REPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES
The number of workers suffering from a repetitive stress is steadily increasing. As some employers speed up their manufacturing lines, the demand for an employee to keep up increases which can lead to repetitive trauma claims.
There are many types of repetitive motion injuries like tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow but by far the most common form of repetitive trauma injury is carpel tunnel syndrome. Carpel tunnel syndrome can be caused by any repetitive job. People that type on a keyboard frequently may develop carpal tunnel. Workers that use pneumatic or vibratory tools can also develop carpal tunnel. Often repetitive trauma claims are denied by the insurance company because of a law change in 2007, which now requires a doctor to say the job is sufficiently repetitive to have caused the injury.
