Alleviating repetitive strain injury (RSI) naturally
Posted on 11 September 2005
With mobile phones making their way into younger and younger hands, I suspect increasing numbers of parents will be feeling some concern about the costs associated with these contraptions. However, according to a recent report, mobile phone users may have a price to pay that is not merely financial: the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) has warned that children fond of frequent texting are at risk of developing the condition known as
Published September 11, 2005 . Filed under: Nutrients and Supplements, Observer Archive, Specific conditions
CRS: Computer-Related Syndrome: The Prevention and Treatment of Computer-Related Injuries. By Richard Dean Smith, MD and Steve T. Garske, MS, PT.
The computer workstation must be considered a potentially hazardous place. Computer keyboard workers are akin to armchair athletes subject to the same stresses and injuries experienced by athletes. Our purpose is to alert keyboard workers to early warning signs, explain how to best arrange workstations, provide both preventive and therapeutic exercises, and enable workers to ‘train’ for computer keyboard work. With drastic cutback of workers compensation insurance benefits, prevention and early intervention is especially important.
Link: Prometheus Books. richardsmithmd.com.
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