple tasks as typing then god for bid you do any phisical work. Learn now to look after your muscles by streching, aplying heat , compresion and ice when inflamed from over use. it take some pain to gain so when u do strech its gota be uncumfortable.

My carrier is now on hold for how long i dont no. Its all ive known and every learnt. Hard to suport a family with a condition like this. But ive had worse. Tell your doc you need good physio and prevention tasks not pain solitions and rest. If there not acomidating find someone that is. Because it only gets worse if not looked after trust me.