Reality about Repetitive Strain Injury

A twenty-three years aged young man worked in a warehouse for a large supermarket chain. He was a warehouse operative and his role was to take pallets of goods and place them in the necessary cages so the goods went to the stores.

Some of the goods weighed up to 15 kilograms each with up to fifty-five on a pallet, as you can imagine having to lift this amount of weight over and over, this movement caused stress on the wrists and hands of the young man.

Eventually the boy started feeling pain in his wrists, the pain did go when he rested for long enough periods but eventually the pain grew stronger and lasted for longer.

But, one day he could not as his wrists hurt very much and he was losing the ability to move his wrists freely as they became stiff, when he was trying to lift heavy items of stock into cages but found that.

The young man decided to visit the doctor as the symptoms remained. The doctor after looking at the wrists and listening to the symptoms, he was able to diagnose the boy as having carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a type of repetitive strain injury.

The doctor advised the young man to take time off from job and go for physiotherapy to relieve the stress he had caused on his wrists and painkillers to take away some o the pain he was feeling.

Eventually, symptoms withdraw but the young boy was unable to resume his role at the warehouse and had to find alternative employment.

Ever since this happened the young man has found that his wrists are weak and he can easily find them fatigue and ache, because of his youth this has caused him further problems in his personal life with playing sports.

Even though this story may sound far-fetched it is close to the reality of some peoples lives. Because a lot of people do not understand, or have knowledge about repetitive strain injury they can cause themselves harm over time if they do not seek medical help should symptoms of repetitive strain injury arise.

Repetitive Strain Injury – Affects You in Simple Jobs

Even though RSI is not life threatening problem and should not cause serious problems long term it can affect day to day life, it can still affect you in simple jobs like opening tins of food or using a screw driver.

Therefore, it is wise is to research and learn about repetitive strain injury. Due to the long hours many people spend on computers typing away and the amount of people standing on assembly lines, or walking around warehouses like the young man in the story this condition is fast becoming an epidemic.