NeuroTalk Support Groups - RSI info links

NeuroTalk Support Groups (https://www.neurotalk.org/)

- Repetitive Strain Injury (https://www.neurotalk.org/repetitive-strain-injury/)

- - RSI info links (https://www.neurotalk.org/repetitive-strain-injury/22626-rsi-info-links.html)

The TOS forum sticky has some RSI info links and many of the self help and ergo ideas will be of help too.

TOS sticky thread link-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=84

Other sticky threads from the TOS forum- maybe have helpful info relating to chronic / severe RSI injuries -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread125577.html
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread135.html

R.S.I. page
http://eeshop.unl.edu/rsi.html

Harvard RSI Action
RSI Action is a student group providing preventative education about RSI to the general public and to students at Harvard. It also provides advocacy and support for Harvard students with RSI.
-Kevin Williams, Vice President, Harvard RSI Action
Disclaimer: This web page is written and maintained by students. We are not doctors, and do not have any medical training. While every attempt is made to keep this page up-to-date with the best medical advice we have received, it is not a substitute for obtaining professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While it is sometimes difficult to find doctors with knowledge and experience with RSI, this should never prevent you from seeing a doctor. Finding a doctor with the proper experience is well worth the effort.
http://www.rsi.deas.harvard.edu/

WARNING SIGNS OF REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY (RSI)
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) can affect the neck, shoulders, upper back, upper arm, elbows, forearms, wrists, thumbs or fingers. Warning signs of RSI can appear in any of those areas.
http://www.rsihelp.com/warning.shtml

RSI-Relief
http://www.rsi-relief.com/

A Glossary of Common RSI Terminology
http://www.albionresearch.com/astopnow/rsi_terms.php

RSI Action
Boston-area support
http://www.rsiaction.org/

http://www.stat.rice.edu/~cscott/rsi.html##menu

Try the Ergonomics Workstation Setup Tool
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/pro...ErgoTool_2.swf
See Approved Ergonomic Equipment/ Products
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/pro...quipprods.html
Use PC Keyboard Shortcuts
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/pro..._SHORTCUTS.pdf
Use Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/pro..._SHORTCUTS.pdf

This checklist can help you create a safe and comfortable computer workstation. You can also use it in conjunction with the purchasing guide checklist. A "no" response indicates that a problem may exist. Refer to the appropriate section of the eTool for assistance and ideas about how to analyze and control the problem.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/comp...checklist.html

Positioning or using your computer improperly can lead to various injuries, from the short term discomfort of headaches to potentially debilitating conditions like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
HealthyComputing.com™ has assembled the world's foremost experts to provide unbiased information on computer-related health and safety. Developed through the joint efforts of nearly a dozen leading ergonomists, physicians, and physical therapists, HealthyComputing.com™ is the premier source for office ergonomics.
http://www.healthycomputing.com/
Wrist Splints & Gloves article
http://www.healthycomputing.com/arti...s_Gloves.shtml

here are some great examples of stretches:
http://ergocise.com/wrists.html
bizi

Repetitive Strain Injuries

Facts about cumulative trauma disorders

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/.../wn15-211.html

Cumulative trauma disorders and carpal tunnel syndrome: Sorting out the confusion

http://www.pulsus.com/PLASTICS/03_04/maho_ed.htm

Generally, CTDs result from a combination or all of the following factors occurring simultaneously:

http://www.darcor.com/library_ergo_ctd.htm

Resources for 'Cumulative Trauma Disorders'

http://toby.library.ubc.ca/sutherlan...?top=1&id=2489

Neuromyofascial pain Syndromes

Not a Link but a Book....

I have checked out MANY MANY books from the library and I really like Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other Repetitive Strain Injuries by Sharon Butler.
It breaks down everything in easy terms: the problem area/ appropriate stretches, occupation/ what kind of exercises you should do in order to ward off injuries, and most importantly: how it should feel when you are doing these stretches and exercises.

A++

Sharon Butlers SELFCARE program for TOS and RSI

Quote:

Originally Posted by thursday (Post 139586)

The book you like is listed on this website (also on post above)
http://www.selfcare4rsi.com/

I think the selfcare program for TOS is excellent. Well worth the money! And there are other programs for many other RSI injuries.

http://www.rsirescue.com/sorehand/explanation.htm
out of date but useful

What Is this Stuff?

The other pages in this portion, entitled "Sorehand, by Topics," are excerpts from posts to the Sorehand mailing list/discussion group. Sorehand is the best mailing list on RSI. Several excellent volunteer experts usually respond to posts with great insight and compassion. Visitors come out of the woodwork on a daily basis with horrific stories of RSI use and abuse and without fail, numerous respondents echo their plight with similar experiences, often having discerned the good options from the bad. This is the most valuable RSI info in the world... but it is anecdotal experience. It is usually tempered by sage opinionators and even some real doctors, but sometimes merely by spin-doctors... you make the call. I want scientific info as much as anyone, but my advice to new sufferers is don't wait for it; RSI is not conducive to laboratory type examination and its mystery will not yield to objective statistics in your lifetime. In my opinion, much of what you hear of as "study data" is based on presumtions that are less than rock-solid.

But unedited, Sorehand can look like the Web at its most frustrating. It is a freeform chain of endless text. That's where I come in. In the topics in this section I hope to cut-and-paste the most informative of the many posts on classic RSI issues. My editorial emphasis is on therapeutic solution of RSI: I'll leave the topics of workers' comp., law, politics, and pain management (as a palliative) to those who have time to do them justice.

interesting, similar to mine

"Hi Anne

I agree totally with you here .. this was basically my story too ...
right hand , the dominant and *mouse* (grr) hand was gone cold and dead.

I had fought with this since 92 ... GP said no more cortosone shots in the
wrist ...
Neorosurgeon said do CTS Release to right hand first then left, (left was
not as bad mind you) .. right healed up after open CT release ... still upper
arm/shoulder problems ... was TOS of course... I did the better nutrition thing .. more
water ... yoga myofascial release therapy had trigger points in every single muscle...
stretching ...
swimming .. whirlpool bath installed ... skating .. off to the gym for more
cardio and develop some muscle tone ... I was up to comfortably doing shrugs
with 45 lb dumbells and 90 min workout three times a week.
I was feeling great and more fit at 40 then ever!!!

Summer came and no time for the gym .. was feeling great anyway right ...
muscle tone decreased ... shoulder muscles no longer holding everything
up and in it's proper place ... fall arrives and guess who is having trouble
again ... circulation down .. inflamation ... pain .. tingling in fingers
and both hands ... things were looking grim!!:<

However, (pregnant pause .. drum roll ...) the gym had shown me
the secret!!!

PT, my MD, and vascular specialist agree ... decrease in muscle tone and
general fitness level means decrease in circulation for me. My PT tells me
my shoulder is supposed to float above the ribs on muscles ... deflate those
muscles and we have a problem!

No more forgetting about the gym ... it's either stay fit or stay in pain!

Recovering muscle tone now .. next try to build some endurance into those
muscles.

So I have a home gym setup now, new treadmill machine, blood circulating
through my arm again ... less right hand finger tingling everyday ... try to
stay clear of the computer and especially the *mouse* (that still hurts) ... and
am fast on the road to recovery and a better lifestyle ... even if it was not
by choice!

My arm is informing me I am done typing now!

hth"

http://www.nysoms.org/library/event-...inLanterDO.pdf

this is a really thorough pdf on lower back pain