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30-09-2005, 05:03 PM
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30-09-2005, 07:14 PM
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| | Hi sazzy
RSD is often a result of hypertonic muscles in the sholders and arms, reseting these muscles and any sets of reactive muscles will often help or eliminate your problem, usually done in about 3 x 1hour treatments.
I am a Kinesiologist from Sydney and will be in HK again in November for 2-3 weeks, if you have interest you can contact me at kinesibrett@yahoo.com.au | |
30-09-2005, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Kinesi Hi sazzy
RSD is often a result of hypertonic muscles in the sholders and arms, reseting these muscles and any sets of reactive muscles will often help or eliminate your problem, usually done in about 3 x 1hour treatments.
I am a Kinesiologist from Sydney and will be in HK again in November for 2-3 weeks, if you have interest you can contact me at kinesibrett@yahoo.com.au | So, wot ur saying is: RSD is different to RSI? well there u go, another day older and...wiser? (or as the old lady used to say, not wiser, just deeper in debt)
if RSI and RSD are synonomous, then, sure all sorts of therapies help alleviate symptoms, but prevention is the biggy, as far as i know... ergonomics etc... in the long term, unless u fix the cause, it wont go away.
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01-10-2005, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dropdedfwed So, wot ur saying is: RSD is different to RSI? well there u go, another day older and...wiser? (or as the old lady used to say, not wiser, just deeper in debt)
if RSI and RSD are synonomous, then, sure all sorts of therapies help alleviate symptoms, but prevention is the biggy, as far as i know... ergonomics etc... in the long term, unless u fix the cause, it wont go away. |
Sorry buddy can't see anywhere that says RSD is different to RSI, just some intellectuals assign different terms to the same problems, anyway ergonomics can help, especially if you incorporate regular strecthing of the specific muscles that are being continually used like the upper trapezius, supraspinatus and rhomboids.
Sounds like you have had some experience, maybe you can point her in the right direction to help her seated posture.
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01-10-2005, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Kinesi Sorry buddy can't see anywhere that says RSD is different to RSI, just some intellectuals assign different terms to the same problems, ... | ummm, well, it's just that you advised us that RSD was an injury in the shoulders etc... to my limited knowledge RSI can happen anywhere, so i just assumed you were defining RSD as a well known localised injury pertaining to the shoulders specifically. RSI to me is a term used in the same manner as, say "inflammation", ie u cannot assume it incoporates any one body organ/site. you can assume symptoms and disease pattern, but not site. when u mentioned shoulders etc it sounded as if you were indicating RSD was an entity in itself - how else would u have assumed sazzy's RSD/RSI was in her shoulders? if it is the same as RSI, you cannot assume that. so it could be in any part of the body.
hence my confusion was in your assumption of the locality of the disease.
sure, 9/10 times it may be in the shoulders, but it seems it really cannot be assumed to be such. in saying that, that is likely where sazzy has RSD... 
as with all repetitive strain injuries, the bottom line is prevention. treatments alleviate symptoms, and can assist in the recovery, but they will stop it from recurring.
there is a wealth of info out there on prevention of RSI, most of it is common sense - it should be in the interest of any business to assure the correct advice/equiptment or other practices (eg rest periods every hour for production lines etc) are enforced, or the company can be held liable for workers compo.
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02-10-2005, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by dropdedfwed ummm, well, it's just that you advised us that RSD was an injury in the shoulders etc... to my limited knowledge RSI can happen anywhere, so i just assumed you were defining RSD as a well known localised injury pertaining to the shoulders specifically. RSI to me is a term used in the same manner as, say "inflammation", ie u cannot assume it incoporates any one body organ/site. you can assume symptoms and disease pattern, but not site. when u mentioned shoulders etc it sounded as if you were indicating RSD was an entity in itself - how else would u have assumed sazzy's RSD/RSI was in her shoulders? if it is the same as RSI, you cannot assume that. so it could be in any part of the body.
hence my confusion was in your assumption of the locality of the disease.
sure, 9/10 times it may be in the shoulders, but it seems it really cannot be assumed to be such. in saying that, that is likely where sazzy has RSD...
as with all repetitive strain injuries, the bottom line is prevention. treatments alleviate symptoms, and can assist in the recovery, but they will stop it from recurring.
there is a wealth of info out there on prevention of RSI, most of it is common sense - it should be in the interest of any business to assure the correct advice/equiptment or other practices (eg rest periods every hour for production lines etc) are enforced, or the company can be held liable for workers compo. | Well mate it seems like you may have misread my original post, as I said "RSD is often a result of......" in no way did I advise anything.
You are right that RSI/RSD can occur in other parts of the body, but I am only assuming that it is the sholders/arms/hands, as I am not expecting Sazzy to be a HK truck driver, but more like working on a computer, hence my assumption.
You also mention that I assumed a location of a disease, maybe this is an assumption by you, but as far as I know in RSD the "D" stands for Disorder not disease
You have a strong opinion on prevention which is good, if you can convey it to Sazzy and maybe to her employer. Would you be able to give your contact to her if she feels it is appropriate, then she maybe able to approach her employer with a bit more knowledge an confidence.
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02-10-2005, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Kinesi ...You also mention that I assumed a location of a disease, maybe this is an assumption by you, but as far as I know in RSD the "D" stands for Disorder not disease
.... | Mr Kinesi, it seems i have ruffled ur feathers unintentionally. i was not questioning ur knowledge, just trying to "learn" so to speak. anyways, there is a lot of info on the web, and it was a big thing in the 90's wen work stations were becoming more numerous...
regarding my use of the term disease... merriam webster definition: a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning.
i know the D in RSD is for disorder (this was mentioned in Sazzy's post ), but it is essentially a disease. however, let's not split hairs.
i have learnt:
1 RSD=RSI
2 never question Mr Kenisi
3 it is better to be ignorant than ask questions
4 Sazzy still hasn't gotten any help
5 it is time form me to crawl back into my hole... 
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02-10-2005, 08:19 PM
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| | | ooooppps
juz realised i made a mistake in my last post...
point 4 of my "i have learnt" list is incorrect.
mercury_element sent a cool link or 2 for Sazzy
hopefully u got some help there Sazzy!... | |
03-10-2005, 12:02 PM
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| | | Many thanks for the info and heated discussion!
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