Repetitive stress injuries, often caused by some work-related motion, supposedly cost business $100 billion a year, so you might think someone would have figured out the best way to treat them a long time ago. Not exactly. The good news, though, is that researchers now think they have an answer, and it’s not what most doctors would have recommended. The Los Angeles Times reports that a review of 14 studies suggests that different types of exercise, including strength, weight and
endurance training, may be the best way to go. The paper quotes Arianne
Verhagen, the lead author of the review and a physical therapist and
epidemiologist at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands expressing her amazement that "no one has ever evaluated the effectiveness of these
expensive ergonomic interventions for most conditions."
"While we can’t draw any firm conclusions, because some of
the data is inconclusive," says Verhagen, "I put my money on exercise: It’s cheap and
everyone can do it in their own time and their own way."
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I’m a medical transcriptionist. I spent appr. 50 hours per week typing. I’ve been doing this for 11 years. I’ve been working out in a gym with strength training for appr. 3-1/2 years and found that the conclusions drawn above are correct in my case.
My mom, an expert in industrial wellness, says the studies she’s seen point out that exercise is good for just about anybody at any age; people in their 80s who lift weights can gain strength and improved health … it’s plausible that one of the culprits in RSI is muscle/joint weakness combined with overwork, so strength exercises would most likely be beneficial.
Exercise is best treatment for repetitive stress injuries
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