Pain in the neck? It could be RSI

There are aches that do not go away easily. Most often, people affected by a crick in the neck, a bad back or painful wrists, do not recognize these as symptoms of repetitive stress injury (RSI), the causative factors for which are embedded in a person’s profession or vocation. Medical practitioners are now finding that those affected by RSI come from diverse backgrounds that include computer professionals, musicians, sportsmen, journalists and even dentists and surgeons. What is RSI?“When there is physical stress of a similar kind and repeatedly at the same area, it leads to RSI,” says V.B. Bhasin, honorary senior consultant at the department of orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. Dr Bhasin says cases of such disorders are largely unreported in India. Typically, RSI manifests itself in a pattern based on... [read full story]