Tendonitis

[bardiclug]

I have it. In spades. At least my right arm. At the shoulder and the elbow. I'm told by my Primary Care Physician that it's likely due to repetitive motion from mousing and typing. Since that's my job nearly 12 hours a day, it's been difficult

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[spiritdance]

If this has all been done, doesn't apply, feel free to ignore :-)

On the elbow, is part of it when you rotate/pick things up? If so, one of those elbow straps may help some (yeah, I'm using one since getting "tennis elbow" shoveling snow).

Have they had you try ice packs? Some chill time might help the pain some (and help get the inflammation down).

Would it be possible to change your work environment? I'm thinking getting a touchpad, trackball, drawing tablet or similar to help with the mousing; getting something other than a flat keyboard; changing the keyboard height relative to your chair (dropping the keyboard should relieve some of the stress on the elbows, and maybe the wrists.

At least some of these you could do in the short term; do you have anyone at your workplace that does ergonomic reviews? (RC does, and have helped Daniel change a few things at work to make it a bit less painful).

Hope you can get thru it :-)

And we love you, but will forgive you not posting (or you could look into the voice post options, and let "us" transcribe things for you!)