Although our country is doing well in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases, we are still expected to work from home as much as possible. Have you noticed that, as a result of working from home so much, you\u2019re starting to experience discomfort in your wrist, arm, neck or shoulder? If so, this could be a sign of RSI. <\/b>RSI <\/b>(repetitive strain injury) <\/b>is a collective term for muscle and joint complaints of the hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, and\/or neck. <\/b>With RSI, it is important that you seek help in good time, as the symptoms get worse the longer you carry on with the problem. RSI is often only noticed when it is too late.<\/b><\/p>\nHow does RSI occur?<\/b><\/h2>\n
RSI is <\/span>an injury caused by repetitive strain. Simply put, it comes down to <\/b>one performed a movement too many times. Nowadays, working at a computer is the most common cause of RSI. <\/span>If you spend a lot of time working at a computer, it puts strain on your fingers, wrists, arms and the shoulder and neck area. These muscles will start to ache and your blood circulation will deteriorate. Good blood circulation is particularly important in your hands and fingers, which are put under a great deal of strain by typing and using a mouse.<\/span><\/p>\n RSI symptoms develop gradually and can affect your hands, arms, shoulders, neck and upper back. The symptoms usually start as a tingling sensation, a feeling of coldness or numbness, or mild pain. These symptoms can worsen into chronic pain and stiffness. If you suffer from neck pain, this can also cause headaches. Your symptoms may also move from one part of the body to another. <\/span>In principle, RSI complaints are often not seen as alarming. Many people are not surprised to sometimes have a sore wrist or cold fingers. Also, the pain and fatigue are localised, not really bothersome and disappear after the action. Over time, however, the pain persists and loss of strength begins to occur. In the final stage, the pain persists, even at night.<\/span><\/p>\n Because RSI is a collective name for many conditions, it is often also referred to as more specific conditions such as tennis elbow, mouse arm or carpal tunnel syndrome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Besides typing and mousing, workload and working conditions (workplace ergonomics) also play a role. RSI appears to be mainly caused by short-term high workloads, rather than after long-term low workloads. Tips:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Especially if RSI symptoms increase, it is important that you seek help from our (specialised) physiotherapists. <\/span>The RSI treatment we offer at our physiotherapy practice focuses primarily on addressing the underlying causes of RSI. In other words, we examine all the factors responsible for the development of your RSI symptoms. These underlying factors lead to the build-up of tension in the affected area.<\/span>It is important to understand how the symptoms developed, as this is crucial for determining the right course of treatment. Would you like to book a physiotherapy appointment to discuss treatment options? Please call\u00a0085-5000333<\/a>\u00a0For an appointment, send an e-mail to\u00a0info@friskfysio.nl<\/a>\u00a0or fill in the\u00a0contact form<\/a>\u00a0on our website. We will contact you as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although our country is doing well in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases, we are still expected to work from home as much as possible. Have you noticed that, as a result of working from home so much, you are starting to experience discomfort in your wrist, arm, neck or shoulder? If so, this could be a sign of RSI. RSI (repetitive strain injury) is a collective term\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[14,22,34,12,13,15,67,216,214,215,71,97],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-news","tag-amstelveen","tag-behandeling-amstelveen","tag-friskfysio","tag-fysio-amstelveen","tag-fysiotherapeut-amstelveen","tag-fysiotherapie-amstelveen","tag-nekklachten","tag-polsklachten","tag-rsi","tag-rsi-klachten","tag-rugklachten","tag-schouderklachten","category-100","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When would you say someone has RSI?<\/b><\/h2>\n
What can you do yourself to prevent it?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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RSI treatment at FRISKFYSIO in Amstelveen<\/b><\/h2>\n