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In depth study of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Wow!Reading this was informative and also mind boggling.This is a very good reference guide.This should be in every ergonomic's office.I have been collecting data on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and found this book to bemost helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome    2. Diseases    3. General    4. Median Nerve    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Neurology - General    8. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Occupational Therapy    2. Human engineering    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Musculoskeletal system    6. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    7. Overuse injuries    8. Treatment    9. Wounds and injuries    10. Medical / Allied Health Services / Occupational Therapy    11. Orthopaedics & fractures    12. Physiotherapy   

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A new approach
I just heard this author speak at a teacher's conference. The material presented was excellent, and reflected the fresh and new approach of this book. I am so pleased that finally there is a book that treats the subject of body mechanics in a functional and practical way. This book is exactly what our profession has been waiting for. Buy it and enjoy!

The Best
If you are a massage student, therapist, or teacher of massage therapy, you should buy this book. It's the best book written on body mechanics. It provides all the information needed to sustain a healthy massage career. The burn-out rate for massage therapists is too short; this book will help to eliminate it.

A Gem
I've been teaching massage for over 15 years, and in all that time I've never come across such a wonderful book on body mechanics. This book is a gem. As a teacher I find its content up-to-date and concise. The photos are clear, the exercises are brilliant, and the tips for students are an extra bonus. My students have learned an incredible amount from this book, and I see it in their work with each other. I wouldn't be without this book in the classroom, and my students will be so thankful for it after they graduate. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    3. Exercise    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health & Fitness / Massage & Reflexotherapy    6. Health & Fitness / Work-Related Health    7. Health/Fitness    8. Human mechanics    9. Massage & Reflexotherapy    10. Masseurs    11. Overuse injuries    12. Physical therapists    13. Prevention    14. Work-Related Health    15. Chiropractors    16. Health and hygiene    17. Occupational diseases   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Diseases - General    3. Health/Fitness    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Neurology - General    6. Overuse injuries    7. Popular works   

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Best section available on "coping" strategy
If your repetitive strain situation has gotten to the point where you need primarily information on coping with the pain and inconvenience, possibly from surgery, this book has the best coverages of that aspect, among the 6 books I've read. The non-MD author appears to have written approximately 1/3 of the book from a non-technical viewpoint, describing the life experiences and ideas on coping, down to the most intimate issues. Easily worth the "price of admission" for any of the ideas you might pick up. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Healing    7. Health & Fitness    8. Medical    9. Overuse injuries    10. Pain Management    11. Work-Related Health    12. Wounds and injuries    13. Occupational / industrial health & safety    14. Popular medicine   

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Great, but one piece of important info omitted
Great book, except:
good practicaltips for living with an RSI
I disagree with the reviews below, I thought this is a fine book, a good complement to the books "It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" by Damany and " Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries" by Sharon Butler. It's true the latter two have much more on specific exercises to help get you better and I liked the medical information in Damany.However they don't have a lot of practical information on how to cope with your life during the healing process when you can't do a lot of the things you normally do in your daily life.This book fills that gap. It's got lots of practical suggestions of how to do things when you're injured.It's more of broader focus than the other books on the overall changes you need to make beyond the specific exercise program. I would recommed someone with an RSI get all three books as the information is complementary.

very dystopic with little concrete information
This is an amazingly dystopic book, absolutely full of horror stories and unhappy endings. There's a chapter on how to have a sex life despite RSI, how to sue for loss of a career, the testimonial of a man who was paralysed from the waist down but found RSI more disabling etc - but nothing concrete about what RSI actually. OK, so now I know that if I have tendonitis I'm more likely to get carpal tunnel syndrome and the rest of them but this book doesn't give me information on what tendonitis (or the others) actually is or how to make much of a change. There are quick mentions of various treatments but there is no discussion of their relative merits. The author tells us about her own exercise program (30-40 minutes a morning with weights and 1 1/2 hours of ballet four times a week plus walking and stretching) but there are no specific exercises that can help you avoid recurrance or assist in healing.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. General    4. Hand    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical    7. Overuse injuries    8. Pain Management    9. Popular works    10. Prevention    11. Surgery - General    12. Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries    13. Work-Related Health    14. Wounds and injuries    15. Coping with disability   

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simply the great!
This book will provide more then what you paid for.Easy to read for every student and jet great reminder of Musculoskeletal System for any doctor or specialist.Must have if you are serious about your learning. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Athletic Injuries    2. Health/Fitness    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Musculoskeletal Diseases    5. Musculoskeletal System    6. Orthopedics    7. Overuse injuries    8. Repetition Strain Injury    9. Sports Medicine    10. Surgery - General    11. injuries    12. Biomechanics, human kinetics    13. Medical / Orthopedics    14. Orthopaedics & fractures    15. Sports injuries & medicine   

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Empower yourself with knowledge
Buy Dr. Frieds book and educate yourself before you let anyone perform surgery on you.It is not written as a boring medical journal.It is written in easy to understand language with illustrations for the person that has just been told they have carpal tunnel or thoracic outlet syndrome and some other hand/nerve injuries. When you are finished you will have a good idea of what your injury may be as well as knowing the risks/benefits of surgery in honest, plain and easy to understand language.
Very Good Book
Not only have I read Dr. Fried's book, I am also a patient of his.No book, especially in the field of repetitive injury, is going to be complete without an informed medical opinion.If you use this book as help to enlighten your understanding of the pain you are in, as a tool to visualize what is happening under your skin where you cannot see, and don't try to use it as a guide to curing yourself, you will gain insight, knowledge, and a better ability to help you and your doctor to heal you. Recommend it to Everyone!!!
Dr. Fried's: Light at the End of the Carple Tunnel Reaches far beyond conventional treatments of nerve pain to address.The many new and exciting alternative therapies now available.A must read book for thoseseeking a clear, simplified understanding of neuropathic pain.Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Popular works   

Subjects:  1. Backache    2. Carpal tunnel syndrome    3. Diseases    4. Health/Fitness    5. Musculoskeletal Diseases    6. Musculoskeletal system    7. Osteoarthritis   

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Best book I've found on repetitive stress injuries.
"Why does working @ my computer hurt so much" is the best book I've found on preventing repetitive stress injuries.It filled with practical information for anyone who spends long hours in front of acomputer (secretaries, programmers, writers, college students). A DEFINITE RECOMMENDATION.
Good instruction, a great price, and a growing-in-importance subject area all add up to a definite recommendation.

If you spend days working at a computer - read ErgAerobics.
ErgAerobics is a comprehensive guide to help computer users avoid "Computer Induced Repetitive Stress Injuries." In an easily understandable, entertaining, and concise manner ErgAerobics provides basichuman anatomy information that anyone can understand as well as facts aboutCarpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lower Back Pain, Neck Pain, TMJ Disorder, TennisElbow, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, andDeQuervain's Disease. ErgAerobics offers tips on how to prevent and treatcomputer induced repetitive stress injuries, how to properly arrange aworkstation, behavior modification techniques to help the reader interactwith a computer in a safer, more cooperative manner. ErgAerobics isenhanced with simple, inconspicuous, effective exercises to help with theprevention and treatment of computer induced repetitive stress injuriesincluding why, when, and how to exercise. If you spend days working at acomputer - read ErgAerobics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Exercise    5. Exercise therapy    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health & Fitness / Stretching    8. Health aspects    9. Health/Fitness    10. Human-computer interaction    11. Medical / Diseases    12. Neurology - General    13. Overuse injuries    14. Popular works    15. Reference    16. Computer terminals    17. Diseases - General    18. Ergonomics    19. Exercises    20. Human engineering    21. Occupational diseases    22. Prevention    23. Stretching    24. Stretching exercises   

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Exercise therapy    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Health/Fitness   

Subjects:  1. Alternative treatment    2. Carpal tunnel syndrome    3. Health/Fitness    4. Holistic Medicine    5. Medical    6. Neurology - General   

Subjects:  1. Australia    2. Epidemiology    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    6. Medical misconceptions    7. Overuse injuries    8. Psychology    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Social aspects    11. Work-Related Health   

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A brochure, not a book
This brochure presents a brief summary of a concert pianists ideas on computer use. It is of no real use or interest ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health/Fitness    2. Carpal tunnel syndrome    3. Computers    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Health aspects    6. Human engineering    7. Overuse injuries    8. Pain    9. Prevention    10. Wrist   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Engineering & Technology    2. Ergonomics/Human Engineering    3. Human Engineering    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Internal Medicine    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    8. Occupational Diseases    9. Occupational Health And Safety    10. Overuse injuries    11. Prevention    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Technology    14. methods    15. Surgery    16. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety    17. Trauma & shock   

Subjects:  1. Arm    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Ergonomics/Human Engineering    4. Health Risk Assessment    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Musculoskeletal Diseases    8. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    9. Occupational diseases    10. Orthopedics    11. Overuse injuries    12. Prevention    13. Science/Mathematics    14. User Interfaces    15. Wounds and injuries    16. Computers / User Interfaces    17. Medical / Health Risk Assessment    18. Medical-Occupational & Industrial Medicine    19. Occupational / industrial health & safety    20. Office & workplace    21. Risk assessment   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Health & Fitness / Safety    4. Human Resources & Personnel Management    5. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    6. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety    7. Ergonomics/Human Engineering    8. Industrial Health & Safety    9. Occupational Safety and Health    10. Overuse injuries    11. Prevention    12. Safety    13. Technology    14. Workers' compensation   

Subjects:  1. Arm    2. Arm Injuries    3. Congresses    4. Health/Fitness    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Orthopedics    8. Overuse injuries    9. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    10. Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries    11. Wounds and injuries    12. physiopathology    13. Orthopaedics & fractures   

Subjects:  1. Bibliographies & Indexes    2. Bibliography    3. Carpal tunnel syndrome    4. Health/Fitness    5. Indexes    6. Periodicals    7. Reference   

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Very little information
This slim volume (less than 100 pages of real content, and printed in a large font size and with lots of white space) provides very general information on RSIs.The information is neither complete nor authoritatitve.The chapter on treatment, for example, just lists the things you can go to a doctor for, and has a few paragraphs on alternative procedures such as acupuncture.BTW, using yoga to treat RSI is probably the dumbest idea I've heard, myself being a former yoga practioner.Imagine supporting your weight upside down on your injured wrists!Avoid this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome    2. Children's Books - Young Adult    3. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. General    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Overuse injuries