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Old 06-18-2007, 12:00 AM
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Bizi - are you wearing the brace while you are working?
The new thinking is that will cause more problems in the long run because you will change the way you are using your arm and pain may travel up into your shoulder.
The last couple of years the new thinking is to wear a brace only while resting, relaxing or sleeping.

The chiro I found is very gentle with his adjustments , I feel very comfortable with his treatments {been going since mid 04}
- plus he does other PT type treatments - ultrasound, low level laser, INF stim, Triggerpoint/ massage.
He specializes in geriatric care- so that might be something to ask about when you are looking for a good one. Many will have a free or discounted evaluation and you can use it to get a feel for the doc.
Carefulness, caution, thoroughness, no fast/rough adjustments are things to look for in a good DC.
I also had found an advanced PT guy that was very good too.

As Shelley mentioned many of the therapies for TOS are good for most RSI also. Out useful links sticky -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=84


and this from sorehand-
{ http://www.ucsf.edu/sorehand/ }

== RSI RESOURCES ON THE WEB ==
* The Typing Injury FAQ (frequently asked questions), a.k.a. TIFAQ, is an educational site provided by the CTD Resource Network, Inc.
http://www.tifaq.com/
o This site contains a wide variety of information about repetitive strain injuries (RSIs), resources for dealing with these ailments, and a broad description of assistive products to reduce injury risk and symptoms. Many of the entries are annotated. Just starting your research into RSI? You may want to start at the Best WWW sites section of the TIFAQ.
o Also hosted at the CTDRN site, is the archive of The RSI Network Newsletter. Subscribe to this very informative, free e-mail newsletter by sending mail to RSINet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
* Repetitive Strain Injury page maintained by Paul Marxhausen - Topics of particular interest include hints for musicians and FindADoc.
http://eeshop.unl.edu/rsi.html
* FindADoc - a non-commercial, voluntary effort to list specific practitioner references and general suggestions for locating Health Care Providers for RSI patients. Sorehanders: If you HAVE received competent and knowledgable care for RSI, please consider sharing information about your health care provider with people who are in sore need of one by submitting your referral to this resource.
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