Side Effects of Being a Keyboard Jockey...(not good)

[~attrACTION~]

Yeah, so since I've been spending so much time on the computer, I may have Carpal Tunnel. I've joked about it before, and you probably have as well. But it's very real, and it sucks. My hands get tingly and numb when I stay in front of the computer in a typing position for over an hour. I have to stretch a lot now, etc. I'm going to go see the doctor tomorrow.

So, my word of advice is get off the computer!!! That is, of course, if you want healthy arms and hands. I'm going to go eat and then I'm going out to sarge. It's kind of a good excuse to stop being such a keyboard jockey.

 

[TyTe`EyEs]

I used to have the same problem. I worked a desk job for about 6 months. You know, answering phones and sh1t like that. Basically, I sat in front of a computer for hours on end every day. About a month into the job, I started losing feeling in my pinky and ring finger on my left hand. They were pretty much constantly numb. After 6 months of it I quit the job...a month later the problem was gone.

If you are someone who is forced to sit at a desk all day, I suggest you get one of those squeeze toys. I've heard that helps.

 

[Last Man Standing]

Haha, you only have 436 posts - you are a pansy!!! I'll take you seriously when you have 6,000 posts, at length!!

 

[djSlvt]

Just what the hell are you typing to do it for over an hour?


Using computer involves using a mouse, and then straing at the monitor with your mouse hand on your crutch. Relaxing.

You don't know how to use computer.


I'm a computer programmer, and I never get tired while typing, because it's not all about typing and when I do type it's fast.
^^^^Qualifying myself to you, so you know that you suck

 

[Desdinova]

Moved to H&F

 

[mrRuckus]

Yeah, so since I've been spending so much time on the computer, I may have Carpal Tunnel. I've joked about it before, and you probably have as well. But it's very real, and it sucks. My hands get tingly and numb when I stay in front of the computer in a typing position for over an hour. I have to stretch a lot now, etc. I'm going to go see the doctor tomorrow.

So, my word of advice is get off the computer!!! That is, of course, if you want healthy arms and hands.

It's not carpal tunnel. That is relatively rare and comes from jackhammers and stuff.. rarely typing. It may however be a repetitive stress injury. And if your hands and wrist hurt that's not where the problem is. That's where the problem is manifesting. This is evidenced by the large number of people who get carpal tunnel surgery by clueless doctors and then have the same problem reoccur - fixing the symptom, not the problem.

http://eeshop.unl.edu/text/sharon.txt

This stuff works. My forearms and wrists used to ache and my fingers were always stiff. My right forearm would start to feel like it was burning when I used the mouse for more than a little bit. The most important stretches to me were forearm and armpit stretches. Those are the ones I did the most. Things really haven't bothered me for a good 4-5 years now. I naturally am stretching my arms all day now without thinking about it while i'm sitting at the computer (my job) and I don't feel any pain anymore unless i'm sitting there a good long time constantly typing without walking around at all and taking any breaks.




For the geeks:
I got this pain from being a bard in Everquest. Seriously. Twisting is tough work