RSI in the News
July 2010
Supreme Court Clarification in Workers’ Compensation Cases (Press Release)
preventing repetitive strain syndrome (earth times)
June 2010
The health risk of multi-touch devices (the apple blog)
One in four work all day without a break (itn, uk)
Healthy games offer risks, too (Boston.com)
May 2010
Musicians Work Together To Identify Common Injuries (wibw.com)
Outrageous Sacking of PCS Member (over RSI claim) (Socialist Worker, UK)
Land Registry workers shocked by secret filming (Dorset Echo)
Millions resign or call in sick as Monday Blues bite in recession (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Numb hands, fingers that won’t work…but is it texting or tendons? (daily Mail, UK)
Texting can cause injuries (timesdaily.com)
April 2010
How to avoid tennis elbow (thespec.com)
March 2010
Dealing with RSI and its effects in the workplace (Royal Gazette)
Wii Fit Injuries (sccampusnews.com)
Thumbs Down to SMSing (expressbuzz.com)
February 1st 2010
Alexander Technique helps re-educate body (salisburypost.com)
December 28th 2009
Nintendo Wii Fit Can Cause Injuries (Emax Health)
December 27th 2009
By thought alone: mind over keyboard (Hplus Magazine)
December 13th 2009
Land Registry workers shocked by secret filming (Dorset Echo)
December 10th 2009
US seeks to curb workplace injuries (cincinnati.com)
November 24th 2009
Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020 (Computer World)
November 16th 2009
Ergo chairs worthless without expert adjustments (Computer World.com)
November 14th 2009
Addicted to texting? Beware! (Hindustan Times)
November 12th 2009
Windows 7 could hasten touch-screen computers (USA Today)
November 10th 2009
A Pain In The Neck (EureckAlertorg)
Take Care of Your Joints, And They Will Take Care Of You (fitness.com)
If you only do one thing this week … make tea for your colleagues (Guardian.co.uk)
November 3rd 2009
Why You Need Ergonomic Gear Now : High Tech Hurts (Tom’s Guide.com)
November 2nd 2009
Black Sabbath guitarist tries stem cell treatment for RSI (The Telegraph, UK)
October 30th 2009
Many factors contribute to work-related injury (Reuters)
October 18th 2009
Video games can play havoc with kids joints (msn.com)
September 6th 2009
The rise and rise of RSI (personneltoday.com)
August 10th 2009
68 per cent of employees in the Middle East suffer from repetitive strain injury. Are you sitting comfortably? (timeout Dubai)
Avoid RSI with the Alexander Technique (PR-inside.com)
July 21st 2009
If you only do one thing this week … use your holiday (guardian.co.uk)
July 16th 2009
BlackBerry Thumb: Digit-Ill Diagnosis (terra.com)
June 30th 2009
Instruments of Pain (Sacramento Bee)
June 19th 2009
Cube workers rejoice! Here’s how to make your office a healthy haven (Southern Health Magazine)
Ergonomics for home computer users (What PC?)
Use two thumbs to avoid RSI when texting, says study (network world.com)
Incessant teen texting causes health concerns (scrippsnews.com)
June 16th 2009
Protecting the body from computer work -part 1 (Manila Times)
Protecting the body from computer work – part 2 (Manila Times)
June 10th 2009
Elementary Ergonomics (thejournal.com)
June 4th 2009
Doctors warn of ‘mobile phone elbow’ (The Daily Telegraph)
May 27 2009
Texting May Be Taking a Toll (New York Times)
May 23 2009
Time to change painful relationship with computers (Irish Times)
May 21 2009
Why computers, mobiles and technology put a strain on kids (mirror.co.uk)
May 15 2009
The Value of Exposing Discomfort in the Workplace (techlinks.net)
May 03 2009
Repetitive Surf Injury causes five million days off work a year in Britain (The Telegraph, UK)
Avoiding ‘Blackberry Thumb’: How to protect your messaging muscles (ABC6)
April 30 2009
The latest RSI risk is revealed by Yahoo! and the British Chiropractic Association (responsesource.com)
April 26 2009
Avoiding ‘Blackberry thumb’ (ktnv.com)
Wounded Wii-kend Warriors (runnersworld.com)
More Wii Warriors Are Playing Hurt (New York Times)
April 21 2009
Matthew Perry’s video game strain (Metro.co.uk)
April 17 2009
Twitter ‘could damage your health’, say physiotherapists (The Telegraph, UK)
Experts fear RSI boom from Twitter (UPI.com)
April 10 2009
RSI technology and practical help (examiner.com)
April 09 2009
Texting takes toll on thumbs (News 24 South Africa)
Inspectors blitz risky workplaces (Toronto SUN)
April 08 2009
Staying Charged – The addictive nature of technology (tricycle.com)
Sit up straight and ease the pain of the daily grind (Irish Independent)
April 03 2009
Doing more with less (Hoist Magazine)
April 01 2009
Could Economic Downturn Lead to Rise in Personal Injury Claims? (PRLog.org)
March 21
Children addicted to mobile phone use (The Sun)
March 18 2009
Same old strain (Asiaone.com)
March 16 2009
Microsoft surface a step closer (BBC News)
February 28 2009
The Cost of Repetitive Strain Injuries in Ontario: $380 Million and Three Million Lost Work Days Over Eight Years (marketwire.com)
February 25 2009
Doctors identify ‘PlayStation palm’ as a legitimate medical complaint (Times Online, UK)
February 24 2009
Call for more action as RSI figures show increase (Scarborough Evening News)
February 23 2009
Employers not paying attention to RSI problems in workers (topnews.in)
‘No progress’ over RSI injuries (BBC News)
Progress Is Needed To Tackle Blight Of Repetitive Strain Injury (Daily Record, UK)
Report highlights cost of repetitive strain injury (Nursing in practice)
RSI costing UK economy £300m a year (Personel Today)
Workers’ strain injuries increase (BBC News)
Employees warned of RSI danger (Employers Forum on Disability)
January 24 2009
Daily Dose: Healthy office diversion (Examiner.com, Denver)
January 23 2009
The Office: A New Locale For Your Yoga Class (pitchengine.com)
January 22 2009
Reducing risk of repetitive strain injuries (Democrat and Chronicle)
January 14 2009
New Year the right time to reevaluate work station (North Shore News, Canada)
January 13 2009
If gadgets cause you anxiety then avoid them (Courier Post Online)
The end of RSI? The computer mouse operated by your feet (Mail Online UK)
January 12 2009
Ergonomic computer mice: Keeping the PC mouse from biting (Earth Times)
Doctors reporting rie in Wii injuries (wzzm13 abc .com)
A Wii word of warning to gamers (Scotland on Sunday)
January 09 2009
Exercising with Wii leading to RSI (Daily Telegraph Aus)
December 26 2008
Doctors Give Tips To Avoid Wii Injuries (kypost.com)
December 9 2008
The mouse is biting some PC users (BBC News)
December 4 2008
Office health ‘must be taken seriously’ (gradplus.com)
December 3 2008
Repetitive strain injury ‘on the increase for office workers’ (Click a Job)
Beware ‘Blackberry thumb’! ( peopleperhour.com)
December 1 2008
Employee back problems ‘on the increase’ (jobsnewswire.com)
November 26 2008
Intelligent fabric to combat RSI (EU website)
October 28 2008
Stress, Injury and illness a major concern in UK workplaces (Personnel Today)
October 21 2008
Coping with carpel tunnel (Calgary Herald)
October 18 2008
Ailments caused by computers affect productivity ( Gloucester Daily Times)
October 17 2008
New fabrics to help measure muscle stresses that cause RSI (Cordis)
October 12 2008
Take the strain out of repetitive typing (Emirates Business 24)
October 06 2008
Yoga helps Hi-tech workers (San Francisco Chronicle)
September 30 2008
The dangers of text messaging (gwhatchet.com)
September 18 2008
RSI in Call Centre Workers due to phone use (TMCnet.com)
September 17 2008
Carpel Tunnel Article (Cebu Sun Star)
Posture Article (Workplace Hazards)
September 01 2008
Yoga saves career of Musician with RSI (Wales Online)
August 27 2008
Sickness costs £1,000 per worker per year (Health Insurance Magazine)
August 25 2008
Tips for Laptop Users (Irish Independent)
August 21 2008
What IT pros should know about RSI (TechRepublic Blogs)
August 13 2008
Ergonomic tips for IT Pros (Tech Republic Blog)
SpinVox protects texters from RSI (IVR Community)
August 11 2008
‘All this mobile insecurity causes heartache and, worse still, muscle pain’ (Scotland on Sunday)
Combatting workplace stress ( livemint.com)
July 31 2008
Computer users may suffer ‘visual RSI’ (Computer Weekly)
July 30 2008
Injury warning to teen texters (Metro, UK)
UK mobile phone users send 200Million texts per day (ITProPortal.com)
July 29 2008
text messaging bad for you (Daily Express, UK)
July 24 2008
massage technique differences (Red Orbit)
references to RSI, backaches not just being a modern condition (Daily Mail, UK)
RSI, ergonomics article (The Earth Times)
July 20 2008
two thirds of office workforce in Middle East suffer RSI symptom (Arabian Business)
Cutting Edge RSI advice in the Bay Area, California (Inside Bay Area)
July 5 2008
An article on ergonomic advice from India, and mention of the Logitech MXAir Mouse (Deccan Herald)
High incidence of RSI in computer related jobs in India (livemint.com)
Microsoft: Repetitive strain injury is costing businesses more than $600M in lost working hours (infoworld.com)
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