If symptoms continue to worsen in spite of your best efforts, visit your health care provider. The severity of the problem can be determined by a test called a nerve conduction study. If your problem is far enough along, it might require surgery, although this is usually avoidable. For many people Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is preventable. Be proactive, do not bang the wrists, use ergonomic devices to help minimize the stress of work, stretch and massage those tendons.
Little things add up.
The term defines itself. There are many types of RSI's, totally dependent upon what we do. For 21 years I was chronically bent over, continually straining my lower back muscles. People who type for work chronically use the muscles and tendons of the forearms and hands. The builder who develops elbow pain caused by swinging a hammer has probably developed a strain or tendinitis.