White-collar workers Article submitted by Atrium Legal Services, specialising in workers compensation, including RSI and overuse injuries.  There are thousands of  injuries and illnesses caused by work every day. Typically this is perceived to mainly be in industrial jobs and illness such as asbestosis and injuries from heavy machinery. You maybe surprised to hear that office workers are just as much at ris ...

I had RSI for about a year and a half. By random luck, a stranger (actually, two of them) referred me to The Mindbody Prescription by John Sarno. This was September 1999. I had chronic arm pain, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I treated my arms like they were made of fragile glass, I didn't type at all (I used voice recognition software to do most of my work). I saw myself in the book, but I was afraid -- af ...

My first encounter with RSI was in July 2002. I was working about 9 hours a day on the computer and practicing piano 3-4 hours per night for about six months. One day at work I developed a strong, diffuse ache in my right hand and was unable to type without severe pain. I stopped work for 2 weeks. The injury healed fairly quickly, I remember quite a severe burning sensation in the hand whilst recovering. An ...

FROM FREELANCE FOLDER: It’s called RSI or Repetitive Strain Injury. Put simply, RSI is an injury caused by repetitive activity. The most commonly known RSI is carpal tunnel syndrome. But RSI also includes lesser known conditions such as computer vision syndrome, upper limb disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, and cumulative trauma disorders.Of course, freelancers aren’t the only ones at risk for RSI. Artis ...