If you think you might be experiencing signs of Carpal Tunnel (or RSI: Repetitive Strain Injury), read Part One of this 2-part article to help you assess the problem first.

Following are a variety of things that you can do to alleviate the pain associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by making your work space more ergonomic. Use these tips to make adjustments in your current work space or to help you when making purchasing decisions on a new items for your home or work office.

Personal and professional treatments and recommendations are also listed.

If you spend a good deal of time at the computer (and you're anything like me), then you probably think that carpal tunnel is just something you've got to live with. I know I did...

Until recently, when I woke up in the middle of the night begging my husband (at 3AM!) to help me decide whether ice packs or heat packs would be best for easing the incredible pain I was having in the middle of my right wrist/palm area. It just wouldn't go away and kept alternating between a sharp pain and a throbbing ache.

I made it through the night, then after much research, I found a number of things that I could do to make my work station (at home and at work) more ergonomic, relieving the symptoms of carpal tunnel and RSI.

Here's a Warning: I found it printed somewhere that it's not uncommon for people to have to leave computer-dependent careers as a result, or even to be disabled and unable to perform tasks such as driving or dressing themselves. This can become a serious issue if you don't take steps to lessen the discomfort EARLY!

Whenever we're contemplating moving to a new area, we take a picture using that area's natural surroundings to creatively spell out the name of the town we're considering.

Have you recently upgraded to a newer model computer? Wondering what to do with your "old" computer?

When we bought a super-powered new Dell Dimension 8400 computer, the question was what to do with our old HP Pavilion...

It still worked fine, and still had quite a bit of space to store programs and run basic tasks, it was just too slow and bogged down for his day-to-day work.

Extensive research revealed the following great ideas for anyone who's wondering what to do with an "older" computer. After all, if it's 3 years old (or older), then you'll barely get more than $50.00 if you choose to sell it at a yard sale or on eBay. So selling it is not an exciting option. There are some other interesting options, however.

Try these on for size...

Few things depreciate faster than computers. Did you know that computers double in speed and halve in price every 18 months?

Jim's 4-year-old HP computer has been operating on its last legs (and quickly declining on a daily basis) for months now.

Finally, we realized that his trusty old HP could no longer handle all of the memory-intensive programs that he uses on a daily basis. It wasn't operating up to par in terms of speed anymore either, taking way too long to: a) load certain programs and b) process certain tasks.