Doctors not trained to spot RSI, warn experts

Doctors are failing to spot the symptoms of Repetitive Strain Injury because they are not properly trained, health experts have warned, reports News Scotsman.

"Increasing use of computers at home and school, and use of mobile phones for texting, has resulted in people complaining of the disorder at a younger age.

More than 240,000 new cases of RSI are reported every year and excessive work pressures are being blamed for the rising number of cases of the condition."

... Now a conference is set to take place in Edinburgh to debate the issues and to help sufferers.

"I think it's a computer generation thing because children use computers at home and in school and spend lots of time surfing the net and texting. By the time they are coming into the workplace, they have sub-clinical problems", said RSI expert Hilda Palmer.

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