I’ve been meaning to post on my own blog about my RSI-like troubles for ages, but my blog hasn’t been the most important thing on my mind in recent months. In the interest of not taking over your blog, I think I’ll probably post more info on this to my blog soon. Instead, I’ll give a few useful links for things that I found helpful.

I replaced my tiny mouse with a nice, big trackball – the Kensington Expert Mouse. It’s great, and also a little more accurate for working in Photoshop I find. I don’t normally like wrist supports, but the trackball comes with one you can attach if you wish, which I like and use.

I also bought a pair of Handeze gloves to help relieve the pain in my hands while typing. I still find these useful when I get particularly bad aches in my hands, but I’m using them less often now.

The almighty healer – time. I was able to find a bit of breathing space in the midst of a particularly tricky project to take some time out from all computer work. I wanted two weeks really, but a week away from computer keyboards did wonders.

I’m still not fully free of the occasional aches, but I’m a lot better than I was. I’m now also using Workrave to get me to take regular breaks and do exercises.

Dictation software can also help reduce the amount you have to type, but it’s not something I’ve been able to justify cost-wise.

There’s also a popular opinion that RSI has strong psychological roots, stemming from theory by one Dr Sarno. Interesting reading, even if it seems a little new-age.