The elbows should form a 90 degree angle while *hanging* at your sides from the shoulders. Rarely do chairs with armrests allow this position. It is *very* important that the shoulders remain relaxed in a lowered position during keyboarding (see #6).

It is most important that seat height should allow the upper body postures described in #7, #8, and #9. This upper body posture is most responsible for reducing risk of injury. Once this is accomplished, the feet should be flat on the floor. If the resulting seat height prevents the feet from resting flat on the floor, a foot rest is necessary. Even a phone book can serve as an inexpensive solution. This should allow the lower legs to be vertical and thighs horizontal.

The best exercises depend on your particular form of RSI, but here are a few favorites: the "Shoulder Blade Squeeze" is performed by raising your forearms and pointing your hands to the ceiling. Push your arms back, squeezing your shoulder blades together. Hold for at least 5 seconds and repeat 3 times. Eye Palming" is performed by placing your elbows on your desk, cup your hands, close your eyes, and place your eyelids gently down onto your palms.

Many make the mistake of putting the monitor, the keyboard, or both off to one side on a desk. If you perform more than a few minutes of keyboarding a day, the keyboard and monitor should be placed directly in front of your normal sitting position. The screen should be 18-30 inches from your eyes, or about an arm's length.

You should change your sitting position at least every 15 minutes. Active breaks should be taken at least every 30 minutes especially for those who perform more than 2 or 3 hours of keyboarding a day. Microbreaks should occur more often.

The neutral position described in #7 can not be achieved while in contact with most commercial wrist pads. For this reason keyboarding is best performed from a "floating" wrist position. Thus contact with wristpads is best between bouts of keying only. Frequent rest, away from the keyboard, becomes necessary with floating wrists because it tends to emphasize shoulder muscle contraction. Don't forget to use the lightest possible finger pressure during keying.

The reasons for recent increase in computer injuries are many. One major reason is that computers are now allowing us to do more office tasks which formerly allowed us to change activity or take breaks. For example, a typewriter at one time required using a return carriage, "white out" for mistakes, breaks for paper installation, and getting up to file papers in a cabinet. Computer word-processing now eliminates these "microbreaks".

Occupational therapy is about getting people back into the activities that are important to them as rapidly as possible, with a minimum of pain and with the best possible functional outcome. Pain keeps people from moving normally. Before a painful condition develops, people are able to move efficiently and easily to complete their activities of daily living. A normal level of activity keeps us healthy, and can help us to recover from illness or injury with the greatest speed.

The harness should be at or BELOW the shoulder of the child. This prevents any slack from being introduced into the system in the event of a forward facing crash as the seat rotates forward.

Pull out the yellow adjustment knob located on the seat back and slide the adjustment to either the upper and lower slot depending on the height of the child. Please see question 24 or page 25 in your instructions for the proper location based on the child’s height.

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is one of the most common elbow ailments in orthopaedic medicine. Tennis elbow is tendinitis of the muscle called the extensor carpi radialis brevis which attaches to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. It may be caused by a sudden injury such as a blow, or by repetitive use of the arm in an activity, like tennis or racquetball. It's a common belief among doctors that micro tears in the tendon lead to a hyper-vascular phenomenon resulting in pain.

No, not at all. ProSpot Fitness free-weight systems have a side-to-side ratcheting feature so you can easily position the barbell without removing the weights.

A) You may find it easiest to begin with to lie down with your head and shoulders supported and your knees slightly bent and apart, insert the educator body and try your exercises in that position - you may need a light coating of KY jelly or vaginal lubricant on the educator body. If you find exercising in the lying position quite easy, you can try exercising with your indicator whilst sitting on the edge of the chair. If this is possible you can also try your exercises standing up.

Shoulder instability often comes from either a large traumatic event or many small (repetitive) traumatic events. For instance, a pitcher who throws for years can, over time, stretch out the shoulder capsule and cause instability. A tackle in football can cause the shoulder to traumatically dislocate. Some people are born with “loose collagen” and these patients can develop the pain of instability through simply activities of daily life.

Don't know and wouldn't attempt a diagnosis. You have a type two acromion. If your doc didn't explain the different types try this website. It explains different types of impingement including those that are caused by type two and three acromions. I've got a shredded shoulder and one that's just a bit worn out. The worn out shoulder has been responding pretty well to rc exercises. I know for a fact I have a little bone on bone in that one.

Most definitely. Muscles work in groups, rather than individually, so I test all the muscles in the area of the problem. Any that test 'weak' are corrected with kinesiology techniques, such as rubbing or holding points or nutritional supplements. Sometimes one of the muscles has 'switched off' other muscles in the group, so the energy flow needs to be re-balanced, allowing all the muscles to work together synergistically.

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is one of the most common elbow ailments in orthopaedic medicine. Tennis elbow is tendinitis of the muscle called the extensor carpi radialis brevis which attaches to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. It may be caused by a sudden injury such as a blow, or by repetitive use of the arm in an activity, like tennis or racquetball. It's a common belief among doctors that micro tears in the tendon lead to a hyper-vascular phenomenon resulting in pain.

The cause of tennis elbow is not entirely clear, and only about 5% of the people who suffer from tennis elbow are actually tennis players. One school of thought says it is the repeated act of the tennis swing that causes a muscle spasm and subsequent stress on the tendons around the exterior of the elbow. Vibration dampeners do exactly what they say - reduce the vibration you feel come up your arm after hitting the ball.