It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

Author: Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis
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by jcl   2017-08-19
4. Not all RSI is carpal tunnel.

It's funny, but the RSI book a friend recommended to me is titled "It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!":

http://www.amazon.com/Carpal-Syndrome-Therapy-Computer-Profe...

Contrary to the title, the book doesn't rule out the possibility of carpal tunnel, but it correctly points out that carpal tunnel only applies to a small set of RSI-related symptoms. I found the book helpful.

by robertcorey   2017-08-19
In this thread there will be many people with many different degrees of RSI who have solved it using a variety of different solutions. That is because the symptoms can be caused by a variety of different things. The defacto standard high level overview is https://www.amazon.com/Its-Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome-Profession...
by melling   2017-08-19
Slight tingling in the fingers could mean RSI too. Most people get RSI and not carpel tunnel.

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome-Professiona...