Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

Recently we wrote to describe and explain how compression at the thoracic outlet can cause pain, stiffness and problems throughout the arms. The problem remains that many doctors don’t know how to diagnose or remedy the problem.
You can help your doctors by learning more about your own condition, pay careful attention to your symptoms, [...]

The thoracic outlet is the region connecting your chest and neck to your shoulder, where bundles of nerves and arteries pass through to supply sensation or blood to your arms. If they get compressed for a few minutes at a time, it won’t affect the blood flow or nerve sensation significantly–but if you spend too [...]

Everytime we read a label or look online, there’s someone threatening us about the next Big Disease — cell phones cause cancer, computers cause carpal tunnel, crossing the street can get you run over by a car, video games can make you psychopathic– or do they?
Of course we can’t live our lives in fear of [...]

The old wisdom of stretching says: Hold a stretch 20-30 seconds, to relax your muscles and be able to work out harder afterward. But these static stretches aren’t really effective and may actually weaken muscles, according to a new study from the University of Nevada:
The old presumption that holding a stretch for 20 to [...]

Carpal Tunnel syndrome is possibly the injury most commonly associated with computer over-use and repetitive stress injuries, but research has come to show that CTS is often caused by a genetic predisposition, not by overuse and activity.
A recent study at Harvard University revealed that biological factors are three times more powerful in causing CTS to [...]

One of the key issues in ergonomics is that one size never fits all. The petite, five foot tall woman (that’s me) has vastly different needs than the broad-shouldered 6′5″ man. We have different sizes, weights, different abilities to grasp, different shapes and spaces between our fingers and our shoulders.
But most product manufacturers [...]

I got my kneel chair at a thrift store for 10 bucks, and it’s one of my favorite places to sit. Kneeling chairs adjust your position to be more natural on the spine than regular chairs and provide a unique ergonomic relief for the back and hips.
Rather than put all your weight on your [...]

Recently, I described how Paraffin Wax can help reduce inflammation and stiffness in your joints, and how nurses and medics have been using this treatment for quite a while. I’ve had this treatment in physical therapy clinics before, and have left feeling much better.
However, you don’t have to go to a clinic to try [...]

You might be wondering why I’ve been silent the last few weeks. The truth is, among a ton of work projects and other events, I’ve also moved! I packed up all my junk and office supplies and am slowly settling them all into a new home/office location, just a block away from the [...]

If your thumb is sore and swollen, there are several things you can do to loosen up and relieve the ache.
Hopefully, even if your thumb is sore, your tongue is still agile, because you might have to get it around the word Tenosynovitis. Tenosynovitis, often called Trigger finger or DeQuervain’s syndrome, is actually a swelling around the [...]