Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

The first major storm of the season hit the San Francisco Bay Area today, causing freeway snarls, nearly-drowned cars-and a lot of stiffness in my joints. Why does rain and weather change affect joint stiffness? I had to do some research to find out. Arthritis sufferers in particular have been reporting this phenomenon for many [...]

Ah, the holidays, a time of great shopping, wrapping, baking, eating — and dish washing. If that’s all done you can sit back and relax, but even if you have a mountain of dishes ahead of you, you can be thankful. I despise dish washing, but have found a bright healthy lining under all those [...]

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 [...]

Most doctors and therapists will recommend that after working your body too hard or after an acute injury, that you ice the affected area. Use a cold pack or ice cubes wrapped in a towel, and apply it for twenty minutes, they say. It’s meant to flush the inflammation and resulting stiffness away. If you [...]