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Yann VR

Absolutely! Don't know much about RSI but I can tell you that neither your wrists or hands will move once you grok vim! You'll never have to use ESC or the arrow keys.

There is a learning curve so I'll give the best 2 advices you can have to start kicking ass in VIM:
The practical VIM book (pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim) and finishing the Vim adventures game vim-adventures.com/. By level 12, you will realise your wrists are not moving anymore.
RSI or not, VIM will give you the ability to edit at the speed of thought. Everything has been designed to minimise movements while maximise productivity.
You don't have to give up Atom. Just use a plugin (atom.io/packages/vim-mode).