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I suffered from RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), or sometimes called OOS (Occupational Overuse Syndrome) around 9 years ago. The muscular injury had been building up during my years in the Uni, and finally became too acute to ignore when I was writing my thesis in my fourth year. Upon finishing my bachelor thesis, I consulted with a doctor and then a physiotherapist, and was diagnosed with RSI. The strain of typing/writing and sitting in front of the computer for too long had finally caught up with me.

At the time the pain could be felt from the base of my skull, neck, shoulders and upper back. I was visiting my physiotherapist every two weeks, and as recommended, I went to the gym to work on muscle areas that would better support my posture.

Suffice it to say, the RSI got worse in the first two years of working as a web designer. All those non-ergonomic hardware and overtime was too much for my health. The pain spread to my tail bone and upper arms, and I thought that my therapy and gym sessions just couldn't cope with pain.

So I did a few things over the next few months - convincing my boss to get an ergonomic desk, chair, keyboard and mouse. Taking micro-pauses, doing stretches and massages. These things help stop the pain from spreading further, but they didn't help heal the existing injuries.

After months of research on the Net and reading a couple of books, I finally gave Taiji a go. Five years later today, my RSI is almost non-existent. So I'd recommend Taiji as an RSI prevention/medication for anyone suffering from the same problem. Get a good teacher, good classmates and do it correctly. It took me a full two years of 1-hour practice everyday before the pain gradually disappeared.

I now continue doing Taiji for its other benefits such as meditation, qiqong and illuminationhttp://.