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In article <1b30p1INNlrj@agate.berkeley.edu> dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach) writes:
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>Curious.  I guess you just shouldn't look down at all, or maybe mix up
>how you do it.  You can hurt yourself by repeating just about *any* motion.
>
Actually, you should just get in the practice of getting up and stretching
occasionally.  It'll help *all* the problems.  While ducking your chin
in will do less damage than throwing your head forward every time you need
to look down, it'll still do damage after a while.  Touch typing is a real
boon.  [Hell, you can get screwed up neck muscles from looking down at a
book, if you do it for hours every day]

>Well, as far as I can tell, there is no consensus opinion on wrist pads or
>support devices.  About all that I can say for a fact: one of the later
>stages of physical/occupational therapy is often weight training, to build
>up all your muscles.  If you've got strong enough arms, you should be just
>fine without any supports, GIVEN PROPER POSTURE, rest breaks, etc..  Chair
>arms are another one of those weird things.  The majority of chair arms
>are all wrong for typing.  Some of the really expensive chairs have
>height-adjustable arms with nice squishy padding.  I personally can't
>stand any hard-plastic or metal chair arms.
>
You're right.  Proper posture works much better than supports.  
When I was talking about chairs, I was actually thinking about the typical
architect's chair, which usually has an adjustable footrest, adjustable
height, adjustable back [both height and tilt] and adjustable arms.
Granted, they're expensive, but after trying to do graphics and paste-up
from a regular chair, I decided it's worth the money.  [My computer desk
is also adjustable.  Advantages of building your own custom furniture]

>Also, you mention "a neutral position" for your wrists.  I hope you realize
>that a truly neutral position would have your thumb significantly higher
>than your pinky -- a handshake is a neutral position!  Remember: wrists
>bend in more than one direction.

The "neutral position" shown in the literature given to me by Kaiser Permanente
refers to the bend of the wrist, not the twist of the forarm.  Radial movement
is a whole nother can of worms.

Suggestion: add a GIF of a *good* illustration from an anatomy book to 
the archive at soda.  It makes constriction points much more obvious if
you can look at where the nerves run in relation to tendons, joints, 
muscles, etc.  I'd offer to draw one, but that currently causes me more
pain than typing. [gotta love pinched nerves :p]


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