The story of how this website came to be.

I worked as a freelance technical writer for computer companies for several years after graduating from Stanford University with B.S and M.S degrees. I loved technical writing, but I had to give it up because I developed chronic tendinopathy in both wrists and forearms from long hours of typing.

I looked into the medical research and decided to create this website in 2002 to share what I had learned about tendinopathy. I wanted to provide information and publicize the need to fund scientific research into repetitive strain injuries. When I put the site up in 2002, I could find almost no mention of tendinosis/tendinopathy anywhere on the web other than in a few research papers. Now the web is full of information about these injuries, so we have made a lot of progress in raising awareness. I think this site still serves a purpose since it focuses more on research than other informational medical sites that cover tendinopathy, and this site is written from the perspective of someone who has had the injury.

I created the site in hopes that people would find it informative and useful, but I am not a doctor and can’t give medical advice. This site is meant to be a summary of research to help you, but you’ll still need to seek medical care.

I receive some emails asking me how I am doing with my wrists today. My wrists took a number of years to improve, but eventually I could do much more with my hands in daily life. I am now pain-free as long as I don’t do certain hand-intensive things like typing. I use a pen tablet for computer tasks, and I have help with typing anything of any length. I can write by hand as long as I don’t do too much at once..

I wish you all the best with your healing and hope we'll have some breakthroughs in research in the near future.

-Laurie