We’re all tempted to avoid going to the doctor and diagnosing nagging pains ourselves. With the hectic schedules everybody has today, this is only natural. It’s also easy to ignore things until they become much worse than they have to be. This leads to the aggravation of a lot of conditions that could easily have [...]
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While researching Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, these were the topics that appeared to be related in some way. Either as a forerunner to CTS, and its related syndromes, or similar conditions that also affect one in the workplace. For a more thorough listing of health and safety links click here.
The world of ergonomics might have had its most important month ever in November. “Big deal,” you say! Maybe, maybe not. In early November, the Clinton Administration passed the long awaited OSHA Ergonomics Program Standard. The Standard has been in the works for almost 10 years, initiated by Elizabeth Dole during George Bush’s term. In [...]
Here we go. As of January 16, 2001, OSHA has arrived on the ergonomics scene. As one of former President Clinton’s last actions in office, he succeeded in passing the OSHA Ergonomics Standard into law. It was a complicated process that was begun by then Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole during George Bush’s term. Many say [...]
Small Time Ergonomics When the Bush administration recently repealed the OSHA Ergonomics Standard small businesses breathed a sigh of relief. But wait a second. Even though there is not yet a law requiring ergonomic adjustments to improve your work environment doesn’t mean it won’t help your business. In the most recent Entrepreneur, the monthly magazine [...]
Wendy Ghannam expressed relief that her seven-year ordeal against theAgency for International Development(USAID)was finally over in aninterview held recently in downtown Washington, DC. Ms. Ghannam received afavorable ruling from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding the appeal to her complaint of employment discrimination due toongoing problems with carpal tunnel/repetitive stress disease. In several [...]
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WASHINGTON — More than 28 million Americans use computers each day and, according to officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, many risk coming down with a painful, debilitating condition, carpal tunnel syndrome. “Carpal tunnel syndrome, or CTS, involves the median nerve and the flexor tendons, which extend from the forearm into the hand [...]
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We hear a lot about ergonomics, posture, wrist deviation, and exercises as self care for symptoms – or avoidance – of carpal tunnel syndrome. There is another self treatment for your kit of survival techniques and that is massage…specifically self massage. As I mention in my book, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: How to Relieve & Prevent [...]
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