Dear ailing AIR-ers - This is a useful publication: Egoscue, Pete (with Roger Gittanes) 1999. Pain free at your PC. New York: Bantam Books. He insists that carpal tunnel is only a symptom, rather than the cause. He's got 45 minutes of exercises included (per day). At least if one did the exercises, one wouldn't be typing . . . I have all had forms of RSI including (no one wants this one) frozen shoulder. Brought on by the PhD thesis coupled with knitting and crochet for relaxation. Two years later it is almost cured through a medical intervention, 4 months physio coupled with a strong swimming program and massage. Overall, I recommend massage once every two weeks. It stays in check most days, but not all . . . There is also the dreaded 'mouse shoulder' described John Dvorak - I got rid of that by using a trackball. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail