Repetitive strain injury

How did you know you had/have got it??

 

http://www.rsihelp.com/warning.shtml

Lists a few symptoms etc?

Hope this helps

 

Cheers hun, was hoping someone had, had 1st hand exp as it where...but will check the link out ta hun

 

Yes i've had it in my right wrist ( no jokes i've heard them already )
i got a load of leaflets on RSI Kim if you need any infomation

 

Does it ever go again or is that it you stuck with it?

 

It makes a bit of sense anyway. Easier with checklists and stuff I find.

Im sure somebodys got it or had it on here, but they are probably the ones trying to steer clear of being on here at night, as well as in the day at work?...

You'll probably get a better response tomorrow afternoon maybe, keep knocking it up to the top

 

To be honest i'm not sure. sometimes my wrist starts to ache when driving the forklift but i use the right wrist for operating the controls. if you've got it from using a pc you should check your seating position and get a wrist support. I have to do a lot of computer work as well and it does ache when using a mouse thats why i love laptops

 

lol ye the wise ones pmsl.......

 

Here try these this is who i get all my Health & Safety books from and any infomation i need
http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm

 

yeah i blame the playstation

 

Cheers for the link Rich.....ive changed my seating pos and everything even have all the wrist rests for my keyboard AND mouse

 

It also depends on your work area i think they call it ergomonics the way your workstation is set out.
Let me know what you need babe and see what i can send you

 

Cheers hunni gonna go bed now will check the links in the morning ta hun

 

anytime Kim night babe

 

not a nice thing that :S but this one did make me chuckle: -

16. Frequent self-massage

 

Kimmy, from what I know it doesn't go away on its own.

You either live with it or get a small surgery. It is usually caused by repeated movement of a particular part of the body. It can affect either the sheaths around tendons which then swell and press on nerves.

If its in the wrist (Carpal Tunnel syndrome) you usually feel a pain and tingling in the thumb and first two fingers. You also might find that your grip and muscles are becoming weaker. That one I know can be fixed with surgery and it is very common. Also changing your posture .... anti-inflammatory, massagee and a wrist aid sometimes help.

People don't always know, but it can also affect other parts of the body like the shoulder (rotator cuff injury), the tendon in the elbow (tennis elbow) and the back too.

Go see your doctor if you think you have that. HE/she should be able to help.... welll ... eventually.....

 

i have a Repetitive Stain Injury.

Tennis Elbow. Im a bricklayer and its in my right elbow, as you can imagine it does the same movement all day long picking up mortar and spreading it. VERY painfull...but not as painfull as the steroid injection i had in it to ease the pain when i first got it....Had to have that as i couldnt lift the trowel with nothing on it let alone full of mortar still suffering but what do ya do? Change career..hmmm no Just have to battle on

 

Oh the steroid injection....i had to sign something so that i couldnt sue the doctor for putting me in extreme pain....thats how bad it was Walked out of doctors almost in tears

 

pmsl @ Rob

Nat hun is there anything you DONT know about thanks hunni, think I need to be doing some reading up on it, don't fancy the docs after wat Lees just said about the fookin injection

 

TBH i think ive put it mildly

 

fook that ill suffer thanks