Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

by Anselm Engle The bottom line is that no netbook will ever be ergonomically perfect, because they’re first designed to first be small and light. Acer does a fairly good job at making a consistent, reasonably responsive, low-profile keyboard. As long as you can maintain your hand position without much tactile feedback, you’ll find this [...]

Scientists recently discovered an interesting link in the research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a virus that blocks immune system, or antibodies to the virus, were found in prostate cancer patients, then in a high percentage of chronic fatigue sufferers: …cell biologist Judy Mikovits of the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, Nevada, tested 101 chronic fatigue [...]

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 [...]

A while back I wrote about my vision for a future way of interacting with computers-a program that would let you use full body movements to control your mouse and keyboard. The program would accommodate your fitness level and help you get exercise and stay strong, healthy, and active while getting work done. So it’s [...]

Are you careful with your ergonomic set up even while you’re on the go? On Smartphones, laptops, and other devices, it’s harder to make sure your posture is correct, and that you’re doing things the ergonomic way. According to BT, a UK-based company providing IT networking services, 54% of managers believe that mobile workers have [...]

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 [...]

Back when I was seriously suffering from RSI, I spent time dreaming about what a safe, happy and healthy workstation would look like and came up with an entirely new sort of workstation. My story is this: I had some pain in college, but my friends at the time were wonderful massage-a-holics and helped rub [...]

I’ll never forget the day my Workers’ Comp doctor gave me a packet of Vioxx pain killer to try, after the drug had been pulled from the market. I told him, “I want to heal my arms, not just numb the pain.” Although he admitted that I could hurt myself more by numbing the pain [...]

It’s not just computer users — many workers across many different industries and skill levels are at risk for repetitive stress and strain injuries. So, what other careers are reporting high rates of injury? Here’s a random sample from the almighty google. Musicians Factory Workers Trade workers –(carpentry, painting, bricklaying, plumbing, etc) Waitresses, Pizza Cutters [...]

The web is a great resource for general information, but it’s a mixed blessing. The longer you spend looking up information the more likely you are to have pain! It’s so much more convenient and easy to learn when you’re talking with people, asking questions and having personal interaction. There are a few inexpensive resources [...]