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Along with the RSI data from the Virgin Mobile study, The Register offers this advice from Dr Bennett of the British Chiropractic Association:

Sensible advice

* If texting starts to hurt. Stop. Use the other hand or call instead.
* Vary the hand you use.
* Vary the digits you use.
* Don't text for more than a few minutes without a break.

Exercises

Stop these exercises if you feel any pain otherwise you can do more harm than good.

In your texting hand:

* Tap each finger with the thumb of the same hand. Repeat five times.
* Pull your thumb firmly with the other hand. Repeat five times.
* Wrap an elastic band around the tips of fingers and thumb and open your hand against the resistance. Repeat 20 times.
* Palms down wrap an elastic band around each thumb and force apart. Repeat 20 times.
* Tap the palm and back of your hand on your thigh as quickly as you can. Repeat 20 times.
* Massage thumb web, back of forearm and front of forearm. Two minutes.
* Press and rub in a circular motion the painful nodules in those muscles. Thirty seconds for each nodule.
* Reach up high with both arms and shake your hands. Reach down low with both arms and shake. Repeat three times.
* Arms at 45 degrees, squeeze them behind you.
* If it still hurts after a week of doing exercises, wrap an ice pack on sore hand and arm parts. Do not put ice directly on the skin but wrap in a thin cloth or piece of kitchen roll. Ten minutes on, 10 minutes off. Repeat three times.

'Millions suffer RSI' from text messaging | The Register.

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