[plug] (OT) RSI?

[John Knight]

Hi lads!
You should have a break and walk around every hour for around five minutes 
or so, and stare into the middle distance (around 3 to 9 metres) every 15 
minutes (are you near a window?). 10 hours is a VERY long time, so try to 
enhance you ergonomics by keeping your desk, mouse etc. a half foot or so 
above waist height.

Hope I was of some help!
anarchist tomato

>
>On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 07:19:19PM +0800, Andrew Francis wrote:
>
> > This is offtopic and I'm probably just being paranoid, however I'm 
>getting
> > rather anxious so I figured I'd ask... is anyone listening particularly
> > familiar with the symptoms of RSI?
> > Has anyone had experience with relatively *minor* wrist pains, or RSI in
> > general? Am I risking my health significantly by putting in 10 hours of
> > study/writing betwen now and visiting the GP?
> > And as a result of this little scare, I think I'm going to try and 
>improve
> > my ergonomics..
> > Any ideas or feedback anyone might have to offer would be appreciated.
>
>I'm not a doctor (yet! *grin*) and I know very little about RSI but I'm
>sure it would be a good idea to speak to your GP just to be on the safe
>side.  I doubt the 10 hours would really matter but, of course, I don't
>know anything more than you. :-)  Having said that, this is a Linux list
>so here's my suggestion...  There is a great little program called
>xwrits (intentionally mispelled).  It runs in the background and
>periodically reminds you to take a break from typing.  It's highly
>configurable and I've found it really useful.  I don't have a problem
>with my wrists but my eyes get really terrible after looking at the
>screen for too long.  Without xwrits I'd probably be well on my way to
>being blind by now.
>
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