I have been practicing basic yoga for a little
more than a year and started learning Ashtanga Primary
series a couple of months ago. <br>I work on a computer
all day and have some wrist and elbow problems in my
right arm as a result that seem lately to be worsening.
Now, I have been told that downward dog is supposed to
be helpful for carpal tunnel, but I'm wondering if
there are asanas I should be cautious of that could
potentially cause further damage. I tend to be pretty
flexible and will attempt almost anything that I am told
to do in class unless I just really feel that I
might harm myself in the process. Any suggested poses
for managing symptoms or experience would be welcome.
Thanks!

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Are suggesting that this might be helpful or harmful? And thank you for
responding. k

Is that the standing pose where I am in a forward bend and my hands are
underneath my feet as if I am standing on top of my hands? (padahastasana?)

regarding wrist health, do any of you who use a computer a lot use a "marble"
mouse? If so have you found that this (or other ergonomic tools) helps to
prevent problems?

I used to use the Kensington Expert Mouse which
was a giant billiard-ball type mouse and it hurt my
thumb heaps to use it because the thumb is what
activated the main mouse button. <br><br>The marble mice
were also terrible for my thumb and wrist as well.
<br><br>The problem any ordinary mouse is that the balls get
dirty and that means you have to over-correct from hand
to screen before can click and that makes your wrist
tense. Your movement is never the same and since your
wrist cannot anticipate the movement, it must always be
tense in order to provide you the means to click your
desire.<br><br>Two things I did that made my wrist pain disappear
(and I type 8 hours a day) was to:<br><br>1). Get the
MS Natural Keyboard and <br><br>2). Get the optical
(no ball) Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.

have any of you repetative stress disorder types
tried any of he voice recognition systems? i tried one
and it seemed to work quite well, but i didn't type
enough to make it worth my while to learn how to dictate
efficiently. i know they are not infallible but they would
seem to hae a lot to offer those who need to enter a
lot of info or data.

Hello! I also spend quite a bit of time in front
of my computer, and have found ashtanga yoga a great
preventative of carpal tunnel syndrome. A few years ago,
before I was doing this type of yoga, I had an attack of
carpal tunnel, which sent me to the acupuncture clinic.
Three treatments and three weeks later I was cured. Not
too long ago I was having acupuncture for something
else, and the acupuncturist commented that ashtanga was
excellent because we're moving and sending energy along the
meridians in practice. Now, I by no means am an advanced
yoga practitioner at all, but have enjoyed a number of
benefits, the above being one of them! Good luck!

I've got a fantastic infra red mousie with my
BEEEUUUUTiful ruby imac. When I get bored working, I can turn
off the lights and play with it, like a sparkler.
<br><br>I don't get any strain with it at all. And it it
looks wicked. Useless at yoga tho'...

&gt;a fantastic infra red mousie <br>&gt;with my
BEEEUUUUTiful ruby imac.<br><br>Mac is pure zen
computing.<br>The design problem that they seem<br>to be working
with is how to make<br>a computer that is there and
not<br>there at the same time. <br>Check out the Cube, it
seems to exist<br>as a little silver cloud.