[R] Tendonitis and R users

[Keith Jewell]

When I suffered from wrist pain I found changing from a standard mouse 
to a cordless trackball gave rapid and complete relief.

Your mileage may vary.

Keith J

> I think I've avoided tendonitis by carefully stretching the affected
> area when I begin to feel discomfort and, as John suggests, "Carefully
> watch posture and arm/hand actions to reduce strain".
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> On Tue, 4 Sep 2012, John Kane wrote:
>
>> I've come close a couple of times. Solutions: don't use computer-not
>> always practical. Carefully watch posture and arm/hand actions to
>> reduce strain.
>>
>> If do a lot of keyboarding not just R type look into using a Dvoark
>> keyboard.
>>
>> Something I have not done but which is likely to help is consult your
>> institutions health and safety people about solutions such as
>> ergonomic keyboards etc.
>>
>> John Kane
>> Kingston ON Canada
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: research at namibia.pharmaccess.org
>>> Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:55:36 +0000
>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>> Subject: [R] Tendonitis and R users
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello
>>> This request asks something beyond the technicalities of the R language,
>>> I would like to ask you wonderful people if you have ever suffered as
>>> programmers ( or de facto programmers like myself though I am a
>>> 'research
>>> assistant') from tendonitis and how you coped with it, i have golfer's
>>> elbow on both sides. Any resources?
>>>
>>> Pancho Mulongeni
>>> Namibia
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