&gt;Try to get enough sleep, exercise, eat well, and avoid too much chronic stress.<p>Specifically, do exercises which strengthen your hands, wrists, and arm muscles. In my early twenties my hands and lower arms would get so sore after a day of typing that I could barely move them, with searing pain shooting up my lower arms into my wrists. I knew I had to do something quick so I focused on strength, taking up climbing and water skiing.  In less than a year I was pain free &amp; twenty years on I&#x27;m still fine.<p>I know guys who took other approaches like using voice to text dictation, pretty much joining &quot;the keyboard of the month club&quot;, using funky mouses, using wrist braces, etc., but never focused on exercise.  From my limited sample set, I&#x27;m the only one not wearing a wrist brace and who can still type at 100+ WPM with no pain.<p>Don&#x27;t underestimate the benefits of strength training when it comes to solving RSI.  Of course your millage may vary.  I suspect that once you have the first signs of RSI you need to be on top of it before permanent damage occurs, but there&#x27;s some pretty good science out there which backs up strength training when it comes to mitigating RSI.