RSI

[Flodder450]

Hey,i got a little but of rsi a minute or so ago

 

any experiances with it?

[dragoonson]

Whats RSI?Best thing I could come up with is Rear Side Inspection,and thats probably not what you meant.

[Seogege]

I'll assume you're talking about Repetitive Strain Injury or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It's not too common amongst computer users, but seeing you're going for 99 firemaking, well... :lol: You'd best completely or partialy cessitate your hand and arm from using the computer/typing for a few hours. You should get rest and like I said before, not use the computer at all for serveral hours. You can try buying some ibuprofen to keep the swelling at minimum if there is any, or buying a new ergonomic keyboard or mouse to help you stay away from RSI in the future.

 

 

 

Whats RSI?Best thing I could come up with is Rear Side Inspection,and thats probably not what you meant.

 

 

 

RSI or Repetitive Strain Injury is a form of musculoskeletal disorder that effects one's muscles, tendons, and nerves. It's usually caused by keeping your body in a tense and stressed position for a prolonged amount of time. An example is firemaking, as you must click nearly non-stop. Guitarists, assembly-line workers, and computer-users are all victims of RSI. I expained how to treat a minor outbreak above. For more severe cases, you should best contact your doctor about RSI treatment and therapy.

[Ouchy]

I have never experience RSI, and don't hope to either. I can't imagine the pain :|

[Cyco_Reborn]

I have wrists of steel!!! Therefore I can last a very long session of mast...err...computing!!! Yeah...

[deloriagod]

I have wrists of steel!!! Therefore I can last a very long session of mast...err...computing!!! Yeah...

 

 

 

I'm with you on that one bro. Years of experience really toughen you up ;)

[rangeor]

Well, my wrist randomly started hurting really bad one day and the next day when I woke up I was fine. It was kind of strange, I figured it was RSI related.

 

 

 

And i'm a guitarist too so i'm pretty much expecting RSI in the future. And seogege, what you said sounded a lot like wikipedia's article on RSI ;)

 

 

 

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[Mollerz]

You know you can stretch the muscles in your forearm like a warm-up beforehand. I play the guitar and play on the computer, and I can't really get an injury because I play lots of sport too.

 

 

 

Ok, put your right arm out in front of you as straight as you can with your palm facing downwards.

 

Tilt your hand towards you so your palm is facing away from you.

 

Keeping your arm striaght, using your left hand, slowly pull back the fingertips of your right hand until you start feeling a strain in your forearm, hold that for 10 seconds and repeat with your other arm.

 

 

 

It's pretty easy and takes 30 seconds for both arms and it keeps your arms from getting stiff.

[Da_Latios]

I don't think I've ever experienced RSI... But while training for 99 agility, I rubbed the skin on my wrists so much that they became clear and I could see the blood underneath. Kinda freaky, but waaay cool.

[Echofish]

I've had a bit of RSI whilst playing Halo. It made my whole arm ache if I move my index finger. I've cut down from 50 hours to 30-ish a week :lol:

[The Observer]

Hehe, I've never had it that much. It's surprising because I'm a level 99 Firemaker. :lol:

[Seogege]

Well, my wrist randomly started hurting really bad one day and the next day when I woke up I was fine. It was kind of strange, I figured it was RSI related.

 

 

 

And i'm a guitarist too so i'm pretty much expecting RSI in the future. And seogege, what you said sounded a lot like wikipedia's article on RSI ;)

 

 

 

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Hehe, too true. Probably 'cause I got my info from there! ;) I really have no idea about RSI. I just read and summarize. :ugeek:

[Ouchy]

I've had a bit of RSI whilst playing Halo. It made my whole arm ache if I move my index finger.

 

 

 

Funny, I have had problems with Video Games too. Whenever I moved my thumb, it would click and start to hurt :| That has stopped occurring now that I don't play as many video games

[Jernlov]

You can't have "a bit" of RSI, you have it or you don't.

 

 

 

Short-term pain is usually just stress from typing/clicking/doing awkward stuff for an extended period of time. However, if you decide to ignore this and not take a break, you run the risk of damage.

 

 

 

I've had tennis elbow from planing wood and it's horrible, a lot worse than just a short-term sprain from too much computer use.

 

 

 

If you have RSI you'd know about it for sure.

[Lenin64]

I probably came close earlier. I was playing GHIII with a 360 controller for S&Gs, and was playing "Barracuda". Now, the button for the green fret is on the left trigger, and is really not the ideal place to have it for the gallops in that song. Thought my hand would fall off.

[Guest]

I probably came close earlier. I was playing GHIII with a 360 controller for S&Gs, and was playing "Barracuda". Now, the button for the green fret is on the left trigger, and is really not the ideal place to have it for the gallops in that song. Thought my hand would fall off.

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Exact same thing happend to me. Think of it this way: through the fire and flames would be worse :twss:

[Lenin64]

I probably came close earlier. I was playing GHIII with a 360 controller for S&Gs, and was playing "Barracuda". Now, the button for the green fret is on the left trigger, and is really not the ideal place to have it for the gallops in that song. Thought my hand would fall off.

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Exact same thing happend to me. Think of it this way: through the fire and flames would be worse :twss:

 

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer" :lol:

[Guest]

I probably came close earlier. I was playing GHIII with a 360 controller for S&Gs, and was playing "Barracuda". Now, the button for the green fret is on the left trigger, and is really not the ideal place to have it for the gallops in that song. Thought my hand would fall off.

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Exact same thing happend to me. Think of it this way: through the fire and flames would be worse :twss:

 

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer" :lol:

 

 

 

Or is it? :-#

[Nadril]

Amazingly I haven't had any problems with this.

[Infi]

Amazingly I haven't had any problems with this.

 

:shock:

 

Time to go on a gaming spree

[____]

My sister suffered RSI during her final semester at university, the pain made it almost impossible for her to complete any assessment she was working on at the time. It was so bad she almost had to approach the dean requesnt an unpenalised deferal of her enrollment because of it. There was barely a day where she wasn't breaking down into tears because of how much it hurt. I'm glad I haven't suffered RSI after seeing the impact it has on your life for a good couple of months :-\

[Guest]

My sister suffered RSI during her final semester at university, the pain made it almost impossible for her to complete any assessment she was working on at the time. It was so bad she almost had to approach the dean requesnt an unpenalised deferal of her enrollment because of it. There was barely a day where she wasn't breaking down into tears because of how much it hurt. I'm glad I haven't suffered RSI after seeing the impact it has on your life for a good couple of months :-\

 

 

 

I had no idea RSI could last that long! I thought it wore of after a day! *deides never to train firemaking*

[silver_wits]

I once had it for the weekend wehn I was in school.. my teachers back then used to favor giving us lots of notes...

 

 

 

I couldn't write fast enough with my left hand.. since i'm righthanded...

 

so... I eventually had to copy someone else's notes. :(

 

 

 

I got rid of it by resting my hand... and not letting that hand do anything.. I also soaked it in a container of hot/warm water.

 

 

 

 

 

for darkrick's sister.. she probably didn't rest her hand enough. but then I wasn't there... so... there could have been another reason why injury worsened. -.-

[Orpheus]

Never really had it, although I've had sore thumbs before, and those are annoying.

[Guest]

Never really had it, although I've had sore thumbs before, and those are annoying.

 

 

 

yeah -.-