#1.  The Warning Signs

Are you experiencing any of these warning signs in your hands, wrists, arms, neck, or shoulders?

	Reoccurring or constant pain, or even mild soreness
	Numbness or tingling sensations
	Swelling (puffiness), redness, and/or heat
	Decreasing grip strength or tendency to drop things
	Reduced mobility/excessive stiffness

By the time you begin to notice the warning signs, you have already developed a pattern of muscular strain.

These patterns generally accumulate for months or even years before causing symptoms, and will tend to continue to worsen, with potentially disastrous results, if not corrected.

#2.  How A Mouse Can Seriously Injure You

Chronic pain, and even permanently disabling injuries, can result from computer-related strain. How does this happen? The cumulative strain from repeatedly performing the motions of typing and “mousing,” causes a progressive shortening (tightening) of the involved muscles.

Continued strain leads to microscopic tearing in these muscle tissues, setting off a chain reaction of inflammation, swelling, pain,  and even further shortening of the muscles.

It is an insidious process that begins completely unnoticed, gradually increases to the level of an annoyance, and then eventually becomes, if not addressed, a major disruption.

When these muscular strain patterns continue to the point of injury, they are generally known as Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI’s), and they can be just as debilitating as sudden, forcefully traumatic injuries (like sprains or fractures), in fact, they can be even worse...

The average recovery time for RSI’s, including the average amount of workdays lost, is consistently among the highest for all types of work-related injuries.

#3.  The Shortcomings Of The Standard Medical Approach

Should you see your Doctor if you are experiencing some of the warning signs listed above? Yes, but you may want take into consideration, that although Allopathic Medicine is performing brilliantly in many areas, these types of injuries (RSI's) are not among them.

Take Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, for instance. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the most common computer-related injury. Government statistics tell us that the typical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome injury results in six lost work weeks¹ (longer even, than the recovery time for an amputation¹), costs $30,000 in medical treatments and lost wages,¹ and here in California, more than half the time ends in some degree of permanent disability.²

Regarding pain and anti-inflammatory medications: Pain, inflammation, and swelling are all symptoms of an injury. Drugs only help to suppress the symptoms; they do not actually help to heal the injury.

In fact, by interfering with the body’s natural responses, and inhibiting circulation to the injured area, drugs can actually slow down the healing process.

#4.  Why Ergonomics Are Only Part Of The Answer

Proper ergonomics can minimize the strain of computer use on your muscles, but ergonomics alone cannot completely eliminate it—any more than proper maintenance will eliminate wear and tear on your car.

Yes, ergonomics are extremely important, and if you haven’t optimized yours yet, by all means do so, just don’t stop there if you are already having problems.

Of course you may not have much say about the ergonomics of your work environment. Many companies have made ergonomic improvements, or are prepared to make the necessary corrections at the slightest provocation, however many still have not.

At least you can always do something to correct the strain patterns that your muscles accumulate.

#5.  Why The Complete Solution Should Include Muscular Therapy

The impact of computer use on your muscles needs to be addressed. The muscular strain patterns that accumulate from computer use do not simply disappear on their own, even with improvements in ergonomics and other working conditions. The symptoms may diminish, but the underlying patterns tend to remain until corrected.

Muscles do not self-correct very well, (See also: How muscles heal) they usually need help recovering from injury or chronic strain—muscular therapy is the most direct, efficient way of accomplishing that.

Muscular therapy can correct your muscular strain patterns and help prevent them from reoccurring, even if the factors that caused the problem remain unchanged.

More frequent maintenance sessions may be necessary if you have a very stressful work environment that can’t be improved, but just think of it as essential upkeep on a very precious vehicle that is always running, is constantly adapting to wide variety of stresses, strains, and demands, almost never quits, and most certainly deserves a little tune-up now and then.

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¹BLS (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
²CWCI (California Workers' Compensation Institute)

( This material is for informational purposes and does not constitute medical advice.)