A must buy for any computer professional | It's Not Ca Tunnel Syndrome! RSI Theory & Therapy for Computer...

Pinpoint accuracy on a relatively new kind of injury | It's Not Ca Tunnel Syndrome! RSI Theory & Therapy for Computer Professionals | Jack Bellis, Suparna Damany

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	• It's Not Ca Tunnel Syndrome! RSI Theory & Therapy for Computer Professionals Jack Bellis, Suparna Damany Simax, 2001 - 234 pages average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Did what doctors and PT couldn't!

I have been a programmer and heavy computer user for around 10 years and for the last 2 have been having mild back pain, but didn't think much of it. 6 months ago I started getting pain and numbness in my fingers, hands and wrists so I went in to my doctor. He assumed I had injured them somehow and put me on steroids, and then anti-inflammatories. After being on drugs for 2 months I figured it wasn't helping and went in to PT. He treated my symptoms and worked with my hands and wrists for a month with little improvement. The pain began interfering with my ability to sleep, and was very discouraging considering I make my living on a computer! About that time I saw this book on Amazon, read the reviews and decided it was worth a try. Within a week of reading this book and working through the stretches and strength building exercises in it, the pain and numbness began to reside! I then went in for PT on my back instead of my hands as the book recommends, and have since greatly improved my posture and lengthened the amount of time I can be at a computer without the pain setting in! The book offers no quick fix, but it took years to break my body down so far so it will probably take months to recover. This book has given me results that no doctor or PT could! If you sit at a computer all day, you need to read this book! Don't let your body collapse as far as I did before you do something about it! It won't heal on its own!

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A must buy for any computer professional

Buying this book has been a life changing event. I still remember being drained both physically and mentally from RSI, as any RSI sufferer will tell you. I almost lost hope and was painfully seeing my software career coming to an end and then I bought this book. It's an eye opener that brings you a ray of hope about a possible recovery. And, that's what happened to me after I read this book and eventually got treated by Suparna 4 months ago. All thanks to her, I am now typing this review without a pain and as an RSI survivor.

Pinpoint accuracy on a relatively new kind of injury

Suparna and Jack have given a huge gift to the software development industry. Reading this book back in 2002 helped me begin my journey to recovery after I had gotten to the point of not being able to throw a football to my son. I fully recovered in about a year. Unfortunately, this year (2008), I got so excited about a project at work that I got laser-focused for about 4 months and have re-injured myself. My problem is (and I suspect also for other RSI sufferers) is that I don't pay attention to my posture and ergonomics when I'm well. So I pulled this book off the bookshelf and have begun again. The medical profession still seems in the dark on this subject. For others out there who have the "all or nothing" personality, I also recommend, The DaVinci Method by Garrett Loporto. This will help you understand how some people get laser-focused which is often when these injuries occur.

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A very good book on the topic--but consider these three 'issues'

This is a very good book on RSI. It's not a great one because I don't think anyone is capable of writing a great one at this point in the study of RSI theory, treatment, and strategies. Here are the four issues I would say to keep in mind as you read this book--not before, since they won't make much sense.

1. One coauthor had unsuccessful carpal tunnel surgery; this doesn't mean that carpal tunnel surgery cannot be successful. I had three operations on one arm at one time--each site related to RSI. It worked. I was lucky to have one of the best neurosurgeons in the world, however.

2. If you read through the book carefully, there is no claim that RSI is 100% curable for any particular person. I believe that's true. Don't get your hopes up to the level where you assume it will be so, although don't be pessimistic either.

3. There is mention of the mind-body connection and even of the personality type more prone to RSI, but this is not dealt with in great length, and I believe, having had the ups and downs of this problem for five years, that there is a very strong emotional component to it--not that the physical aspect is illusory but each should operate hand in hand so to speak.

4. This book and Pascarelli's should be read together since they complement one another. However, one thing is clear. Employers and the medical profession are not keen on dealing with your complaints--the latter because medicine is so specialized that the many aspects of RSI really require a team of professionals for therapy. The former because with all the talk of accommodation in the workplace, unless you have a very understanding employer or are sleeping with him/her or blackmailing him/her, she/he can't deal with the 'fuzziness' of an RSI diagnosis. Their job is to make money for the company, and so is the human resource office.

More about the 'team effort' to heal your problem--to whit, can you afford a team? Do you have time for a team? Do you want your entire life to be drawn into the project of healing your RSI with no guarantee it will work? It sounds like a dreary, unsatisfying life to me. And it was for me when I tried to deal with the maze of complications of RSI: nerves, muscles, life style, mental attitude, symptoms, inexplicable improvement and exacerbations.

My advice: read this book; read Pascarelli's. Learn about trigger point therapy. Find one or two GOOD doctors/health practitioners. Most will not be good for the aforementioned reasons. Just as important find or become your own spiritual advisor. As I mentioned I had three operations for RSI on my dominant hand about a year ago. I'm typing at the moment. It was definitely one of the interventions that helped. But from there on in, your on your own. You may get treatment and suggestions but I think you must become your own advocate--don't expect others to have the answers. Your particular malady will probably be different from anyone else's.

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This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury (RSI) an effective program for self-care. It explains the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of RSIs and also addresses the often-overlooked root causes of RSIs. This holistic program treats the entire upper body with ergonomics, exercise, and hands-on therapy, increasing the likelihood that surgery and drugs may be avoided.