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From: 880139h@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Rob Hutten)
Subject: Carpal Tunnel& Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.183429.3457@aucs.AcadiaU.ca>
Reply-To: 880139h@aucs.acadiau.ca (Rob Hutten)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 91 18:34:29 GMT
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Hi, sorry if this topic has been convered before, or if this is an 
inappropriate newsgroup, but:

Have any of you had experience with getting either carpal
tunnel syndrome or ulnar nerve entrapment from using computers
on a regular basis?  I'm starting physiotherapy tonight for UNE,
and my brother had his wrist in a brace for a couple months with
CTS.   We're both programmers and we've been told that both
problems were caused by the rigid position in which we hold our
hands.  My brother's CTS was relieved with the brace and the use
of a trackball instead of a mouse (he does Macintosh support),
so I was wondering if there were products available such as
special keyboard holders, etc. which could help out my UNE.

If you're unfamiliar with UNE, it's caused by the ulnar nerve
(the one that smarts when you bang your funny bone) being pinched
by the elbow joint.  At least that's what I understand from
one visit to a general practitioner...

Email response is preferred, but I do read this group.  I'll 
summarize if there is any response.

Thanks.

-Rob

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