Carpal Tunnel/RSI

[Guest guest]

I have been practicing basic yoga for a little

more than a year and started learning Ashtanga Primary

series a couple of months ago. <br>I work on a computer

all day and have some wrist and elbow problems in my

right arm as a result that seem lately to be worsening.

Now, I have been told that downward dog is supposed to

be helpful for carpal tunnel, but I'm wondering if

there are asanas I should be cautious of that could

potentially cause further damage. I tend to be pretty

flexible and will attempt almost anything that I am told

to do in class unless I just really feel that I

might harm myself in the process. Any suggested poses

for managing symptoms or experience would be welcome.

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

Are suggesting that this might be helpful or harmful? And thank you for

responding. k

[Guest guest]

Is that the standing pose where I am in a forward bend and my hands are

underneath my feet as if I am standing on top of my hands? (padahastasana?)

[Guest guest]

regarding wrist health, do any of you who use a computer a lot use a "marble"

mouse? If so have you found that this (or other ergonomic tools) helps to

prevent problems?

[Guest guest]

I used to use the Kensington Expert Mouse which

was a giant billiard-ball type mouse and it hurt my

thumb heaps to use it because the thumb is what

activated the main mouse button. <br><br>The marble mice

were also terrible for my thumb and wrist as well.

<br><br>The problem any ordinary mouse is that the balls get

dirty and that means you have to over-correct from hand

to screen before can click and that makes your wrist

tense. Your movement is never the same and since your

wrist cannot anticipate the movement, it must always be

tense in order to provide you the means to click your

desire.<br><br>Two things I did that made my wrist pain disappear

(and I type 8 hours a day) was to:<br><br>1). Get the

MS Natural Keyboard and <br><br>2). Get the optical

(no ball) Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.

[Guest guest]

have any of you repetative stress disorder types

tried any of he voice recognition systems? i tried one

and it seemed to work quite well, but i didn't type

enough to make it worth my while to learn how to dictate

efficiently. i know they are not infallible but they would

seem to hae a lot to offer those who need to enter a

lot of info or data.

[Guest guest]

Hello! I also spend quite a bit of time in front

of my computer, and have found ashtanga yoga a great

preventative of carpal tunnel syndrome. A few years ago,

before I was doing this type of yoga, I had an attack of

carpal tunnel, which sent me to the acupuncture clinic.

Three treatments and three weeks later I was cured. Not

too long ago I was having acupuncture for something

else, and the acupuncturist commented that ashtanga was

excellent because we're moving and sending energy along the

meridians in practice. Now, I by no means am an advanced

yoga practitioner at all, but have enjoyed a number of

benefits, the above being one of them! Good luck!

[Guest guest]

I've got a fantastic infra red mousie with my

BEEEUUUUTiful ruby imac. When I get bored working, I can turn

off the lights and play with it, like a sparkler.

<br><br>I don't get any strain with it at all. And it it

looks wicked. Useless at yoga tho'...

[Guest guest]

>a fantastic infra red mousie <br>>with my

BEEEUUUUTiful ruby imac.<br><br>Mac is pure zen

computing.<br>The design problem that they seem<br>to be working

with is how to make<br>a computer that is there and

not<br>there at the same time. <br>Check out the Cube, it

seems to exist<br>as a little silver cloud.