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I don't know how affordable it would be but physiotherapy may help. Finding the root of the cause will help as well. If its arthritis your treatment options are going to be very different from muscle strain. I developed RSI last year and still have it today. It has become more manageable but still painful. If it is muscle related physio could put you on the right path of repair and rebuilding those muscles. They would give you stretches and hand workouts which would help strengthen the muscles which would eventually stop the pain. But it takes dedication. I wouldn't say give up on coding if you love to do it. You could try speech to text programming. It may be hard to adjust but I have seen someone use speech to text quiet efficiently. Have you considered a "vacation" away from the computer? I feel if I had the chance to take 2months away from the compute my RSI would go away.

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i'm going to look into physiotherapy. hopefully i find some answers there.

vacation is not an option for financial reasons.

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I hope it works out for you. I also found that hot water helped a lot. Try ice for pain and hot water or whatever for healing.