RSI - the reason that we want to use proper typing technique.
So what is RSI? We will watch a video in class on 9/10, from that video write a response to this post about what you learned from the video, and what area of typing technique you think you need to improve on and why. Your response must meet the guidelines given for a DQ. You will then to watch other students during the week and provide them feedback on their typing technique. In the feedback be specific and constructive so that the student you provide feedback can learn and change their ways. You can also suggest ways that help you be successful in your technique. You will need to provide feedback for two (2) students and have at least 50 words each response. Want to watch the video again - RSI VIDEO
gregory
9/12/2012 08:01:26 am
The video about RSI taught me that there is only one way to type, elbows at your side, feet flat on the floor, keyboard at the edge of the desk with wrists up.otherwise pain will spread devouring your body in anguish. Slowly but surely the pain will consume you. To prevent this you need to type correctly, it is also good to stretch your arms once in a while. But it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. So you have to be willing to get uncomfortable to learn to type right, or RSI could get to you
Ally
9/12/2012 02:51:49 pm
Gregory,
Teresa
9/12/2012 02:54:18 pm
Greg
Tyler
9/13/2012 06:29:30 am
Greg i notice that you dont sit up straight and somtimes your feet are back so try and fix that.
Maddie
9/14/2012 02:49:25 pm
Greg,
Cecilia
9/12/2012 09:10:42 am
I learned things I didn’t know about RSI while watching the video. I learned what it stands for- Repetitive Strain Injury. The pains that occur with RSI are in the neck, shoulders, arm, wrists, and in your hands. I learned that this is a progressive disorder and the longer the person with RSI waits to get treated, the longer the recovery will take. There are three phases that appear with RSI: 1. The pain is easy to locate and goes away easily, 2. The pain isn’t as easy to find and radiates to other parts of the body, and 3. The pain is almost always present and makes it hard to move. To avoid RSI, don’t stay typing for too long without taking a break because it puts strain on your muscles giving them a low blood circulation. I found out I need to take breaks when I type because I type a while without taking a break and cause my muscles to hurt. To make the muscles less tense, you should stretch. The video showed that you should stretch your neck, hands, arms, and shoulders for at least five seconds each.
Teresa
9/12/2012 02:59:31 pm
C.C.
Ashley
9/14/2012 07:33:32 am
C.c.
Toni
9/12/2012 12:29:40 pm
RSI is also known as Repetitive Strain Injury. It is the injury or pain caused commonly at a computer typing. The pain tends to radiate in the neck, shoulders, wrists, and hands. The longer the pain lasts without treatment the longer the pain will take to go away. There are three pain stages or phases for judging the pain and the severity of the pain. 1) The pain is easily found and goes away soon after working has stopped. 2) Then pain radiates further around the original area and the pain takes longer to go away. 3) Last the person is always in pain and movement is very difficult. At this point the pain will take a long amount of time to go away and therapy may be needed. Ways to prevent this is keeping a higher blood circulation by practicing good typing technique as taught in Mrs. Miller’s classroom. Another way is stretching your shoulders, wrists, and neck as seen in the RSI video. I need to improve on keeping my feet flat on the floor, my wrists up off of the table, and not slouching.
Cecilia
9/12/2012 02:18:02 pm
Toni,
Toni
9/12/2012 12:37:40 pm
Aidan,
Aidan
9/13/2012 03:17:19 pm
Toni, you pretty much nailed it. I do all of that, you are right. I have had the leg bouncing habit for a long time so if I ever do it while I am typing, you can tell me and I won’t do it, and if I ever notice you doing it I can tell you and you can put your feet flat on the ground. This way we can help each other type epically.
Toni
9/12/2012 12:44:51 pm
Emily,
Teresa
9/12/2012 02:41:14 pm
RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) is due to improper typing technique. The main areas of pain are in your neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. In the video it says the longer you wait for treatment, the worse it will get. I don't think it's about getting help, I think it's about preventing it. We all (hopefully) know what proper technique is. Keeping your wrists up, elbows at a 90 degree angle, back at the back of your chair, feet flat on the ground, and keeping your eyes on the screen or the document you are typing. My worst problem is crossing my legs and/or putting my feet on the chair. Most of the time I don’t even know I’m doing it. If anyone has tricks for keeping their feet on the ground it would be greatly appreciated if you let me know what it is. I’m not all for getting RSI, so any other tips on keeping good technique would be good too.
Ally
9/12/2012 02:42:35 pm
Teresa,
Alexis
9/14/2012 11:37:06 am
Teresa, i hear Mrs. Miller and what I have noticed is that you need to keep your feet flat on the floor. I know it is very uncomfterble but we got to get used to what is proper.
Havin
9/12/2012 02:53:46 pm
This week I learned about RSI. RSI is repetitive strain injury. It attacks the neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. It is a disorder of tendons and nerves. It is caused by excessive strain from repetitive and static movements.
Havin
9/12/2012 03:03:08 pm
Pearl
Ally
9/12/2012 03:04:26 pm
What is RSI? RSI is a Repetitive Strain Injury. RSI can spread easily and quickly. Now you might be thinking how can I prevent this? After watching the RSI video I’ve learned a lot about proper typing technique. Proper typing involves your back, feet, wrists, arms and hands. Now I’m going to tell what I’ve learned about proper typing technique. One, keep your feet flat on the floor and keep your legs not crossed. Sit your back straight up to the back chair. Keep your arms at a 90 degree angle to prevent arm pain. Have your wrists propped up to good height. Now your hands you can’t do much about when typing because you’re using them to type. But to prevent hand pains stretch your hand. Take a look at the exercises on the RSI video so you know to stretch your hands. Follow these proper typing techniques just as I will and I will promise typing will be easier!
Tyler J Maki
9/13/2012 06:26:53 am
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austin
9/13/2012 10:24:23 am
RSI (Repetitive strain injury) is caused by repetitive and static movement and improper technique. RSI are small pains that disappear quickly if dealt with. The longer you ignore the pain it will get worse and last longer. Some examples of RSI complaints are tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. The way that you prevent RSI is to take small brakes, stretch and always practice good form. Good form is to keep the wrist up, the arms at a ninety-degree angle, back strait, and feet always flat on the ground. If you start getting symptoms take a small break and stretch the sore area.
Pearl
9/13/2012 11:03:06 am
What is RSI you might ask? RSI is short for repetitive strain injury which is a collective term for physical pains in the neck, arms, shoulders wrists and the hands. And you can avoid this by avoiding strain. The couse of this is repetitive and static movement. RSI’s pains are inflammation, pain, redness, swelling, and limited movement the longer you ignore it the worse it gets this is called Progressive disorder. The three phases are 1 there is pain and is very easy to locate and it will disappears quickly. 2 the pain goes thought the body and goes away slower. And the last phase is 3 the pain almost always stays and it makes it very hard to move. Most often the pain will be in the elbow and the carpal tunnel syndrome. If you are typing for a long time it puts pressure on the muscles. And if you have stiff muscles it is not good for you these stiff muscles will course weary muscles, cramps and some other results to fix this you must do finger, arm and hand stretches you should hold your finger, arm and hand stretches for about 5 secs. This will fix the pain or as known RSI. You must stretch your neck arms, and arms you can stretch your arms by hugging yourself and rolling your shoulders. And your RIS problem shall be solved. And that is my report.
Adam
9/13/2012 12:47:41 pm
RSI is the abbreviation for repetitive strain injury. It includes pains in the neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. The cause of RSI is excessive strain caused by repetitive an static movements. RSI injuries include inflammation, pain, redness, swelling, and limited movement. This is a progressive disorder which means the longer you wait for treatment the longer the recovery will take. When you don’t treat RSI it will continue in three stages. In the first stage the pain is easy to locate and it goes away when you stop working. In the second stage the pain is less easy to locate and is in more parts of the body. In the third stage the pain is almost always present and doesn’t go away easily. Some examples of RSI are tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. To prevent RSI you can take short pauses every now and then to stretch and get the blood flowing through your body better. You should hold all stretches for five seconds.
Pearl
9/13/2012 12:53:36 pm
Dear Havin
Adam
9/13/2012 12:55:07 pm
Dylan
Adam
9/13/2012 01:03:21 pm
Teresa
Pearl
9/13/2012 01:19:54 pm
Ashley
Austin
9/13/2012 02:15:47 pm
Adam
Austin
9/13/2012 02:45:28 pm
Ally
Aidan
9/13/2012 03:08:36 pm
Well I guess I will talk about RSI. RSI is kind of like muscles and stuff like that because if you don’t type properly then you will get it and feel pain in certain areas of the body, for example, your wrists. I say this is like your muscles and stuff like that because if you don’t run properly then you will feel pain in certain parts of your body. I know this because I used to run with my toes facing inwards and it slowed me down and made me feel pain in my hips. While I felt this pain in my hips I felt like an old man, but when I was at my physical to get cleared for football the doctor told me to see a physical therapist. The physical therapist told me what I was doing wrong, so I fixed it and the pain went away, and it also made me run faster. RSI is kind of like muscles too because if you stretch your shoulders, hands, and wrists it will help prevent RSI. One more thing, RSI sucks.
Arizona
9/13/2012 03:29:24 pm
RSI is the reason we are supposed to have proper posture, fingering, and movement while using the computer.
Maddie
9/14/2012 02:56:19 pm
Arizona,
Ashley
9/14/2012 07:45:49 am
Pearl
Alexis
9/14/2012 11:33:12 am
RSI is known as Repetitive Strain Injury. It causes pain in the neck, wrist, arms, and your hands. It is caused by repeating movements. You can tell by the inflammation, redness, swelling, and limited movement because of the pain, also there will be pain involved as well. It is what’s known as a progressive disorder. That means that the pain gets worse and worse as time goes on. When the pain first starts you can tell where the pain is and as it gets worse it will just plain get harder to tell, plus the pain will increase. To help prevent RSI you can do some simple stretches, such as stretching your arms, hands and back for about 30 seconds. You want to do that multiple times when you are typing for a long period of time. I defiantly need to improve on keeping my feet on the floor, also keeping my wrists up (I realized I was resting then on the table as I was typing this). That is what RSI is and what I feel I need to work on.
Maddie
9/14/2012 02:35:05 pm
What did I learn about RSI? I learned that RSI means repetitive strain injury. It can happen in your neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. You can usually tell if you have RSI by inflammation, redness, pain, swelling, and limited movement. I sometimes get pain in my wrists when I type for a while. RSI happens when you type for a long time and it puts pressure on certain spots. When pressure goes on certain spots it causes low blood circulation, and weary muscles, cramps, and cold hands and pain. If you get RSI you should take a brake regularly because when you take a brake the blood circulation repairs itself. There are also exercises that you can do that will help RSI. That is what I learned in the RSI video.
arizona
9/14/2012 02:55:54 pm
tyler: Your doing great! With the exception of none of us are perfect. You tend to slouch when you type instead of sitting up straight against your chair in the correct posture, your wrists sag a little, your eyes wander, and your feet are not always on the ground. Over all though; keep up the good work!
Arizona
9/14/2012 03:01:07 pm
Maddie: Your better at typing then I am, in my opinion, but, there is still one thing you could work on. Your wrists tend to sag when you type. In order to prevent RSI and become even better at typing you should probably fix that. I think your doing great though. Keep it up!
Maddie
9/14/2012 03:04:20 pm
Arizona,
Ireland
9/14/2012 03:07:02 pm
I learned that RSI means repetitive strain injury. This is an injury that may occur when you have typed for too long in an improper typing position. It usually occurs in your neck, wrists, hands, and back. Symptoms for RSI include inflammation, pain, redness, swelling, and limited movement. Once you start to feel these symptoms, you should get treatment for it immediately before it gets worse. The longer you wait, the longer it takes to recover. We watched this video to learn that proper typing form is key to avoiding RSI when typing in this class. RSI will start with the first stage; the pain is easily located and goes away when you stop typing. The next stage, the pain is not as easy to locate and is in more areas of your body. The last stage, (there are three stages), the pain is almost always present and doesn’t go away that easy. To prevent RSI, you should take breaks when typing and stretch a lot. Stretch your fingers, wrists, neck, back, arms, and keep a good typing posture with your back against the back of the chair, wrists up, and feet flat on the floor, you will avoid the strain of RSI.
Ireland
9/14/2012 03:27:22 pm
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