joxley1990
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Ok, well after my recent encounter with RHS - Repetitive Strain Injury, I feel, I should warn everyone that comes on here, and give you guidelines, on how to prevent injury, inflicted by the computer.
To prevent injury on hands, or wrists:
1 - Use a softtouch keyboard, these can be very cheap, but can be very effective.
2 - Use wrist rests at all times, they are usually a cushion, filled with gel, which will mould to the shape of your wrist. preventing injury.
3 - For every hour you spent on the computer, take at least a 20 minute break, away from the computer. Go and get something to eat, or drink, take a walk, do whatever you want, just stay away from the computerTo prevent back pain:
To prevent injury to the back, and neck, i.e back strain, or pulled muscles:
Injuries that are caused to the back, are always down to bad posture, and a bad chair.
1 - Use a full back support chair, and get it as soft as you can.
2 - Sit up straight!
To prevent strain on the eyes:
There are two elements to preventing injury to your eyesight:
1 - Physical. Sit so that your eyes are parallel to the top of your monitor(s)
2a - Software. Set your resolution, to a state that feels comfortable to you, so what if everything is quite big? Your eyes are more important than the amount of icons you can fit on your desktop!
2b - Set your monitor to a comfortable brightness, not too bright, and definetly not too dim. The worst is to have it dim, but to have it too bright is not good either.
The main rule: Take REGULAR break from your computer, at least EVERY hour
Maybe a sticky? Im sure someone out there could find it useful..
To prevent injury on hands, or wrists:
1 - Use a softtouch keyboard, these can be very cheap, but can be very effective.
2 - Use wrist rests at all times, they are usually a cushion, filled with gel, which will mould to the shape of your wrist. preventing injury.
3 - For every hour you spent on the computer, take at least a 20 minute break, away from the computer. Go and get something to eat, or drink, take a walk, do whatever you want, just stay away from the computerTo prevent back pain:
To prevent injury to the back, and neck, i.e back strain, or pulled muscles:
Injuries that are caused to the back, are always down to bad posture, and a bad chair.
1 - Use a full back support chair, and get it as soft as you can.
2 - Sit up straight!
To prevent strain on the eyes:
There are two elements to preventing injury to your eyesight:
1 - Physical. Sit so that your eyes are parallel to the top of your monitor(s)
2a - Software. Set your resolution, to a state that feels comfortable to you, so what if everything is quite big? Your eyes are more important than the amount of icons you can fit on your desktop!
2b - Set your monitor to a comfortable brightness, not too bright, and definetly not too dim. The worst is to have it dim, but to have it too bright is not good either.
The main rule: Take REGULAR break from your computer, at least EVERY hour
Maybe a sticky? Im sure someone out there could find it useful..
