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Atricle Dump - Stop The Pain Drain - It's More Than Just Ergonomics
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The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has
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You’ve hired ergonomic experts to change the computer stations; You’ve given your employees’ new keyboards; you’ve tried every type of mouse on the market and spent thousands of dollars on chairs. You’ve read scores of articles describing the two biggest repetitive strain injuries: low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome - you could actually repeat the symptoms in your sleep! You’ve analyzed, prioritized, been reactive and proactive. You’ve gone the gamut, and still you’re employees are in pain!
According to the Chronic Pain Association, U.S. companies lose an estimated $90 billion each year to sick time, reduced productivity and direct medical and other benefit costs due to chronic pain among employees. Add to this the fact that it is estimated that stress is costing industry $300 billion dollars, and pain is stressful, and you can easily see how pain will undermine the financial base of your business. Employees diagnosed with repetitive strain injuries will frequently get onto the treadmill of doctor appointments, medications, and various forms of therapy that have less than total success. While this is happening you need to shift work to other employees, or just let the work pile up.
What’s missing? The problem is that even with the most ergonomic workstations, people are still doing the same movements over and over. Their muscles get contracted and tied into knots, which puts a severe strain on the insertion points at the joints. Job-related repetitive strain injuries are costing industry millions of dollars in lost time and disability claims. As Worker’s Compensation fees soar, industry is desperately seeking answers to what is causing the repetitive strain injuries that have become rampant.
The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has b
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According to the Chronic Pain Association, U.S. companies lose an estimated $90 billion each year to sick time, reduced productivity and direct medical and other benefit costs due to chronic pain among employees. Add to this the fact that it is estimated that stress is costing industry $300 billion dollars, and pain is stressful, and you can easily see how pain will undermine the financial base of your business. Employees diagnosed with repetitive strain injuries will frequently get onto the treadmill of doctor appointments, medications, and various forms of therapy that have less than total success. While this is happening you need to shift work to other employees, or just let the work pile up.
What’s missing? The problem is that even with the most ergonomic workstations, people are still doing the same movements over and over. Their muscles get contracted and tied into knots, which puts a severe strain on the insertion points at the joints. Job-related repetitive strain injuries are costing industry millions of dollars in lost time and disability claims. As Worker’s Compensation fees soar, industry is desperately seeking answers to what is causing the repetitive strain injuries that have become rampant.
The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has
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What’s missing? The problem is that even with the most ergonomic workstations, people are still doing the same movements over and over. Their muscles get contracted and tied into knots, which puts a severe strain on the insertion points at the joints. Job-related repetitive strain injuries are costing industry millions of dollars in lost time and disability claims. As Worker’s Compensation fees soar, industry is desperately seeking answers to what is causing the repetitive strain injuries that have become rampant.
The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has
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What’s missing? The problem is that even with the most ergonomic workstations, people are still doing the same movements over and over. Their muscles get contracted and tied into knots, which puts a severe strain on the insertion points at the joints. Job-related repetitive strain injuries are costing industry millions of dollars in lost time and disability claims. As Worker’s Compensation fees soar, industry is desperately seeking answers to what is causing the repetitive strain injuries that have become rampant.
The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has
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The term “repetitive strain injury” should immediately bring attention to the muscles, but why a muscle will cause pain, and how to treat the muscle, has been the missing component in the search. Short of having the employee change jobs there isn’t anything that can help – or is there!
Isolating the Muscles that Cause Pain
Ample time and money has been spent to review how an individual sits at a desk and types on a computer. Posture is always stressed and lumbar supports are added to chairs to help rest the back. However, even with the very best of posture, and the most advanced equipment, repetitive strain on the low-back and arm muscles is inevitable.
To a lesser degree, employees who sit for hours, or use their hands to perform the same task repeatedly, for example employees on an assembly line, haven’t been studied as closely. If an employee stands at an assembly line and uses his arm in the same direction over and over, it’s likely that he’ll have pain in his shoulder. Or if she is sitting all day, her low back, and possibly her knees, will hurt. Employees who type at a computer for hours at a time, or who are doing fine-motor movements with their fingers will get all the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
The first step to reversing the pain drain is to watch the movements that employees do repetitively.
Why Muscles Cause Pain
All muscles originate on a stationary bone (“point A”), cross over a joint and then insert onto “point B”, a moveable bone. When the muscle contracts it pulls on the insertion point and the joint moves. However, when a muscle is repeatedly moved in exactly the same direction, often for hours at a time, the fibers actually shorten. This phenomenon is called “muscle memory”, and it is the key to the pain and lack of range-of-motion that is common in repetitive
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