You can stop this cycle before your injury progresses to an advanced stage, and eliminate it—or at the very least prevent it from worsening—by becoming a computer athlete and beginning computer athlete rehabilitation.
If possible, identify and remedy the root cause of your injury, rather than just treating the symptoms. For example, if you have pain in your wrist because you rest your wrist on a hard surface while you type, you can take anti-inflammatories. The right approach, however, would be to change your habits and work environment so that you no longer rest your wrist on hard surfaces. Yet more often than not, we find that people either take anti-inflammatories or take no action. There are countless ways in which people treat the symptoms without fixing the root cause. A personal friend of mine owns a chiropractic and reflexology practice, and 70 percent of his clients come in for computer-related pain. If your pain is caused by leaning forward while working on the computer, getting a back adjustment by a chiropractor is not just expensive; it is also not going to fix the root cause. He expects to see his business from computer-related injuries increase as the number of people using a computer increases and as older populations spend more time on the computer.
Where possible, focus on and remedy the root cause of your discomfort.
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