Wrists of Fury
This last week, starting with last Friday, has been my worst week for
Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) pain in quite a long time. Starting with last
Friday I have been getting the oh so lovely burning and stabbing pain in my
forearms and wrists. Over the weekend I was reaching into a shopping bag and
pain shot up my arm just by grabbing an item inside. All week it’s been
little bits of pain here and there. Doing the dishes, grabbing things, just
sitting around.
To counter it I reduced the amount of time between my
breaks, I started stretching more and even using a
one of my coworkers has (note to self, you really need to make one of those
for yourself). I guess I can only be preventative once again now, because
once you start feeling the pain it’s a little too late.
I of course attribute the buildup in RSI stress to two things:
- doing more typing at work for my project (that can’t be helped, but I can
be careful); - having the
title="A Desk of Distractions">Worst.
of the desk">Desk.
Inches Means A Lot">Evar! And I mean that in all honesty. This is the
worst desk I’ve ever had to sit at for an extended period of time.
Hopefully I will be able to correct it, but only time and vigilance will tell.
As a point of reference I took two forced breaks in the typing of this short
entry.
