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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: MRI follow-up

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008. In my previous post I wrote:. In the days since my MRI I have talked to several TOS sufferers and they have all told me unless I was making a football goal with my arms in the imaging process, the compression would not show. I just found out I wasn't being imaged to rule out TOS, they were looking for abnormalities other than compression in the thoracic outlet. And I would have had to been injected with dye and in a tube MRI machine for that kind of imaging. Posted by Arms Smith.

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement PE class

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Sunday, October 5, 2008. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement PE class. I have the unique opportunity to take a college PE course on Moshe Feldenkrais' bodywork. (Please see wikipedia's page on Feldenkrais to get the full, accurate scoop.). So far I can tell you that it is guided sensory awareness with slow movement. To an outsider, it probably looks like a bizarre adult nap time since its a gymnasium full of us on mats (and many with blankets too! Do each movement w/ as little effort as possible.

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: Let the AARP help you file your taxes (Hint)

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Thursday, April 2, 2009. Let the AARP help you file your taxes (Hint). I was just beginning to get the swing of filing until I stopped working and began receiving income that wasn't earned. This is a whole new can of worms for me. My LTD payments came without estimated tax withholding. SDI did not issue me any sort of year end tax document. And WC? I got my taxes filed today. Took advantage of the fee tax help the AARP offers to disabled persons. I feel so relieved! Posted by Arms Smith. Its been a long ...

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. I found some wonderful advice in a blog by someone that was hurt on the job in North Carolina. Please note the link and visit it if you'd like! I have only edited it to be California specific (rather than NC). IF YOU ARE HURT ON THE JOB:. Tell a supervisor immediately. Get the full names of everyone who witnessed the accident. Write up an accident report. File a DWC form. With California's Division of Workers Compensation (DWC). Division of Work...

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: Home Traction Exercise (for the neck)

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Home Traction Exercise (for the neck). I have the Edgelow Protocol kit and had that type of PT, my therapist made me a "home neck traction" thing-a-majig and I love to use it (sometimes while listening to a meditation CD I got from the library). How it all comes together:. The pull for me is such a relief. I feel my neck elongate and the feeling of compression goes away. My PT said its ok to do this for as long as you want too! Posted by Arms Smith. April 15, 2009 at 2:50 PM.

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: Products to stave off RSI symptoms

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Monday, November 10, 2008. Products to stave off RSI symptoms. Some products I endorse:. GO 24 Optical Air Mouse and Compact Keyboard Suite. The small keyboard is good for me because I was leaning to use the left side of the full keyboard AND it frees up the space where the number pad was so I can keep the mouse closer, making it more ergonomic. (UCLA has a great site devoted to ergonomics. Warm hands that can still work thru gloves are A in my book. Here's what it all looks like:. Posted by Arms Smith.

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: My Functional Capacity Evaluation

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Monday, March 17, 2008. My Functional Capacity Evaluation. For the benefit of any others that may have an arm RSI and have to do a FCE here's a list of the things I did. Almost all of my tasks were administered and monitored by a high tech Occupational Therapy program. First, I verbally gave my work, injury, daily routine, and what-I-do-for-fun histories then this is what I did:. 1 strapped a wireless pulse monitor on and took blood pressure. 2 Treadmill- power walking! Left to right (5 sec each time?

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Repetitive Strain Injury & Workers' Compensation: Diagnosis= Funny, with the Adson's Test. (Something to lighten the spirits.)

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Thursday, March 19, 2009. Diagnosis= Funny, with the Adson's Test. (Something to lighten the spirits.). A while ago I was researching the various tell-tale tests that show vascular impingement related to TOS and other RSIs. I came across an Arabic. Site first for some reason in my Google image search for the Adson's test and I went ahead and fed the text into an online translator. And I about fell out laughing at number 2. 3 Processor requests from the patient to take a long breath and keeps it. Tests ar...

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My TOS Life: March 2012

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Never take for granted the ability to work at a computer for hours and walk away without pain. Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Temperatures in the low 60's, mild breeze, sunshine. Maybe it's just a touch of spring fever, but I'll take it, and revel in every moment. So although many people may see a day like today as an ordinary day, I see it as a gift, precious hours and minutes when I am free to be the me I want to be, the me I was before the TOS. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?

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My TOS Life: August 2015

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Never take for granted the ability to work at a computer for hours and walk away without pain. Thursday, August 20, 2015. Broken, Not Bitter. An Author's Life with RSI (and TOS). Writers can't write when their computers disable them. My story of how Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Repetitive Strain injuries stole my excellent nursing job and years of pursuing my writing career is on The Creative Penn. Broken, Not Bitter . An Author's Life with RSI. Repetitive Strain Injury. writer. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).