exercises for tendinitis (tendonitis) and carpal tunnel (cps)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Frequently recommended in RSI and wrist pain threads by people who say the stretches relieved their own symptoms.
What it is
A short video of stretching and hand exercises for preventing and easing tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, from a percussion teacher. The exercises were shown to him by a doctor.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2009 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec forgetcolor · 2012-05 · on “Ask HN: Best way to recover and deal with carpal tunnel?”
i deal with both carpal tunnel (diagnosed) and tendonitis. an ergonomic keyboard is a must (i use a kinesis freestyle). one of the most important equipment changes for me is to never use an actual mouse, and to never click a trackpad. instead i use a magic trackpad on my desktop mac, built in trackpad on my mbp, and a logitech trackpad on my pc desktops. all are configured with full gesture capability so i can use the tap features instead of clicking. also, no click-drag. instead i use the double tap to lock feature. i also mix it up by using my ipad. for browsing, for short emails, etc. the ipad requires different muscles so changes the patterns of use (a good thing). for exercises, i highl
Strong rec MikeTV · 2016-10 · on “Ask HN: RSI is getting really bad”
I've been doing these stretches a few times a day for the past several years, since I first felt RSI coming on. It's helped significantly. Whenever I start to feel wrist/hand pain, I know I've been slacking on them. [this video]
Strong rec thegabez · 2018-12 · on “Ask HN: What ergonomic solutions are you using?”
Look into stretching exercises. This video saved me from debilitating hand and wrist pain. I'm sure there are similar exercises you can perform for forearm, elbow, shoulder, etc.. [this video]
Recommends qeorge · 2009-10 · on “Ask HN: Wrist Pain”
I've found the exercises in this video help me a lot: [this video] Also, when I was having problems a few years back, I narrowed it down to my laptop. The touchpad style mouse was killing my hands and wrists. It sounds like you're on a desktop, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.