Workrave is a Free Software that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

Repetitive Strain Injury is something we should all avoid. If you spend a lot of time using computers, there is a potential for RSI to become a problem if you aren’t aware of it and aren’t proactive in taking regular breaks.

Workrave is a free and open source software application aimed at computer users who are suffering from occupational diseases such as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and carpal tunnel syndrome.

If you type a lot (and chances are that if you are reading htis, you do) you probably know and are slightly worried about that horrible disorder known as carpal tunnel syndrome, a form of repetitive strain injury (RSI) common among keyboarders. It's a really painful disorder in your wrists and fingers. And once you have it, it's really hard (and expensive) to cure.

Thanks to FSDaily, I recently came across an excellent post regarding useful exercises for geeks[1]. What surprised me about it was that Workrave was not mentioned at all. Here I take a brief look at this great piece of free software designed with one purpose: combating repetitive strain injury (RSI).

[1]http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/12_Essential_Exercises_for_Geeks

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