(Btw, Aside from hacking, I'm a martial artist, body worker and qigong practitioner, I've dealt with my own tendon problem for fifteen years and I'm feeling really healthy at the moment, so this is a good topic...)
Paying attention to your body is much closer to the problem than gadgets - but I believe that "work out" often isn't close enough. For every story of "working out" helping someone, I suspect you will find a couple stories of it injuring someone. Sadly, normal computer use general involves considerable insult to the proper use of your body. Putting further strain on your arms and legs through weights and other devices has often resulted in a further problems for people.
Certainly there are some bodies that are helped by this - one must always keep in mind how much variation in bodies there is in we biological humans and not assume one person's solution will automatically work for another person, meaning you.
That said, what I'd strong suggest is that you need is to become aware of the proper use of your own body. One good resource for this: "The Alexander Technique". Another: qigong in general and http://www.qidao.org in particular. Yoga has helped some though I'm dubious - Yoga is also more harsh disciple, people say good things about Feldenkrais. Another very good thing to try is Tai Chi. There various solutions out there aren't mutually exclusive but approaches that are gentle and gradual tend to be best in my opinion. Gentle and gradual - if nothing else, remember that.
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(Btw, Aside from hacking, I'm a martial artist, body worker and qigong practitioner, I've dealt with my own tendon problem for fifteen years and I'm feeling really healthy at the moment, so this is a good topic...)
Paying attention to your body is much closer to the problem than gadgets - but I believe that "work out" often isn't close enough. For every story of "working out" helping someone, I suspect you will find a couple stories of it injuring someone. Sadly, normal computer use general involves considerable insult to the proper use of your body. Putting further strain on your arms and legs through weights and other devices has often resulted in a further problems for people.
Certainly there are some bodies that are helped by this - one must always keep in mind how much variation in bodies there is in we biological humans and not assume one person's solution will automatically work for another person, meaning you.
That said, what I'd strong suggest is that you need is to become aware of the proper use of your own body. One good resource for this: "The Alexander Technique". Another: qigong in general and http://www.qidao.org in particular. Yoga has helped some though I'm dubious - Yoga is also more harsh disciple, people say good things about Feldenkrais. Another very good thing to try is Tai Chi. There various solutions out there aren't mutually exclusive but approaches that are gentle and gradual tend to be best in my opinion. Gentle and gradual - if nothing else, remember that.