RSI Prevention Remedies

Have you tried using ergonomic keyboard to help with RSI?

The thing that helped the most and continued helping was not using regular computer mice. Instead I use thinkpad keyboards with a little red button for a mouse that's on the keyboard itself. This has essentialy got rid of RSI for me. Your mileage may vary, but the keyboard is like $40 so not an expensive experiment. As a matter of fact vi use 2 of those keyboards as they are pretty small and i have wide shoulders, also with 2 keyboards you can use the mouse with both hands, which also helps

Get ergonomic keyboard and mouse (laptops are terrible ergonomically), and get a break program to remember to take breaks.I didn't, and was fine for over ten yeares, before I started to have bad RSI problems. I managed to get well, but it took a lot of effort and time: http://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/

Switching to a tenting split keyboard (Goldtouch V2) and vertical mouse (Evoluent) reduced my RSI. Strength training (Les Mills Body Pump) is what finally solved it. Have you tried those?

My advice is get a soft silicone wrist rest and a silicone mouse rest. I used to get RSI until I got some of these rests and since then I haven't had any issues.

I started getting RSI in the early 2000s and switching to a Kinesis Advantage fixed it all. Occasionally I get sore when I use my laptop without the Kinesis for extended periods of time, but the Kinesis is all I need. I think also using a trackball helps a lot as well.

I had RSI a few years ago. Apart from paying attention to posture (I took up tai chi to help with that), I changed to a dvorak keyboard layout which helped a lot.

Nice keayboard also may help with RSI if you are unlucky to suffer from that.

If you're worried about RSI, take action now. Don't wait.Don't get a keyboard like the one in the article. Get one that reduces arm twisting and strain on your tendons.Fifteen years ago, I had RSI pain in my wrists. I switched to a split keyboard [0] and the pain mostly went away.After a few years, the aches came back and slowly got worse, especially when using a mouse. Eight years ago, I switched to a tenting keyboard [1] and vertical mouse [2]. Again, the aching an

I had a brief but serious bout of RSI in my right wrist in my early 30s. Ergo keyboards and novel typing layouts didn’t help at all, nor did a wrist brace. What eventually relieved it was a trackball (which the author of this article also used) and a wrist pad for that hand. I avoided normal mouses, trackpads, and the IBM/Lenovo “mouse nipple,” going so far as to bring my trackball with my laptop.I’ve switched back long since, for precision, but the RSI never returned. Definitely check o