carpal tunnel syndrome signs

Published 07-04-2006 12:29 PM | jokiz
i don't know if it's only psychological based on a number of blog posts of developers having this carpal tunnel syndrome but i am currently experiencing  irks on my wrist/palm/hands.  as a result, i am trying to do almost everything now with keyboards.

aside from the mouseless firefox scenarios, i am now adopting the keyboard shortcuts for easier visual studio navigation using the resharper addin.

since we are using tdd with testdriven.net addin, i wanted to attach keyboard shortcuts for the usual testdriven routines with visual studio (run tests and debug test routine).  i don't want any conflicts with other keyboard shortcuts so i googled for the guru's advised key mapping to find out none.  the closest match that i can find is a blog post of scott hanselman with the useful keyboard mappings that he is using with testdriven.net.  i was surprised that he has a shortcut to run al test cases in the current solution (TestDriven.NET.Solution).  

i wonder why i don't have the said entry under tools-keyboard so i tried to update my TD.NET copy.  Surprised that they now have the commercial versions.  After installing the latest version, keyboard mapping entry is still not there, i guess it's a feature of the licensed versions.
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# cruizer said on July 3, 2006 8:58 PM:

hmm the best thing to do when experiencing that is to stop typing for a while, go out, shake your hands for a few seconds...

then come back to what you're doing when you don't feel any tingling sensation anymore. i don't know if that's effective but that's what i do.

# jokiz said on July 3, 2006 10:06 PM:

i guess it's the normal thing to do, ganyan din ginagawa ko..

# ggsubscribe said on July 3, 2006 11:00 PM:

are you using a laptop? are you using a fullsize mouse and keyboard? i had a problem before with laptops together with mini-mouse when i used it as my main machine for like 5 years . I developed some muscular problem which got my neck hurt frequently (often i had stiffed neck) and had chronic pain in my wrist. I switched back to a regular desktop PC with fullsized mouse and keyboard and the problems i had were gone.

# dehran ph said on July 3, 2006 11:09 PM:

I experienced terrible stiff neck before because on the chair i used at home + the stress. Right now Im saving to buy a better chair, better than the plastic monoblock i used at home hehe. parinig ba hehe ;)

When I bought my desktop I still bought an Anti-RSI keywboard though I have a generic one.

# jokiz said on July 3, 2006 11:43 PM:

gg:
nope, desktop with fullsized mouse and keyboard.   looks like the mouse is not compatible to me.

rodel:

i'm thinking of buying a good chair too once i buy my manila pc.

# lamia said on July 4, 2006 6:53 AM:

I had this problem when I was working graveyard on a very warm environment(the aircondition couldn't reach me). My pal would frequently sweat(it's not what you think it is). I experience severe stress and my arms are almost all of the time painful...

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