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exercises for tendinitis (tendonitis) and carpal tunnel (cps)

A short video of stretching and hand exercises for preventing and easing tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, from a percussion teacher. The exercises were shown to him by a doctor.

Why HN readers recommended it

Frequently recommended in RSI and wrist pain threads by people who say the stretches relieved their own symptoms.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
David Kuckhermann
Topic
rsi hand exercises
Format
tutorial
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2009–2018

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • i deal with both carpal tunnel (diagnosed) and tendonitis. an ergonomic keyboard is a must (i use a kinesis freestyle). one of the most important equipment changes for me is to never use an actual mouse, and to never click a trackpad. instead i use …

    forgetcolor on Hacker News · 2012-05
    In Ask HN: Best way to recover and deal with carpal tunnel?
  • I've been doing these stretches a few times a day for the past several years, since I first felt RSI coming on. It's helped significantly. Whenever I start to feel wrist/hand pain, I know I've been slacking on them. [VIDEO]

    MikeTV on Hacker News · 2016-10
    In Ask HN: RSI is getting really bad
  • Look into stretching exercises. This video saved me from debilitating hand and wrist pain. I'm sure there are similar exercises you can perform for forearm, elbow, shoulder, etc.. [VIDEO]

    thegabez on Hacker News · 2018-12
    In Ask HN: What ergonomic solutions are you using?

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.