Tag: RSI
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Art Exhibition
8 years ago, when I was pregnant with my eldest daughter, I started painting a lot. I had just moved to Brussels to live with my husband and wasn’t working because I was recovering from repetitive strain injury in my arms that I got from my job as a Sustainability Consultant in London. I found…
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One way to stop being a neoliberal employee
On paper I was practically a perfect neoliberal employee.Grew up around the world (I can live anywhere, I’m flexible and adaptable! I’m part of the international community!) speak fluent English and passable Mandarin, highly educated with a Masters degree from Imperial College London in a numerical subject (I can problem solve rationally! I have a…
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RSI update.. 3 years on
It’s been nearly 3 years since I first started experiencing pain in my arms, which I attribute to my data heavy computer based job at the time and my cycling every day, swimming three times a week, moving house and packing boxes, using a ridiculous mini laptop for my home computer use that made me…
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My Escape… 538 days on the run
You can read about the details of my escape from the corporate rate race here, and yesterday I updated my Escape cartoon so that it’s a bit clearer and in colour. So far it’s been 538 days that I’ve managed to avoid the rat authorities in my Belgian hideaway. In that time, I’ve set up…
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RSI Treatment
After having a break of a few months from seeing any doctors and instead trying the ‘if i ignore it maybe it will get better on its own’ treatment (very holistic), I’m now having yet more physiotherapy for my arms in Brussels. Weirdly this time it seems to be working!! It involves digging around in…
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RSI update…. 6 and a bit months on
Yikes, I have now been off work for 6 months because of the pain in my arm , and its been more than a year since the original injury!* There has been a significant improvement since I stopped working, when I could barely draw anything without getting a tight stabby pain in my right forearm, but…
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Still lifes
Er.. I know its not a very good painting but the one entitled welcome to my life is supposed to be of my laptop and my wrist splints resting on them because of the pain I get in the muscles of my forearms when I use a computer for too long.
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RSI Update and some paintings.. 5 Months on
Its now been 5 months since I quit my job and have been at home rehabilitating my arms through the power of art (not recommended by physios) . I can now paint for a lot longer period and my arms have noticeably more muscle, but the thought of picking up anything heavy is still unthinkable.…
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4 months on.. RSI update
I can now do 20 lengths of a 33m pool I can paint/draw for 3-4 hours per day. I’m not sure how much typing I can do, but I do feel a lot more comfortable using a computer to update this blog, search the internet and write messages to friends- 4 months ago I could…
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3 months on…
Mini update on my RSI recovery progress: I can now do two and a half of painting in a day/ 2 hours of water colour painting or drawing cartoons in a day . I can swim 16 lengths of a 50m pool. I can type for an hour or so (more I would think if…
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