Category: RSI in the News
Can Two-Finger Typing Lead To Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
In an article on MedPage Today (Two-Finger Typists at Risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), Managing Editor Peggy Peck argues that it can.
“The time-honored “hunt-and-peck” approach to typing at a computer keyboard, using just the index fingers, may trigger a cascade of events that climaxes with carpal tunnel syndrome,” she writes.
In an article in the November [...]
Q-Ray Bracelets Ruled A Fraud
Not that this should be a big surprise or anything, but wearing a bracelet won’t cure your carpal tunnel syndrome.
A federal district court in Chicago has ruled for the Federal Trade Commission in its case against the marketers of the Q-Ray ionized bracelet (which you may recognize from their ubiquitous cable television commercials).
The makers of [...]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Could Predict Diabetes
According to a report in the medical journal Diabetes Care, researchers in England have concluded that “Carpal Tunnel May Be Sign Of Impending Diabetes“. In their study, they found that in more cases than would normally be expected, people who develop type 2 diabetes have a history of carpal tunnel syndrome. The wrist nerve problem [...]
Ultrasound Guides Tendonitis Treatment
In an article from Reuters Health, Megan Rauscher reports on a treatment for De Quervain’s Tendonitis (also known as “DeQuervain’s Disease” or “DeQuervain’s Syndrome”, which is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb.
This painful Repetitive Strain Injury is often treated with a shot of cortisone, [...]
Don't Ignore RSI Pain
There’s a good article on the IT Analysis web site, about the dangers of repetitive strain injury (RSI) for IT (Information Technology) workers. In Warning! Computers Can Cripple You, Peter Abrahams of Bloor Research relates the interesting stories of two people who’ve suffered from the devastating effects of RSI.
In both stories, the person involved tried [...]
Healing The Hands Video
A piece by “Healthy Living” anchor Shauna Lake, from KUTV in Salt Lake City, discusses hand injuries and available treatments.
“It’s one of the leading causes of lost productivity and accounts for 10% of all emergency room visits. Treatments include exercises and stimulation along with preventative measures such as lifestyle and workplace changes. If you think [...]
International RSI Awareness Day
February 28th is International RSI Awareness Day. RSI Awareness Day evolved from an idea by a Canadian injured worker. The first RSI Awareness Day was February 29, 2000, because it was the only non-repetitive day of the year. In non-leap years, like this year, it is observed on February 28.
RSI Day is organized by the [...]
Work Blahs May be an Early Sign of RSI
JoAnne Allen, in an article for Reuters (‘Sick worker’ malady may be early RSI sign), reports that “Early nerve damage caused by repetitive motion on the job can cause “sick worker” syndrome, a fatigue or depression that can be mistaken for poor work performance.”
A study published in the Journal of Neuroimmunology, based on work with [...]
Dentists At Risk For RSI, Too
It looks like RSI is not just for computer user. Dentists are apparently suffering the same sort of problems. A press release announcing a new ergonomically-designed dental tool (New RMO Led Curing Light Ergonomically Designed to Reduce Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Risk to Dentists) says that:
“To help cut the incidence among dentists of carpal tunnel [...]
US Outsources RSI
For years, IT (Information Technology) services such as data entry, programming, and technical support have been outsourced from America to places with a large pool of low-cost technical talent, such as India, displacing millions of American workers in the process. Now it appears that we’ve outsourced more than just jobs.
According to an article at [...]
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