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Repetitive stress injury. An injury that results from doing the same motion over and over (such as typing).
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Michael Dunn wrote:
Repetitive stress injury
Ahh... we call ir "tendinite" here.
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Tendinitis is one of the RSI. We call them LER (Lesões por esforços repetitivos) here.
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I'm bothering my colleagues a lot by hanging in their cubicles instead of working...
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That's what they're there for!
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I forget everything when I sit in front of my computer.How can I stretch or...
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I voted "none" of course. But for the last 1 year I have had recurring back pain and occasionally neck pain too. I also get sudden attacks of headache. I have a sinus problem at times but this is the no-sinus headache. I occasionally used to have migraines too during my teens.
And about an year ago I had severe eye pain and suddenly everything was blurry. Smitha thought I was blind. The doc said [I somehow managed to get there] that I had something called CVS which is Computer Vision Syndrome. During my teens I used to sit late at night with my computer and the lights used to be switched off too as everyone complained that the light reflected through the ventilator maybe all that has compunded with the fact that I sit in front for 16 hours a day.
I am 24 and feel 64
Nish
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Nish
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With the CP blood in him.
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Nish - Native CPian wrote:
I sit in front for 16 hours a day.
Ah, a like-minded individual! But be sure to have adequate lighting when working. A reflected (vs. direct) light source works best, imho.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
But be sure to have adequate lighting when working. A reflected (vs. direct) light source works best, imho.
Thanks for the tip
Nish
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Nish
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Nish, seriously, it's done wonders for my work environment at home. Now I can work 18-20 hours at a stretch without hurting my eyes. Of course, my back is completely gone by that time.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Of course, my back is completely gone by that time.
After 20 hours, that's not very surprising
Nish
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Nish
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Just as I got your reply, my back went into a spasm. Weird man! I think I need to give up this hacking thing and become a sanyasi. Too bad Hari Polavarapu's taken the domain name.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Just as I got your reply, my back went into a spasm.
Sorry to hear that, Ravi! I hope your back improves soon!
Nish
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Nish
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So i guess u also have pile?
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Edd wrote:
So i guess u also have pile?
What's pile?
Nish
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Nish
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I think he meant "piles" (hemorrhoids).
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I think he meant "piles" (hemorrhoids).
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Nish
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I don't understand why working in a dark room would have a bad effect on your eyes when you are working on a computer, I hear this from people all of the time.
However, I do prefer to work in the dark. My eyes feel a lot better at the end of the day if I have worked in a dark room rather than a well lighted room. Some days I also stare at the screen for up to 16 hours, so I don't know.
I do know that I have light colored eyes so I am very sensitive to sunlight as well, so maybe that is a factor in my case as well.
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kilowatt wrote:
My eyes feel a lot better at the end of the day if I have worked in a dark room rather than a well lighted room.
An engineer friend of mine who has a thyroid problem also prefers working in subdued lightning, as bright light hurts her eyes. You might want to make sure you don't have a thyroid condition. (Don't mean to scare you, just wanted you to know).
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
You might want to make sure you don't have a thyroid condition.
Hmmmm, what are the symptoms?
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They can vary. You might want to browse www.webmd.com for more info.
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Hello Kilo
My doc advised me against sitting in a dark room. Because compared to the dark room the monitor would be real bright. That's an extra exertion for the eyes
Nish
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Nish
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With the CP blood in him.
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I've never understood the "don't sit in a dark room" opinion. The surrounding room should be darker than the screen. If the monitor is darker, you end up stressing your eyes more in order to see. (Imagine standing outside in the sun, and trying to look through a doorway into a building... hard to do, right? It's the same thing with a bright room/dark monitor.)
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Sorry to hear that nish.
I occasionally have back pains, not sure what I can do other than stretching out.Since I'm six ft two I rarely have furnitures designed to my physique ..
Kannan
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Kannan Kalyanaraman wrote:
Since I'm six ft two I rarely have furnitures designed to my physique ..
I have the same problem. I am 1.5 inches shorter than you.
Nish
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Nish
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With the CP blood in him.
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