Another Bout of RSI

After several months of relief from RSI,  the problem has return.  Sore shoulders, and so on.  I plan to start the physiotherapy exercises again, but I have found that piano playing really helps with relaxation and posture.

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Website

I’ll be upgrading the blog over the next two weeks to give it a new feel and domain name of its own.  However, much of the subject matter and design style will remain the same, and I’ll still be blogging about creative writing, the novel, music and piano playing – just like before! As regards [...]

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RSI struggles

Sometimes, I get problems with RSI.   Physiotherapy exercises help, as long as I do them gently.   The other day, I read something fascinating in the health section of the Daily Mail.   Heat rubs and cold treatments containing menthol as the active ingredient don’t actually do anything to solve the problem, other than temporarily remove the [...]

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Update

Still having some problems with RSI, although they’re not as bad as before.  Also having a huge struggle with the novel writing, in particular the plot in the psychological thriller I’ve been working on.   Ruthless editing sometimes makes the original problems a lot worse. I ended up scrapping much of the rewrite of the last three [...]

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Repetive Strain Injury

Still sore from the RSI… I’ve found playing the piano helps the most.  Sitting at a computer doesn’t necessarily aggravate it but talking on a mobile makes it worse.   Also having problems with the writing at the moment.  I’m working on a psychological thriller, trying to get the plot right.  I took out a problem [...]

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RSI Nightmare

Discomfort and soreness in my arms and fingers coming from the neck area. I managed to get rid of RSI for a few days by avoiding using the mobile phone too much, but it came back when I started spending large amounts of time on the phone again. Activities like playing the piano and writing [...]

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Struggling with RSI again

It’s back. Discomfort in the elbows and arms coming from the neck area. I suppose I’ll have to dig out the exercises the physio gave me last year. I’m a classical pianist, and I spend hours at the computer writing fiction most days. Yet, neither is causing the problem. At one point, my sleeping angle [...]

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RSI

RSI ( Repetitive Strain Injury) is a real nuisance.  I’ve had problems on and off with it for years.  Last summer, a physiotherapist gave me a set of exercises designed to stretch muscles in the neck and shoulder. I did these exercises several times a day, but I think I may have overdone things. Anyway, I [...]

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