Repetitive Stress At Work Often Results in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Have you been experiencing hand pain as the result of repetitive activities, like musical instrument practicing, hair styling, daily computer keyboarding, using the computer mouse, or assembly-line work?

If so, chances are good that you may be suffering from some form of Repetitive Strain Injury, also known as RSI. The most common RSI condition is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Common CTS symptoms include radiating burning pain up the wrist and forearm, cold hands and fingers, swelling joints, numbness, a pins-and-needles feeling, and a decrease in fine motor coordination and lost sensitivity in the fingers and thumb. It can be very frightening.

Nearly 75 million people endure chronic hand pain, and hundreds of thousands of American workers miss days or weeks of employment every year due to this condition.

What causes repetitive strain injury?

There is no fundamental event that usually leads to RSI. Instead, the disorder is often the end result of months of subtle exertion mild impact repetitive tasks involving the hand, wrist, and finger muscles.

Interestingly, Type-A personalities and individuals characterized as “perfectionists” tend to come down with repetitive strain injury with a higher incidence that the overall population. Since they are so driven to perform, their non-functioning hands tend to cause more psychological stress, which is itself, ironically, a serious contributor to carpal tunnel syndrome, a common form of RSI.

Usually repetitive stress sufferers find themselves in a vicious cycle of one kind or another, which brings on the syndrome.

One of the frustrating things about enduring chronic hand pain is that friends, co-workers, and family members may not recognize the extent to which a person has been injured. Until one has experienced a repetitive stress disorder, it is hard to imagine that such low impact tasks could result in such chronic dysfunction.

This misunderstanding by bosses, friends and family also adds to the psychological stress and actually contributes to the cycle of pain.

Even doctors and hand therapists may not have the insight to identify the very subtle causes and ergonomic factors associate with RSI in some cases, but they can be very helpful in an accurate diagnosis and identifying complicating metabolic factors that might need to be addressed separately.

Here at First Hand Medical’s online interface, MyCarpalTunnel.com, you can begin the process of educating yourself about RSI, hand pain and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

We offer unique insight into the syndrome and a relatively new non-invasive therapy known as the Carpal Solution, a clinically proven wrist brace therapy that acts on inflamed, injured and dysfunctional hand to restore circulation and rejuvenate tissue, thus enhancing the body’s own natural healing process.

Do not put off your proactive therapy–start getting back to your active life today.

The Carpal Solution has been used by over 81,000 people in over 40 countries and continues to get a 97% success rate among patients. Neurologist call the Carpal Solution a better first line of defense for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Patients simply call it: “My Carpal Tunnel Cure!”

You will be amazed at how much better you feel with a sound night’s sleep and no more worries about hand pain.