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- your eyes, especially if you
- have contacts), irritation,
- blurred vision, headaches and
- discomfort in your neck, back,
- shoulders and joint pain. Women
- are two to five times more at
- risk to suffer from CTS than
- men. "Cumulative Trauma
- Disorders have become the
- nation's leading cause of
- occupational illnesses." says
- Sharon Danann, research director
- of 9 to 5, the National
- Association of Working Women.
- And in the 1990's, they will
- account for one half of all
- job related disorders." Approx-
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- imately a fifth of the LA Times'
- editorial staff have had CTS
- symptoms. We aren't physically
- equipped to handle thousands of
- repetitive motions an hour. Not
- just computer-users are at risk.
- Anyone who uses their hands in
- the same way for a long time
- are. Retail and grocery clerks,
- mail workers, gardeners,
- musicians, and factory/assembly-
- line people have CTS complaints.
- These injuries often respond to
- heat and ice treatments,
- massage, physical therapy and
- rest if caught soon enough.
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