Repetitive Strain Injury: Be smart with your workouts & exercise

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How to Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury

Don’t succumb to it. Take mileage out of your Workouts!

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Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) ~ nine times out of 10 when people discuss it, it’s about the work environment.
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There is no doubt that an office setting is excellent fodder for RSI, with motions such as typing and answering the phone causing real problems.

RSI is an illness that is not particularly well understood. It is more of a diagnosis of exclusion than a formal illness.
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Women seem to suffer from it more than men. This has lead to conclusions that muscle mass might be a cause. The reasons for this are somewhat debated. However, there is strong medical consensus that this is a major issue.
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Work may be the main focus where one can pick up a RSI.  However, you can be afflicted by RSI at any point in life when you do the same things over and over.
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You may think that you’re giving your health a boost while you are at the gym or playing sport. In reality, you may be actually be damaging it! Do you see the connection? well, let’s count the ways you can pick up an RSI.

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Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury Tip#1
How to Lift Weights

You grasp something, either laying down with a bar or standing with a hand held. You raise it; hold and then release. You then do this over and over again.
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We call this set of actions reps, for repetition. The problem is right there in the title of the workout.
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If you use weights more than three times a week, you’re at risk of RSI.
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The first symptoms are usually pain. The pain is not just at the time you’re working out! Numbness can follow, along with pain so bad you need medication.
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To prevent this, always alternate the type of lifting you do. Never use the same positions and method more than once a week. And never put the strain on the same muscles.
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This has the benefit of giving you a more rounded workout anyhow.

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Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury Tip#2
When Playing Sports…

The risk of RSI in sports is a little better known, as we even have colloquial names for the condition. We’ve all heard of tennis elbow, and to a lesser extent, golfer’s elbow.
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They’re all a manifestation of the same thing ~ repetitive movement without sufficient rest. Any sport where you hold an implement – lacrosse, table tennis, tennis or similar – is a risk point.
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No, you don’t need to give up these activities. You just need to give support to that body part doing that action to perform that action without damaging it.
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To prevent the named sports issues, a copper elbow sleeve can prevent you from becoming a sufferer.
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Your shoulders are at risk too. Effective taping can make a big difference.

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Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury Tip#3
When Using Rowing Machines…

The whole point of a rowing machine is repeating the same motion. Again and again and again.
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These are unique in the world of RSI for the number of areas they cause problems in. Your arms, hips and ankles are all vulnerable.
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While support is an option, it’s not going to reduce the damage much. The only option is to limit your use of rowing machines. Never use the machine more than three times in a week. Use the machines with caution. If not, you could find yourself not being able to use them at all.
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Do put into practice these repetitive strain injury prevention tips. Your exercise and workouts will be easier and more enjoyable. And also, your daily life will not be riddled with nagging, unpleasant pains which could have been avoided in the first place!
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