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Monday, March 16: Hoping the strange feeling would go away with a good night's sleep, I was disappointed to discover it is still with me. I began to worry and suspect Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). A friend told me to go to the doctor. I sucked it up and finished a short application essay...
Education and tips for prevention are available from a number of sources at Harvard. Harvard RSI Action is a support group for people with RSI organized and run by students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Have someone surf their web site for you at www.eecs.harvard.edu/rsi/. The page features tips on hand and arm stretches, varieties of ergonomic computer equipment and other resources. The Center for Wellness and Health Communication at University Health Services (UHS) offers physical and massage therapy for RSI sufferers as well as useful guides to proper work-station set-up and hand stretching...
...distributed to all undergraduates. Additionally, the University should take a more active role in helping its students, particularly high-risk groups such as computer science concentrators who spend upwards of 30 hours a week in front of their computers. UHS doctors should also be better-trained to deal with RSI issues...
...continue its replacement of the old desks in the houses with newer desks with pull-out keyboard drawers to put typists' hands at the right level. In addition to preventative measures, the University must make efforts to extend resources to the rapidly increasing number of students already afflicted with RSI...
Further, the extensive resources available at the College should be made more readily available through advertisements and information sessions. Efforts to educate students and prevent debilitating RSI must continue until this Gen X plague no longer seems to be spreading across campus at near-epidemic rates. Meanwhile, stop typing, stretch your wrists and walk away from your computer. The paper can wait...