Computer Ergonomics: Work Pain Free

For the last 10 years my right shoulder has been getting more and more painful. It gets much worse whenever I do a project that has me on the mouse for hours. It started to hurt all the time and I finally went to the doctor and I have to have surgery for a torn rotator cuff. They told me it was from years on the computer. How could I have prevented this?

I have seen this type of shoulder pain and injury 100’s of times. Not just from computer use, but from any activity that has you reaching out and up (such as when you have your mouse positioned causing you to reach for it) like ironing or playing volleyball.

When you frequently reach up and out, the ball and socket joint in your shoulder rubs on the top of the socket. If this is done often (as you do daily working on a computer with a poorly placed mouse), the irritation of the bones rubbing on each other causes a little bone spur to grow. Then, when it gets big enough, the bone spur rubs slightly on the rotator cuff tendon which is just below it. Eventually, that rubbing irritates the tendon and there is pain. Most people just live with it and the rubbing eventually causes a teat in the tendon. Now you have disabling pain that limits many of your activities, makes working on the computer painful or impossible, and can only be fixed by surgery.

The solution is expensive medical treatment

The prevention is simple and free. Just position your computer equipment and mouse so your arms are relaxed at your side, you have a slightly open angle at the elbow, and your wrists are straight. If you do this you will have no pain and prevent medical problems.

Go to the mouse and keyboard section of the work Pain Free program. It will show you how to prevent this type of shoulder pain and reduce the stress of from working at your computer. For now, this section is offer FREE. Just go to www.workpainfree.com

For the last 10 years my right shoulder has been getting more and more painful. It gets much worse whenever I do a project that has me on the mouse for hours. It started to hurt all the time and I finally went to the doctor and I have to have surgery for a torn rotator cuff. They told me it was from years on the computer. How could I have prevented this?

I have seen this type of shoulder pain and injury 100’s of times. Not just from computer use, but from any activity that has you reaching out and up (such as when you have your mouse positioned causing you to reach for it) like ironing or playing volleyball.

When you frequently reach up and out, the ball and socket joint in your shoulder rubs on the top of the socket. If this is done often (as you do daily working on a computer with a poorly placed mouse), the irritation of the bones rubbing on each other causes a little bone spur to grow. Then, when it gets big enough, the bone spur rubs slightly on the rotator cuff tendon which is just below it. Eventually, that rubbing irritates the tendon and there is pain. Most people just live with it and the rubbing eventually causes a teat in the tendon. Now you have disabling pain that limits many of your activities, makes working on the computer painful or impossible, and can only be fixed by surgery.

The solution is expensive medical treatment

The prevention is simple and free. Just position your computer equipment and mouse so your arms are relaxed at your side, you have a slightly open angle at the elbow, and your wrists are straight. If you do this you will have no pain and prevent medical problems.

Go to the mouse and keyboard section of the work Pain Free program. It will show you how to prevent this type of shoulder pain and reduce the stress of from working at your computer. For now, this section is offer FREE. Just go to www.workpainfree.com