Disclosure: I currently work for Wellnomics Hi DaTxomin, Hmm, musculoskeletal pain can be a real problem, and isn't necessarily an indication of age! ;) I think the most important thing is to NOT ignore it. Do something now before it becomes debilitating. It sounds like other CP members have been there and have realised that it can, unfortunately, become a bigger problem. My (limited) understanding of RSI (or OOS, or whatever) is that there are many contributing factors, such as - your posture and workstation ergonomics, - your ability to control your work environment, - your ability to change your working posture (i.e. can you shift around, can you get up and stretch without feeling like a wally...), - your ability to take breaks from work, - your ability to relax muscles and to stimulate blood flow back to overused muscles (in order to flush out metabolites, such as lactic acid etc.) - your susceptibility to stress, and your stress loading - your general health and wellbeing. In fact, as far as I can see, there can be a really wide range of factors that may contribute to RSI. For those of us who spend long periods of time working on a computer it can be all to easy to get into bad habits. We can get so focussed on work that we shut everything else out--we "centre" only on our keyboard, mouse and screen, and we forget that we're stooping over, shoulders hunched, arms tense, and we loose track of time, realising that it's gone 9pm, our pizza's cold and the Coke's flat... If only we would remember to take a break, stand up, stretch out those muscles, go for a quick walk to the kitchen to grab a drink of water, ... anything to give us a few moments away from our desk. And that is (one of the things) my employer provides--they have a desktop app that reminds you to take these periodic breaks. Wellnomics' WorkPace[^] sits in your task bar, and periodically pops up reminders to take a "micropause" (stop what you're doing, drop your arms to your sides, maybe shake out your muscles, and then go back to what you are doing) or to take a few minutes break (go and do something else for a few minutes, heck, go and talk to someone...!). It has a little system tray icon which indicates your work intensity... and if the app thinks you are overdoing things, it can be a bit assertive and freeze input from keyboard/mouse (but the level of "assertiveness" is completely configurable). So, is that the whol
