Seven years ago, while working at a job that entailed cutting and pasting vast swathes of text for hours on end, I began to feel a wide range of aching, burning and numbing sensations in my hands and arms.
I was eventually diagnosed with tendonitis, lateral epicondylitis and carpal tunnel syndrome: a classic case of computer-related repetitive strain injury, or RSI.
It’s a widespread problem. According to an RSI study published last year by medical journal The Lancet, some countries report prevalence rates as high as 10 percent, rising to 40 percent in specific working populations.
After I was diagnosed with the problem, I placed my trust entirely in ergonomic office equipment and rigorous physical therapy to return me to my former, pain-free self. And why not? A self-described rationalist, I firmly believed in the power of technology and conventional medicine, and I was deeply skeptical of anything that hadn’t been proven in […]
Original post by Alexander Gelfand
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