Healthy webmaster warning, you should read this!

by suraja

Posted: 15 years ago 8 replies

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This is warning for anyone who works daily with mouse and keyboard. Some of you might not know about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, it's some kind of a common source of hand numbness and pain. You can see some of CTS surgery pictures, hope you still good after seeing those

And it's a big risk for anyone who works daily on a computer that use mouse and computer on bad position. Here are some good postions on mouse and keyboard usage for you:

and more on this post, also some hand exercise while on computer

Hope this information help us on healthy workspace! And hope I'm not posting this on wrong section

#health #healthy

suraja 15 years ago

No problem Indiana
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dino_rhino 15 years ago

thanks for the warning.
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- suraja 15 years ago
  
  Let me add that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is not 100% curable. So if you happen to get it, the damage is done and surgery is generally the only way to alleviate the compressed nerve(s).
  
  Nerve tissue once damaged, is damaged for good. It is one of the only tissues in your body that cannot rejuvenate itself.
  
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  Wakunahum 15 years ago
  
  I think I need to get dragon naturally speaking sometime soon... just in case.
  
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  Barbara Eyre 15 years ago
  
  Hubby has CTS, from 20 years of repetitive work in the furniture factory.
  
  One of his first cousins is an Orthopedic Surgeon, who has examined my husband's hands/wrists and concluded that his case was too far gone and that surgery would not result in relief - as the tissue would just grow back.
  
  I got my husband out of the factory work 2 years back, but doing web work for me (loading products into client carts) is not helping - traded one repetitive act for another, but at least at home he can take breaks when he wishes and such.
  
  But the result of all those years in the factory, his hands frequently just release their grip on things ... am often cleaning up spilled drinks (typically full glasses of sweet tea!). He has much difficulty in holding a pen/pencil for writing.
  
  Basically, it's just as crippling as rheumatoid arthritis!
  
  If it wasn't for NC laws made against carpel tunnel care in the work place (worker's compensation, etc), my husband may have gotten treatment sooner and thus have better use of his hands at age 46.
  
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Jeff Noel 15 years ago

One of the most important things that you can do is to make sure you drink plenty of water. If you are properly hydrated it is very unlikely that you will suffer from this condition.

There are factors as well:

Eat plenty of green vegtables or green drinks.

Rotate your wrists left to right right to left up and down.

Get yourself a small ball that you will be able to squeeze in your hand.

This may sound silly but have a tennis ball under your desk. Take your foot and roll that ball under the bottom of your foot. You may actually feel some discomfort at first, sore spots on the bottom of your foot.
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Tonytsports 15 years ago

Thanks for the head up on this.

Great advice for those of us who spend hours and hours at our computers.
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blm2007 15 years ago

Shit man this is making me scared. Working with the computer is also so dangerous. I am a regular computer user. Thanks for the info brother.
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