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Written by Maurice Petersen
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 If like a majority of the people, you work n front of a computer for over 8 hours a day, and if you find yourself suffering from pain, numbness of the wrist, and even a stinging sensation in your hands, you could be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. Better known as repetitive stress disorder, carpel tunnel syndrome is a crippling disability, that till recently, was viewed more as a shirker’s excuse to stay away from doing her/his work. But over 5 million Americans can’t be shirkers! For that is the number being presented by the latest survey regarding carpel tunnel syndrome sufferers in our nation!
Simply put, carpel tunnel syndrome is a work related injury that affects those individuals, whose work demands that they spend time doing activities that put pressure on the wrist and the wrist tendons. Most users of computers for prolonged periods suffer from some degree of the carpel tunnel syndrome. Others who are likely to suffer debilitating effects are cashiers in banks and financial institutions, computer operators, desktop publishing professionals, call center professionals, assembly line workers, cash register operators and even writers – all of whom spend their time at work doing repetitive jobs with their wrists, thereby resulting in carpel tunnel syndrome.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 10 December 2007 )
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