If you have a repetitive stress injury, then you have pain, inflammation, muscle strain and tissue damage. Why? Because you put too much stress on a particular area of your body.
The usual cause of repetitive stress injury is repeating the same movement over and over. And another cause is improper use.
Repetitive stress injuries can affect muscles, tendons and nerves. And the areas frequently affected by stress that’s repetitious are your elbows, shoulders, knees and heels.
Typical symptoms caused by a repetitive stress injury are:
- pain
- fatigue
- myalgia
- stiffness
- soreness
- weakness
- paresthesia
- loss of strength & endurance
- sensation of popping or clicking
Sometimes, these symptoms may be felt elsewhere, i.e. numb hand caused by a repetitive stress injury in your elbow or shoulder.
There are numerous different types of repetitive stress injuries. The most common types are:
- bursitis
- tendonitis
- shin splints
- epicondylitis
- stress fractures
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- patellor femoral syndrome
You could suffer from a type of repetitive stress injury while someone else who repeats the exact same motion doesn’t.
A repetitive stress injury often worsens because the muscles, joints and surrounding tissue aren’t given an opportunity to heal, thus becoming more irritated and inflamed. Yep, the only way these injuries heal is to stop repeating the activity which caused it. So give it a rest for a month or so.
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