“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical Function and Focus

Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by henrik_w on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:35AM (#13803311)

I credit micro breaks and stretching as the main reason I got over my severe RSI [1]. Never really heard that surgeons had similar problems though, but I guess it is the same mechanism - too much fine motor action for too long without a break.

[1] https://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by git_SHA on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:45AM (#13803388)

This was an unexpected benefit of the Pomodoro technique for me. I ended up walking around during the forced breaks and it definitely reduced the physical stresses imposed by coding days.

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by chmackenzie on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:05PM (#13804604)

Pomodoro technique definitely transformed my work experience. A few wrist stretches and brief walk definitely improved focus, and relieved the wrist strain most coders are familiar with.

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by melling on Monday March 06, 2017 @12:50PM (#13804460)

I remember reading this blog. There doesn't seem to one good way to cure RSI.

There are tons of stories here with lots of different "solutions":

https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by maxxxxx on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:07PM (#13804623)

The "one good way" to get RSI is repetitive action as the name already implies. So anything that breaks that repetition will help to some degree.

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by melling on Monday March 06, 2017 @02:35PM (#13805367)

Once you get it, it's extremely hard to figure out how to treat it. Sure, if you avoid the repetitive stress in the first place, that's ideal. For some people, once it happens, they can't reduce the "repetiveness" enough.

http://looknohands.me/

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by tcoff91 on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:42PM (#13804953)

You're right that there isn't one way to cure RSI because RSI is an umbrella term for many different problems.

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by melling on Monday March 06, 2017 @02:32PM (#13805346)

Can you provide some examples?

By not being specific when discussing it, it's harder for people to learn, and to figure out how to treat it.

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Re:“Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical F... by dvtv75 on Monday March 06, 2017 @08:41PM (#13807682)

In my experience, tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome are hand and wrist examples, tennis elbow, there are neck problems, upper back problems, shoulder problems, general muscle balance problems.

I developed a click in my wrist from mousing for 10 hours a day at work, without a break. (Yeah, I know it is illegal, and so did they.) That took a few years to go away.

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