John Siracusa has suffered with RSI for many years. He wrote most of these massi...

fuzzywalrus · on April 16, 2015

I wonder if that had anything to do with his decision. Regardless of his reasons, I'll miss his reviews, it was the state of the union for computing.

phaed · on April 16, 2015

RSI for longer than 3 months is no longer a physical issue but a mind-body one. He should read up on Dr. Sarno's work. I cured my RSI in a matter of weeks, after close to half a year of anguish.

melling · on April 16, 2015

They discussed this idea at around 1hr 36m in the podcast.

nileshk · on April 16, 2015

I also cured myself the same way over 12 years ago. Aaron Iba wrote up a good account of his experience which is very similar to mine:

http://aaroniba.net/articles/tmp/how-i-cured-my-rsi-pain.htm...

I agree that while the symptoms of RSI may be physical, the root cause is psychological.

phaed · on April 29, 2015

What a coincidence! Your article was actually one of the things that I read that pushed me over the edge and gave me the certainty required to break free from the idea that there was something physically wrong with my muscles and led to finally curing myself. I could have been stuck in that cycle for years. Thanks!