The
following article is a personal recovery story from an RSI sufferer.
Entitled RSI Recovery So Far by Erik Barkley
You can download the full story here:
Physcal Recovery
The first step in this process was sounding out a prospective physical/occupational
therapist. I had tried a few weeks of physical therapy several months
earlier with less than desirable results.
I was encouraged while
"interviewing" a perspective therapist over the telephone
when she asked if I was familiar with Dr. Pascarelli and Deborah
Quilter's book.
By that time I had read it and re-read it cover
to cover. I was also encouraged during the first session, when she
performed a lengthy set of relatively non-invasive tests, thereby
being the first person to deduce my thoracic/neck involvement in
my tingling fingers.
Therapy began with several months of nothing but heat, stretching,
massage, and icing.Download
the complete story.
Don't
just sit there
By
Julie-Anne O'Hagan
Wednesday August 28, 2002
The Sydney Morning Herald
As
new laws oblige bosses to better address health issues, the best
defence against repetitive strain injuries remains walking away
from the keyboard as often as possible.
The
"greed is good" catchcry may be synonymous with the
1980s workplace, but so is the musculoskeletal disease known as
repetitive strain injury (RSI).
As
computers enveloped the workplace, the definition of RSI broadened
in the '90s to occupational overuse syndrome (OOS). This covers
a range of conditions characterised by discomfort or persistent
pain and is usually associated with repetitive work, sustained
or constrained postures and/or forceful movements.
On
Monday 2nd September, the new NSW Occupational Health and Safety
Act comes into being and employers will be obliged to address
workplace risks to employees' health. Although the incidence of
OOS in NSW has declined in the past decade, the overall cost of
cases has more than doubled, totalling $26 million in 1999-2000
the cost of each case about $27,654. The total time lost from
the workforce during the same period for all cases was 9598 weeks,
with an average 17 weeks off work for each case....
In
a study last year of 60 people working at a Sydney call centre,
Cook found that although only two or three people officially reported
OOS, up to 70 per cent claimed to have aches and pains. After
instruction about posture, the number experiencing pain fell markedly.
Cook
says Australian OOS guidelines for workplace posture and computer
use are adequate, but they often do not incorporate the latest
best-practice procedures. more...
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Michael Long
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