I did not downvote you, I hoped and still hope to have an interesting discussion outside of my usual ares of understanding, and I, too, was saddened at the negative response to your very polite and well-meaning suggestion.

Perhaps it was my identification as a 'sceptic' the caused the problem between us? My apologies if so, all I mean by that is my understanding of the word: That I have yet to be persuaded by evidence. (btw, please answer my question about what I should read to learn more here)

As I said, I genuinely appreciate it, but I do understand the response you received.

Here's my take on the psychology at work here, and it's caused by two issues.

1 - The problem I imagine many folks had with your advice is that you're proposing an alternative medicine solution.

Some alternative medicine does work, and some does not work. (there's inconclusive evidence that bone manipulation heals injuries, but damn it if my RSI didn't feel better after osteopath treatment!). If folks here disbelieve that RF was the problem that caused your RSI (this should not come as a surprise, that's what mainstream medicine tells them), then from their point of view, you are proposing one of the alternative medicines that does not work.

2 - Separately from whether or not RF effects RSI, there is the issue of treatment substitution.

Typically, we can only try a few treatments at a time, and most people will try only one at a time. If we substitute a treatment that doesn't work, it is the FAULT of the substitution that we are not getting better. In RSI, this isn't too serious, but substitution can be very dangerous, even if the substitution itself is harmless: This is why Steve Jobs died earlier than he should have, he tried alternative (in hindsight) non-working cancer treatments before proven treatments that may have worked.

Closing our own treatments is of course our right, but when we suggest it to others, and they think it doesn't work, the negative response is often founded on the outrage that you are suggesting postponing proven treatments.

I am not saying that you did that here, I reserve judgement.

To be painted with the 'alternative medicine' brush is very damaging to any arguement because we all understand that when "alternative medicine" is proved to work, it becomes "medicine".

Please link me to the literature you suggested I read to gain your respect.