As a person, whose primary day-job of Software Engineering involves almost exclusively clacking away at the keyboard, I find that words like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Wrist-Tendinitis carry special significance. Based on the way a computer-user sits, rests his/her hands and types on a keyboard, these wrist based injuries can be pretty debilitating resulting in the inability to continue to work unless some kind of surgery is performed.
Such a predicament was faced by David Kuckhermann,a world percussion master and he has produced a Youtube video giving the details of how he managed to overcome the stress-related injuries in his wrist. Check it out below:
This tip is courtesy of the Lifehacker Blog which also has a separate post on “How to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome“.
Do check out the video and this article especially if you spend a considerable part of your day in front of a computer.
