These guys are making a (very low budget) documentary about computer game addiction and the harmful effects it can have, both emotionally and physically. I wasn’t too interested in people’s game addiction stories to be honest – but if you skip straight to 6 minutes, 30 seconds, it’s interesting to hear an expert (plastic surgeon – Daniel Golshani) talking about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Too many people think RSI and CTS are the same thing. When they’re not. CTS is a very specific injury, whereas Repetitive Strain Injury or Occupational Overuse Syndrome are umbrella terms for a whole host of injuries caused by repetitive and strained use of interfaces/tools/instruments. Which reminds me I ve been meaning to write a review of the book “It’s not carpal tunnel syndrome!” for a while now.

Update. There are a lots of interesting replies, links and blogposts with more videos on their main page. I’m going to go through them all when I’ve time. Interesting to see that half the guys from the lighting team of Toy Story 2 got such bad RSI that they couldn’t wash their hair. I rarely see other people describe symptoms that I share but that’s one of them.

When I got the Wristwand in the post I thought I’d been had. Saw the end off a sweeping brush and you’ve got the Wristwand. But in fairness it does have to be the exact width (ok we’re still in sawn-off sweeping brush territory) –  it is wrapped in nice foam on either end.

It does give your wrists a good stretch though. You just hold either end and raise your arms over your head while twisting at the wrists. Exercises can be easy to forget, so at the very least things like this act as a good prop; a reminder. Even if they’re not the miracle cure some of the pr would have you believe. And the WristWand is less than a tenner,  so no big deal.

• WristWand on Amazon
• www.wristwand.com