It was actually the inspiration for my undergraduate research which explored (scratched the surface, really) the use of Lojban[0] as an "interactive metaprogramming language". The benefits of Lojban are that it is significantly more expressive than making sounds that are mapped to vim-like commands via a hacked natural language recognition engine, is isomorphic between text and speech (you can speak mathematical expressions with precision), is phonologically and grammatically unambiguous, and is standardized/has a community -- even if it's a small one.
I still think it's a paradigm shift and would be indescribably more efficient and powerful than traditional code exploration and editing. And I would love to continue, but it's such a massive project and working on something that foreign alone for long enough is really isolating because it's hard to explain. Lojban also has its fair share of problems for this and would need to be further standardized and scoped out for computers, so there's really not a clear path forward in any case.
Regardless, for those _currently_ suffering from hand and arm issues preventing them from coding and/or working, my advice is:
1) don't panic. Go on antidepressants and/or see a therapist if you need to; it's going to take a while to recover
2) rest as much as possible and make sure to get a lot of sleep
3) wear wrist braces to sleep to prevent further damage in the short term (consult a doctor and all that, you want to avoid muscle atrophy so don't use them for too long without starting some kind of muscle strengthening program)
4) invest in proper tools (standing desk + ergonomic keyboard is like magic for me, I can actually type again)
5) gain weight if you're on the low-side of normal weight -- this helped my cubital tunnel syndrome quite a bit by giving my ulnar nerve more protection
And finally, don't give up hope; I'm able to work full time and don't wear wrist braces to sleep at all anymore after a little over a year.