Body Work Related Injuries Suffer Caused People Lot Movements

Americans spend many of their "waking hours" (time when a person is awake, not asleep) "on the job" (at work), so it is not surprising that they suffer from many work-related injuries.

Most injuries are "attributed to" (believed to be caused by) repetitive motions. Factory workers, for example, repeat the same motions over and over again. When these are "forceful" (with a lot of strength) movements combined with a lot of "vibration" (very small, rapid movements that make something shake), people often suffer from "sprains" (twisting a body part) and "strains" (pulling a body part) of "joints" (places where parts of the body are connected and can move, like an elbow or knee).

For example, "movers" (people whose job is to help other people move their things to a new home) and truck drivers often suffer from sprains and strains in their back, arms, and legs, often caused by not lifting "properly" (in the correct way). Many nursing aides and "healthcare attendants" (people whose job is to help people who are ill or disabled) often suffer similar injuries from lifting patients in and out of bed.

"Carpal tunnel syndrome" is a very common work-related injury often caused by typing. Holding one's hands at the wrong "angle" (the position of something related to a flat line, ranging from 0º to 360º) "pinches" (pushes something together, almost closing it) the "nerves" (pathways in the body that send electrical messages and information about touch and pain) in the "wrist" (the body part between a hand and arm) that go to the fingers. Carpal tunnel syndrome is very painful and makes it difficult or impossible to use one's fingers.