I have touched on many of the practical dos and don’ts about RSI, but what about its associated stigma and how it has the potential to change your employer’s perception of you?
Usually RSI sneaks up on you and hits you when you are most under pressure and least able to cope with or, indeed, rest [...]

I am happy to announce the release of my latest update to this site, a Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Frequently Ask Questions (FAQ) page along with answers! This is basically a download of information from my head as to my understanding of RSI, along with relevant links and information, and is without doubt the largest [...]

An excellent RSI article has appeared on BBC News technology section title “The mouse is biting some PC users“. The article quite concisely summarises the main issues at hand (no pun intended) with RSI.
The article indicates that RSI is part of an ever increasing phenomena affecting 115,000 workers last year a staggering 34% increase [...]

During my RSI awareness presentations I refer to the need for people at risk of RSI as well as those who already experience its effects to adopt physical activities. Yoga is one of those activities that I suggest. Why yoga?
In a nutshell, it combines a fairly physical activity encompassing muscle and tendon stretches from your [...]

In an interesting video clip from the BBC’s ‘Click’ programme called ‘Computers Controlled by Gesture’, there is a summary of current developments in the world of human gesture control as an input device. It brings back memories of Tom Cruise in “Minority Report“.
Whether this form of computer input technology will ever see serious light of [...]

This is a follow on article from Part 1 which dealt with managing Initial RSI Symptoms.
The following is relevant if you have been experiencing RSI symptoms for a few months and they are now persistent in nature.
The rate of success in dealing with RSI symptoms is proportional to the speed that a sufferer can diagnose [...]

It can be a very confusing time for a computer user when they first experience RSI symptoms. The symptoms can often develop after a protracted period of intensified work, which may be ongoing. Initial injury symptoms can be very mild and will more than likely be ignored by the worker who will continue to work [...]

If you suffer from an RSI type condition, it can be aggravated when you least expect it to be ie. during your sleep.
When you actually analyse what position your arms , wrists and hands are in when you wake up, you will more often than not, find them in all kinds of contorted positions. Quite [...]

Lateral (Ulnar) wrist deviation
A very common bad ergonomic practice is wrist deviation when using a keyboard. Keyboards have never been the most ergonomically designed devices, and users tend to hold their wrists very central to the keyboard whilst inducing a lateral deviation in their wrist angle.
Lateral (ulnar) deviation can eventually lead to wrist [...]

We live in a technology driven world and seem to spend much of our lives using electronic gadgets. These include:

computers (mice/keyboards) for our work, gaming, web surfing, emailing, blogging, socialising
organisers to plan our lives
mobile phones for text messaging, web surfing etc
other hand held email devices
mp3 players
digital cameras
laptops
game consoles
TV remotes and 100’s of channels to hop

What [...]