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I had this really bad about a year ago, and I was really frightened, because it got to the point that not only couldn't I work, I was getting pain just sitting and watching TV! I had it very bad in my wrists, but the worst thing was my elbows - I couldn't bend my arms, and I couldn't not bend my arms. I was really scared. Anyway, I tried everything, new keyboard, different chairs, vitamins, rubs, Dragon Naturally Speaking, you name it. I even had a kind of pulpit built for my computer so I could work standing up. Since not being able to work would have been a death sentence for me at that time, I spent well over $1000 on this stuff. But none of this really made any difference. Then, I sat down and thought about how the body works, and all I knew about medicine and biology, and I worked out that the wrist pain was caused by poor muscle condition. So I started exercising my upper body, particularly my arms as someone else pointed out above. That nailed it! Within a matter of days, all pain went away. I mainly concentrated on standing pushups. Because I'm a woman, I have almost no upper body strength, so I could barely even push myself off the wall on a 25 degree incline. But gradually, doing this very gently every hour or so, I started to increase the incline and get more movement back. Now, I don't have any pain or problems at all unless I really spend 12 hours in front of the computer. Then, if I get even so much as a twinge, I do the above routine for a day or two and all pain goes away again. |