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Ask HN: Dealing with wrist pain / tendonitis as a developer
I'm currently trying to come back from a very painful tendonitis in the forearm and wrist pain in my right hand, I overtaxed it trying to wrap everything up by end of year. I had a week off and used a splint and feel better but I'm just in my 2nd day back and I'm already feeling soreness and mild pain.
I have a splint and bought a hot/cold gel pad, cold especially helps.
I also switched my mouse to left handed use, it does strain my left hand a bit probably for not being used to doing it.
But typing is a big problem and I'm worried about coding, I'm having stuff piling up and I need to get it done but I don't know if I need to rest more or what.
How did you recover from this, any tips / meds / using voice activation for writing?