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Finding the Right Doctors for RSI Treatment?

Posted by Cliff on from the getting-the-right-specialist-for-the-job dept.

Yabulda asks: "Does anyone know of good online resources when trying to find an experienced, knowledgeable, and useful health care professional for the treatment of repetitive strain injuries caused by computer use? This is my profession - and my arms are killing me. I can't find a good doctor who has treated this before... and i need help! I live in Philadelphia, PA, USA, so if any of you know of a competent doctor in the metro area please let me know." Where do you go when you need to handle your repetitive strain injuries, what did you think of the experience, and how did your wrists/arms/other appendage fair after the treatment?

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  1. Check with musicians by Ratbert42 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't have online resources, but especially in Philly, try checking with some professional musicians. They network pretty well about this topic.

  2. If you have squeezed nerves try vitamin B12 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Try a vitamin B12 supplement. Don't take too much (e.g. 16 microgrammes should be enough, but 3 microgrammes probably won't do anything, and before you try 30-50 mcgs ask a doc :) ). It's NOT a cure, it just helps squeezed nerves. B12 is pretty safe anyway, but it could mask other B vitamin deficiencies, e.g. B6 deficiencies.

    However the trouble is usually the B complex supplements tend to give a tad too much B6 - for the B12 you want to take.

    Thing is it might actually help the squeezed nerves last long enough for your limbs to adapt.

    Of course your problem could be different or far more severe. If the B12 works it should take effect in less than a week.

    If your current doc isn't helping, get some help from another (don't have to abandon your current doc - like in all professions some docs are just better at some things and not as good at others).