> The easiest and most effective way to strengthen the area
> is to excersise the hands.
I believe my RSI was not caused by lack of strength but excess muscle tension putting forces on my tendons and muscles so they mal-functioned under stress sooner than they could have.
Modern people suffer from tension in two ways. One is static tension caused by repeated tensing ups that don't release. The other is that when we start an action or get excited during action (such as trying harder or getting annoyed while we type) we tend to tense up unnecessarily.
Yoga works to help us notice these problems and teaches us the tools to rectify them consciously. It also helps our system fix them by itself.
I can't say the suggested exercise is bad as I never tried it myself. But I was always wary of RSI advice that suggested more strength was the answer.
More appropriate tension and muscle 'recruitment' / tone / tonus is a more subtle concept but did wonders for me. I stopped by RSI before it became serious but have gone from struggling to spend 3 hours a day at a keyboard to being fine doing 8 to 10 hours sometimes more.
I don't believe excess tension is a local problem either - the holistic path of daily yoga fixed my RSI and did many other wonderful things too.
Keith
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