ibuprofen doesn't do anything, even the horse pill size ones the 800mg ones!!!
im trying vioxx tho', and ill let u know! what I am going to purchase is this... a wireless mouse, that will work ambidextrously...and a microsoft natural keyboard, those two fixes, seem to go across the board, as the most promising things to try! stan winchester, has one heck of a contraption setup @ his office, if he sends you his url...you can see it...it looks like it is 100% ready and waiting for some tired aching hands...wow! anyhow, this seems like a problem across the board, a lot of developers on here, well, I say a lot, but not too many, are having some of the same issues...dave watts, ben, sean...what about you guys...been coding a while? what are your remedies? tony weeg uncertified advanced cold fusion developer tony at navtrak dot net www.navtrak.net office 410.548.2337 fax 410.860.2337 -----Original Message----- From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:12 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ergonomics Tony Think I'm in the same boat, except Ibuprofen didn't help! I'd second Barney's advice about having the elbows higher than the desk space. When using my laptop at home I have it much lower than my work desk I find I rarely get the wrist aches and pains I get at work. Kola >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 21 July 2003 21:14 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: ergonomics >> >> I've experienced the same thing, Ben. I've got big ol' meathooks, but >> the >> don't contort very well. I get all tight when I spend a lot of time >> typing prose, but as long as I'm dancing around the keys looking for >> all those >> weird programming keys, I'm fine. I think it's directly tied to when I >> have >> my wrists on the desk/rest, because that keeps everything still. When >> I'm >> floating (from moving my hands around), I have less problems. >> >> Also, when you're sitting at the desk, make sure your elbows are slightly >> higher than the desk surface. Someone told me that at some point, and >> it's >> good advice, since it helps keep your wrists floating. Especially with >> my >> horrible horrible slouching. ;) >> >> cheers, >> barneyb >> >> --- >> Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer >> AudienceCentral >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> voice : 360.756.8080 x12 >> fax : 360.647.5351 >> >> www.audiencecentral.com >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:52 PM >> > To: CF-Talk >> > Subject: RE: ergonomics >> > >> > >> > Is he making fun of my glasses? >> > >> > Oh, well, I'll tell him what helps me anyway. >> > >> > I type wrong. I didn't learn it that way on purpose, but there it is. >> My >> > hands are a little small for a standard keyboard (from the home row >> > I can't reach most of the numbers), so my hands move around, waving >> > above the >> > keyboard like I'm casting a spell. >> > >> > I talked to an ergonomics expert, and she said what I was doing was >> > exactly right. Many of the problems associated with RSS are caused >> > by the hands and >> > wrists being forced into and kept at wierd angles. According to her, >> the >> > key is to keep moving the hands and wrists around so that they aren't >> ever >> > stuck in the same position for hours on end. >> > >> > I don't know if any of this will help, but it's what I know. :-\ >> > >> > >> > -- Ben Doom >> > Programmer & General Lackey >> > Moonbow Software, Inc >> > >> > : -----Original Message----- >> > : From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > : Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:38 PM >> > : To: CF-Talk >> > : Subject: RE: ergonomics >> > : >> > : >> > : yah...i just turned 30 on the 4th of june, I had to get glasses >> > : and now, these wrists are starting to bug out...10 years of this >> > : and this is what happens.... >> > : >> > : I really want to find a not too high priced ergo desk.... >> > : >> > : tony weeg >> > : uncertified advanced cold fusion developer >> > : tony at navtrak dot net >> > : www.navtrak.net >> > : office 410.548.2337 >> > : fax 410.860.2337 >> > : >> > : >> > : -----Original Message----- >> > : From: Erik Yowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > : Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:36 PM >> > : To: CF-Talk >> > : Subject: RE: ergonomics >> > : >> > : >> > : That does suck - same thing here, I'm in my late 20s and my wrist is >> > : shot - Switching to the MS Wireless Optical Intellimouse Explorer >> helped >> > : me quite a bit, and from what I hear the Logitech trackballs are >> > : seriously the way to go, though it will take a bit of relearning time >> to >> > : get the hang of it if you're not used to it. >> > : >> > : Erik Yowell >> > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > : http://www.shortfusemedia.com >> > : >> > : >> > : > -----Original Message----- >> > : > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > : > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:11 PM >> > : > To: CF-Talk >> > : > Subject: ot: ergonomics >> > : > >> > : > hey all. >> > : > >> > : > listen...ive got a problem, and things are getting worse. >> > : > >> > : > my wrists and my forearm (tennis elbow) are really starting to hurt >> > : > these days, I have been to the doc, got some scripts (vioxx, >> bextra, >> > : > ibuprofen, etc...) >> > : > and they are all well, blah... anyway, what ergonomic ideas does >> > : anyone >> > : > have >> > : > or employ (Desk, mouse, keyboard) that you could share...this is >> > : > starting to hurt and this sucks!!!! >> > : > >> > : > thanks >> > : > >> > : > tony >> > : > >> > : > tony weeg >> > : > uncertified advanced cold fusion developer >> > : > tony at navtrak dot net >> > : > www.navtrak.net >> > : > office 410.548.2337 >> > : > fax 410.860.2337 >> > : > >> > : > >> > : >> > : >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
