Here's some tips from someone who went through 2-3 months of not being able to type at all:
1. Get a split keyboard and make sure your wrists are straight when you type. For best results, get a FingerWorks keyboard on ebay and learn to use it. Stop using laptops at all.
2. Type less. Seriously. Turn on dabbrev-mode in Emacs, use SLIME completion when coding Common Lisp. Find a solution. Code the hell out of your editor (Emacs exceeds here). And don't participate in silly online forums.
3. "RSI" doesn't mean anything. Go see a doctor. Your pain could be tendons, muscle, nerves, or joints. It was joints in my case. If you can, see a doctor that specializes in treating sports injuries.
4. Dictation works for E-mail and documentation, but not for coding. If you want to use it, buy Dragon NaturallySpeaking (or MacSpeech dictate, same engine), forget everything else. Then get a microphone that costs at least $100. I use a Sennheiser ME3 from emicrophones. If you can't spend that kind of money, forget dictation.
In my case, cryotherapy, anti-inflammatory medication and typing less helped. If I'm careful, I can now work normally, but I still have to be careful about the amount of typing that I do.
1. Get a split keyboard and make sure your wrists are straight when you type. For best results, get a FingerWorks keyboard on ebay and learn to use it. Stop using laptops at all.
2. Type less. Seriously. Turn on dabbrev-mode in Emacs, use SLIME completion when coding Common Lisp. Find a solution. Code the hell out of your editor (Emacs exceeds here). And don't participate in silly online forums.
3. "RSI" doesn't mean anything. Go see a doctor. Your pain could be tendons, muscle, nerves, or joints. It was joints in my case. If you can, see a doctor that specializes in treating sports injuries.
4. Dictation works for E-mail and documentation, but not for coding. If you want to use it, buy Dragon NaturallySpeaking (or MacSpeech dictate, same engine), forget everything else. Then get a microphone that costs at least $100. I use a Sennheiser ME3 from emicrophones. If you can't spend that kind of money, forget dictation.
In my case, cryotherapy, anti-inflammatory medication and typing less helped. If I'm careful, I can now work normally, but I still have to be careful about the amount of typing that I do.