Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

Scar tissue forms around a muscle, tendon or ligament after it’s torn, in order to bind it together and prevent future injuries. Scar tissue often criss-crosses across the normal, healthy tissue, so although it helps the healing process, it can also reduce the flexibility of the area. Most people have experienced some kind of injury, [...]

Which of these injuries is different? Ankle sprains, broken legs, and carpal tunnel syndrome all cause swelling and pain and need to be immobilized at times. But the chronic pain syndromes like Carpal Tunnel behave very differently than acute injuries like an ankle sprain or broken bone. A recent write-up in the Posture Blog describes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

You don’t have to join a gym, lift weights or start running to be good to your body. The best way to stay healthy is find hobbies that get you moving, help you meet new people, and that are just downright FUN. Although this blog most often covers medical treatments, therapies and disorders, the best [...]

A friend of mine broke his arm a while back and told me he was on a lot of ibuprofen — 600 mg doses. I had to laugh, because back when I was suffering regular pain from repetitive stress and tendonitis, I took 800 mg of ibuprofen on a regular basis, sometimes a few times [...]

If you have regular painful flare-ups, or you know someone who does, here’s a new word you’ll want in your RSI vocabulary — tendinosis. It’s an important concept to understand, even if you forget the word itself right away. It Starts with Tendonitis You’re probably familiar with tendonitis (or tendinitis), a common term meaning inflammation [...]

Paraffin Wax therapy is a very old technique used to reduce inflammation and stiffness in the joints of your hands or feet. Coating your hands in warm wax helps to increase circulation, providing relief for the pain, swelling, and stiffness that can accompany arthritis, repetitive stress injuries, or other acute injuries like broken fingers. Today, [...]

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 lovely lake [...]

Last week, I mentioned a lot of good alternative therapies you can turn to for pain relief. Of course, you can also perform massage, acupressure and trigger point therapy on yourself. You can use your own fingers, knuckles, even the palm of your hand or elbow. However, you might prefer to use some of the [...]