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, [...]

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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 [...]

Since ancient Greek times, doctors have prescribed the use of ice or snow as a treatment for injury. Today, nearly everyone has a gel pack in their freezer, ready for use. However, you can get the benefits of ice more quickly than using an ice pack. If you don’t want sit around for 10-20 minutes [...]

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 [...]