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Increase awareness of Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), Educate computer users about prevention of RSI, Support the injured with information and resources. |
Compute Without Pain
www.computerathlete.org
If you are injured or in pain from computer use, contact us at cathlete@yahoo.com for support and information.
*Repetitive Strain Injury is an umbrella term, also known as Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD). Specific diagnoses include forearm tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrom, deQuervain's tendonitis (thumb), tennis elbow, occupational overuse syndrome (OOS), thoracic outlet syndrome, low-back pain and other related musculoskeletal injuries.
People of all sorts are at risk for physical overtraining injury. Overtraining is defined by dictionary.com as "training too much". It is exercise beyond the body's ability. It's when training intensity, duration or volume really surpasses the recuperation time being offered to the body. More specifically, overtraining injury occurs when the athlete doesn't allow enough time for recovery between exercise sessions.
Even computer athletes are at risk of overtraining, especially because they don't realize that they are athletes. Sitting at a computer all seems like a sedentary, easy job. However, both core/spinal muscles, neck and facial muscles and upper extremity muscles can all be overused in sitting for 8 or more hours per day. It's not long before posture becomes weak and lumbar kyphosis sets in, contributing to nerve and blood vessel compression, causing pain.
Email cathlete@yahoo.com for a copy of "Overtraining" to learn about how to prevent injury from computer use.
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