Carpal Tunnel Excuses

Subject: Carpal Tunnel Excuses
From: written_by -at- juno -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:08:37 -0600


I do not understand something.

Everyone I know uses a keyboard and mouse, hour after hour, day in and
day out. They do not report any CTS problems. I am at my desk for many
hours at a time, and I have not suffered any CTS problems.

I also play the Banjo, and if there was a problem with CTS, I am guessing
that it might be reflected in my playing. When I started playing the
instrument, it was hour after hour of unusual finger positions and
repetitive motion.

I was also a custom printer in a lab and for more than a decade, it was
the same repetitive movements hour after hour, 6 days a week. I am
thinking that if repetitive motion was a problem, it would have shown up
by now.

Everything I have done to make a living involved long hours of constant,
repetitive motion, and I see absolutely no evidence that repetitive
motions cause problems.

So the question is this: is CTS a real problem or do people have other
problems and are using CTS as a convenient excuse? Was CTS a syndrome
developed at Harvard Law School or is it truly a legitimate issue?

-- Bob
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

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