It can start in any number of ways: A legal secretary notices a strange buzzing in her palm. It soon spreads to a fiery ache across her entire upper body. Within a few months, she becomes totally disabled. Trapped in the medical and legal systems without any answers, she desperately attempts to regain her health and her livelihood.
Fifteen percent of Americans suffer from pain associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but only 5 percent ever receive that diagnosis. Medical science does not agree on what causes it or even if it exists. Technology has caused incidents to skyrocket, making nearly everyone susceptible—even teenagers and children. It is the number one occupational illness in the United States, and the most common cause of physical disability in the world, costing approximately $850 billion a year in this country alone.
The Truth About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a compelling patient account of this controversial injury. Using layman’s terms, the book describes why it’s so difficult to treat, how the author learned to manage hers, and how the medical and legal systems work in conflict to those suffering such injuries. Offering hope to sufferers and their loved ones, this book captures the reality of carpal tunnel syndrome and suggests ways for dealing not just with the injury but with the systems in place to deal with the losses associated with carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Jill Gambaro explores the reality of carpal tunnel syndrome, the symptoms, the treatments, and the impacts of CTS and other RSIs on people of all ages. Including her own story and those of other sufferers and medical and legal professionals, Gambaro clearly articulates the world of RSIs and provides hope and help for sufferers.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: I Woke Up One Morning to Find My Life Had Fallen Apart
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF RSIs
Chapter 2: Why Its Important to Educate Yourself about RSIs
Chapter 3: How Can You Become Disabled Just by Sitting at a Computer?
Chapter 4: When You Don’t Get Proper Treatment, Your RSI Get Worse
Chapter 5: Ergonomics Alone Cannot Prevent RSIs
THE POLITICS OF RSIs
Chapter 6: Why the Health Care Community Disputes the Existence of RSIs
Chapter 7: How the Workers’ Compensation System Worsens RSIs
Chapter 8: The Political Battle Over
THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF RSIs
Chapter 9: The Future of RSIs
Chapter 10: Employers and RSIs
Chapter 11: Why RSIs Cost You, Even If You Don’t Have One
Chapter 12:Why Work is the Cure for RSIs
APPENDICES
Appendix A – Patient Resources
Appendix B – Parent Resources
Appendix C – Employer Resources
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Jill Gambaro takes us down the RSI rabbit hole to a strange land filled with cruel insurance companies, vanishing attorneys, and domineering doctors. In this millennium, because of our excessive screen use, her personal struggle, health discoveries, and political insight should be required reading, especially for Congress.
In the end, she manages to finds friends, and some hope, for those with this insidious, misunderstood disease who are some of the hardest working workers in the world. Thank you Jill!
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781538107508
Publisert
2017-08-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield
Vekt
249 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
164
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