When Coding Hurts 🫳💢⌨️

My Experience With Repetitive Strain Injuries I was reaching into my pocket for my phone. That's it. Nothing dramatic, nothing heavy, just my phone from my own pocket. And something in my palm tore. It burned. The pain was sharp and immediate. The kind that makes you freeze mid-motion because your body is screaming at you to stop. This wasn't the dull ache you can push through. This was a flare, bright and unmistakable. You just tore something . Looking back, it didn't happen out of nowhere. I'd ignored three months of warning signs, telling myself each time that it would pass on its own. Spoiler Alert: it didn't. As a developer, typing is everything. It's how I solve problems, how I build things, how I express myself. I never considered what would happen if my hands gave out. Now, I can't afford not to. How It Started About three months ago, my inner elbow started hurting. Golfer's elbow, I later found out. I was deep in projects at the time, coding for hours without taking breaks or