Ask HN: Dealing with ganglions/RSI
Just been to to doctors after noticing small cysts on my left middle finger - diagnosis is ganglions[1] caused by RSI (the constant nature of typing has worn out the protective membrane in places around joints in my finger, allowing fluid to leak out and cause cysts)<p>It's not causing me any pain currently, though I have noticed slightly decreased mobility in the finger they're on.<p>Doctors advice was mainly to invest in speech recognition software (I work as a support analyst/developer during the day and am bootstrapping an idea in the off-time) so I wondered if anyone else on HN suffered similar, and had any suggestions for things that might help (I mentioned it in #startups and was told that change of posture and exercises would possibly help, something my doctor didn't mention)<p>I already take regular breaks from the keyboard (usuaully 5mins or so out of every 60 I step away completely during the work day)<p>Oh, and here's what mine look like for reference<p>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/730422/Photo%2010-05-2012%2011%2012%2051.jpg<p>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/730422/Photo%2010-05-2012%2011%2013%2010.jpg<p>[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganglion_cyst