From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 7 3:31:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC36F37B419 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 03:31:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.14.162] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16iw7Z-00027V-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 11:31:42 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16iw7B-000208-00; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 11:31:17 +0000 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:31:17 +0000 From: Ceri To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Typing Injuries Message-ID: <20020307113117.GA7534@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri , Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org References: <20020306222416.GA484@submonkey.net> <20020307064610.GF2142@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020307064610.GF2142@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:46:10AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:24:16PM +0000, Ceri wrote: > > > > I've recently started suffering from symptoms of repetitive strain injury > > (tingling in my hands, pain in my elbow, aching tendons), and although my > > doctor assures me it's not arthritis, he seemed a bit lost as regards any > > further suggestions. > > One thing is Ceri, I don't know if you are self-employed or have an > employer. In the latter case the employer is obliged by EU law I believe > to run checks on your working environment and to provide suitable > furniture, lighting and whatever else I think in order to avoid any > injury related to computer usage. I think you may want to look into > that. I know when I worked for a company in the UK last we all had to be > assessed for environmental comfort. Thanks Cliff - I have an employer, and have a meeting later today to talk about this with them. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message