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 Effective Treatment for Repetitive Strains

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Repetitive strain in the workplace.

Office workers who use computers frequently are at risk from this type of condition, which often causes stiffness in the spinal joints of the neck and upper back.

This can aggravate or even cause RSI in the hands and arms. Tension headaches are also often a response to neck strain. Common symptoms of RSI are stiffness or pain in the hands, wrists, fingers, forearms or elbows. Other sensations may include pins and needles in the hands. You may wake up at night and feel the need to shake your hands to get rid of the pins and needles in your hands. You may also feel the need to massage your hands, wrists or arms to relieve these symptoms.

Repetitive strain injury (RSI), is a general term used to describe the pain caused to muscles, nerves and tendons by repetitive movement and overuse.

RSI is usually associated with doing a particular activity repeatedly or for a long period of time. It often occurs in people who work with computers or carry out repetitive manual work.

Repetitive Strain Injury is actually Cumulative Trauma that can affect  any muscle in the body. The simple solution is to the problem is to stop repeatedly loading the muscle. The reality is that, for most people, to stop doing that particular activity is impossible due to work!

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RSI's we Regularly Treat

Hand & Wrist Carpal Tunnel SyndromeWrist Tendonitis
Elbow Tennis ElbowGolfer's Elbow
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Hip Snapping Hip SyndromeHip Bursitis
Knee & Leg Stress FracturesShin SplintsChondromalacia
Foot & Ankle Achilles TendonitisTarsal Tunnel SyndromePosterior Tibial Tendonitis

This list is far from exhaustive and does not include the many forms of neck and torso strains that we see commonly as spinal specialists

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Treatment for Repetitive strain Injuries

What is best? Rest? Surgery? Steroid injections? Physiotherapy? Well, most people can see the sense of starting with the least invasive form of treatment first, to try and avoid unnecessary procedures.

Here at Taunton Chiropractors Centre, we have a multifaceted approach to RSI's. Effective treatment can only be achieved with correct diagnosis.

Many forms of treatment are available such as;

ultrasound
massage (cross friction, trigger point work, acupressure etc.) 
manipulation
stretching
acupuncture

or a combination of any of the above. When your injury has begun to heal, we will also take you through the rehabilitation process, in much the same way as standard a standard physiotherapist would. This will help to prevent recurrence of the same problem in the future.