Tag Archives: wrist injury

RSI Flare-Up!

Repetitive motion can do a number on your joints. This is part of why ergonomics are so important: the right alignment for your body and workspace, stretching, and taking breaks can help prevent repetitive strain injury. If you have a problem area — a joint that tends to suffer from repetitive strain issues — it’s not unheard of to have a flare-up from time to time. Maybe it’s been so long since you experienced symptoms that you overdid it. Maybe a new task is aggravating an old injury. When an old injury comes back to life, there are a few … Continue reading →

Writing with a Wrist Injury

In case you’re worried — I’m not the one with the wrist injury. Thank goodness! I have a friend who has rheumatoid arthritis AND tendinitis, leaving her at the computer with only one hand for typing. So what happens when you can’t type (or do other hand-centric tasks) but you need to? I’d be up a creek without a paddle if I couldn’t find my way to tippity tap on the keyboard! My friend is struggling with her wrist-related restrictions. The way she sees it, she has a few options: Stay away from the computer and get no work done. … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potpourri: On The Mend and A New Housewife

ON THE MEND Leave it to a celebrity to find a way to make money off of a quasi-tragedy. Fans of Stephen Colbert know how much the 43-year-old comedian has been milking his wrist injury over the past few weeks. A couple of months ago Colbert took a dive while running around his New York studio before tapping an episode. As a result, he was fitted with a cast and debuted it on his program’s July 26 episode. Since then, Colbert has squeezed every drop of material out of the injury. Seriously, the guy has come up with some of … Continue reading →