Monday, May 4, 2009

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

well, have you ever heard about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS? actually, this causes because wrong position when use mouse or keyboard

What's CTS?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful disorder of the wrist and hand which is caused by irritation of the median nerve at the wrist. The carpal tunnel is a small circular structure located on the palm side of the wrist. Blood vessels, tendons and nerves travel through the tunnel and fan out to supply the palm and fingers of the hand. If this tunnel becomes inflamed and exerts pressure it causes numbness, tingling and pain in the hands and wrists

What's the indication?

If you feel like:
* Tingling and numbness in your thumb, index and middle finger.
* Aching in the forearm which can radiate to the shoulder and clumsiness or weak grip.

Not everyone shows classic, textbook carpal tunnel symptoms – you may be one of these. Instead, you may have:

* Tingling in all fingers
* Tingling only in the thumb or the middle finger
* Aching and pain in the hand
* Radiating pain to the shoulder or back.

also, you can do this Phalen's maneuver or Phalen's test

Bend
your wrist and maintain your hands position in a 90-degree angle,
pushing the back of both hands together, for about one minute. If you
do not feel any pain or numbness, then you are at least on the safe
level. Of course, the Phalen's maneuver is not a definite way to
diagnose but it helps to know at least.



Video

allright then, I've found one video. this is a nice video. it'll tell you about treatment and also CTS



after watch that video, I've got many information. In CTS surgery, It'll cut 7 muscles in wrist!

Surgery?





okay, actually I'm scare with this picture

that's the picture when CTS surgery. quite scary for me. actually, when first time I saw this picture. I quickly change my position when I use my computer. and now fortunatelly, I'm in right position now

Treatment?

we can prevent CTS with just moving our hands, do some move and of course change your wrong habbit when using computer then, you'll feel better

Home remedies for carpal tunnel syndrome

Open
and close and twist hard your hands as shown on these illustrations as
often as possible every day. This simple hands exercise can eradicate
hundreds of blood-related problems according to our experiences.




In addition, do the following exercises. You can restore practically all sorts of heart-related troubles.








Sit and stretch your ankles up and down for about 20 times whenever you have chance. Also, stretch your body forward and backward about 10 times whenever you have time. If you do these exercises everyday, you will be healthier than ever and you will certainly live longer.






Exercises 1 and 2 flex and extend the hand and stretch the wrist. Bend
the hand as shown in the photos and apply moderate pressure to it with
the other hand

Exercise 1 - Wrist Flexion Bend the hand
being exercised backward (palm away from you ), as shown in the photos.
With the fingers of the other hand, apply pressure.
Exercise 2 - Wrist Extension Bend the
hand being exercised forward ( palm toward you ), as shown in the
photos. With the fingers of the other hand, apply pressure








also with changing you habbit when use computer








Please take good care of your wrist while using the keyboard and mouse of your computer

Vitamins, minerals and carpal tunnel syndrome
B vitamins


A vitamin B6 deficiency may play a part in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. Several small scale studies have found low vitamin B6 levels in sufferers of the disease.1 Some research suggests that treatment with supplements can improve symptoms which may reduce the necessity of surgery in some patients.

Some recent studies have cast doubt on these results. In a study of 125 randomly selected industrial plant workers, vitamin B6 levels were measured and the subjects filled out questionnaires and underwent nerve function tests. The researchers did not find a link between vitamin B6 and carpal tunnel syndrome.3 Vitamin B6 has been shown to change pain thresholds in clinical and laboratory studies which may explain studies which have shown significant improvements in pain scores when nerve conduction test results showed only mild improvements.

Vitamin B6 supplements may be useful in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome but intake should not exceed 100 mg per day as large doses can cause nerve damage. Some practitioners use higher doses but this should only be done under supervision. Some experts believe that a therapeutic effect may take at least three months to become apparent.

Riboflavin may also help to relieve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. Combining riboflavin and vitamin B6 may be more effective than treatment with B6 alone. 4,5 Riboflavin is involved in the conversion of vitamin B6 to its active form.

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Fraps 2.9.8

sorry if I've never post everything for long time. actually, this is an old tool. it's okay, I'll share it

Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:

Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.

Screen Capture Software - Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.

Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560x1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 100 frames per second!

so, the point is, this software can capture video and also a screenshot! just with push some key and then it'll record. nice one right? espescially for playing game. sometimes we want to create a video, but how come? then, just use this software ^^

click here for download

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