If everything has failed for you, check out the alexander technique: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_technique All kinds of professionals (musicians, programmers, even actors) love it. Basically it improves your posture and gets rid of all the (unconscious) tension in your body. Main cause for many is that they unconsciously pull their head/neck back, which has effects all over your body. It greatly reduced my RSI. The symptoms basically travelled over time, I had RSI on left, right, both arms, wrist, fore-arm, ellbow, and arm-pits. Downside to Alexander Technique is that you have to see a practitioner for a few sessions. You cannot self-teach you with books (i tried).
I double on this one. I've had very bad chronic pain in wrists and back for more than 10 years. At times, I was forced out of work for long periods, or had to convince my wife to type the code I was dictating her...
I tried pretty much every possible physical and chemical help and visited tens of doctors and therapists. I had variable results with these therapies, sometimes null and sometimes decent, but never decisive.
Two years ago, I began with Alexander technique and followed approx 30 sessions over a year. I have discovered how bad I was using my body and therefore why I would not improve my condition with any chemical or chiropractic therapy. I have now reduced pain to very acceptable levels and have a normal working life. Healing requires definitely more than visiting a competent therapist, but Alexander technique was a very important piece of the game.
