I may be out of line here, but I fail to see what on earth this has to do with R and why this thread should be continued here.
I appreciate the fact that there is no maliciousness involved, but the danger of such off topic discussions (imho, of course) is that it dilutes the purpose and value of R-help and wastes time and energy. So may I plea to keep discussions here on topic and move this to private or one of the innumerable ergonomics sites on the web. Thank you. -- Bert On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Keith Jewell <k.jew...@campden.co.uk> wrote: > 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". >> >> Clint Bowman INTERNET: cl...@ecy.wa.gov >> Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: cl...@math.utah.edu >> Department of Ecology VOICE: (360) 407-6815 >> PO Box 47600 FAX: (360) 407-7534 >> Olympia, WA 98504-7600 >> >> USPS: PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600 >> Parcels: 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, WA 98503-1274 >> >> 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@namibia.pharmaccess.**org<resea...@namibia.pharmaccess.org> >>>> Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:55:36 +0000 >>>> To: r-help@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 >>>> ______________________________**________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>> http://www.R-project.org/**posting-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**______________________________ >>> FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends >>> and family! >>> Visit >>> http://www.inbox.com/**photosharing<http://www.inbox.com/photosharing>to >>> find out more! >>> >>> ______________________________**________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/**posting-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >>> >> > ______________________________**________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
