Work-related aches and pains

There is a great website out there with Bob from "The Biggest Loser" where he has videos of how to not only take care of the aches and pains that are associated with work-related stress, but also how you can do very simple exercises that over time will strengthen the areas and the muscles that will help in the prevention of such injury. The only place that I can remember were ice all it was MSN Health. http://Health.MSN.Com Sorry I don't have the exact URL for you, but I hope this helps you out at least a little. Great post Thank you, Zelo

Job-related pains, eh? Welllllllll..once a upon a time I had a yucky job in a factory. More like a sweatshop being it reached well into the 120's inside in the summer. Anyways, there was a machine called a 640 pulling machine where you and someone else got on each side of a table with rolls of plastic at one end and pulled the material thru a heat bar to the appropiate length then we both pressed a button for the bar to come down and cut the film and make a seal. Then the bar released the plastic and we set it on the table. When we had a stack of 10 bags, we would fold them in half twice then put in a box. Well, in order to pull the plastic thru, you had to twist and bend over the table. After 3yrs. of this, my back finally went out. A disk ruptured in my lower back. Thinking it was just a pulled muscle, I stayed home for a week to rest it. Seemed to be doing better so went back to work but this time was on a different machine. Same type of work but the machine did it all and all I had to do was remove the material, check for blemishes and then fold and into box it went. After a few weeks of this, my back started hurting again but this time the pain didn't ease up. By now I was seeing a Chiropractor 3 days a week. It got so bad that I couldn't stand, sit, lay down, walk..nothing for more than 2 min. After a few months under drs. care, the owner sent me a registered letter saying I was discharged being they never received any medical notes saying I was still under dr. care. By then, I was referred to a neurologist who did an MRI on my back and discovered the massive rupture. It was a lil bigger than a golf ball. I had lazer surgery done on it and made a complete recovery. Found a job at Sears warehouse and things were going great there as well till I, again, ruptured the same disk cause I foolishly lifted a heavy pallet. Was off 3 mos. on med. leave. Lost another job. Then got a job at a dog kennel. Things were going great there for over a year till a day came where AGAIN, ruptured same disk. By now, the neurologist told me no matter what job I do, it's going to affect my back at some point. Soooo..I was off work for several years. Then, the neighbor told me a paper route was opening soon and it was right outside my subdivision. I snapped it up being I'm driving the whole route. I've had it 5 yrs. now and even worked when my disk ruptured yet again at home doing absolutely nothing. I woke up one morning in intense pain. Ruptured it while I was friggin' sleeping. And now, take a wild guess what happened to me last week while I was sleeping one nite? Ruptured yet again. Same friggin' disk. And people tell me to get a decent job... BTW..my carpal tunnel I now suffer from on occassion comes from typing too much. I don't type much do I?

Awww, I'm sorry you have problems with your hands. I know arthritis is painful. Do you take anything for the pain? I work at an indoor sporting facility. This is the first time I've had a job standing so I come home, only work part time but 5 hours at a time, with the worst back and hip pain. Last summer I also had a pinched femoral nerve which started with the back pain and moved down my leg. Our facility has an indoor ice skating rink and I was working, on the ice, and fell. This was 6 years ago. I fell right on my tailbone and then the back of my head. Very lucky I am still here. Had massive head trauma and was off work for 4 weeks. The doctors now think my lower back and hip pain are caused from the fall. It was a workman's comp. claim. I've had several epidurals and pressure point injections to relieve the pain. They both help a little bit. Most of the time I simply hurt. Standing at work makes my life miserable but I am not willing to quit. I don't have to work but really enjoy my job. Now I've developed arthritis of the spine. If I give up, quit working, stay home, sit on my rear the rest of my life, I'll be so sorry. I'll be terribly bored and unhappy so I keep plugging along. Bet you're sorry I responded to this discussion..lol

Hi estherlou. I purchased a support glove that acted as a brace for my carpal tunnel and that took a lot of the strain off. A friend gave me a pair of mittens made of a sort of rubbery, latex stuff that are also wonderful. I was a checkout operator and ended up with carpal tunnel in both hands. It's practically gone now that I've stopped working but I think I'm slightly arthritic as a result. I think not eating foods high in acid helps too...like tomatoes. My back aches terribly these days - I think from sitting here typing away doesn't help.

And I sure do have a lot of job related aches and pains. I clean houses for a living and it is really hard on the body. I have grown callouses on my ankles from going on my hands and knees to wash floors. I have arthritis in my knees also from being on my hands and knees. I have bursitis in my left wrist from washing. I have neck and back problems that I have to go to a chiropractor once a week, I used to go three times a week but got too costly since I am selfemployed and don;t have insurance. Because of my neck and back I get attacks on my ears and I go deaf while having an attack. It is the nerves swelling up and blocking my eardrum. It seems to happen in one ear at a time so because of it, I get really dizzy and sometimes thorw up because of it. The attacks usually last about half an hour until the swelling goes down and gets off of my eardrum. I have been to several specialists and they say I have to live with it because there is nothing that can be done about it. So yeah, I have aches and pains because of my work and the damage is done and can't be fixed even if I quit working which I did for almost 2 years. We don't realize how much abuse we put on our bodies, till it is too late and we have already done some damage.

So sorry to hear about how severe your wrist and arm pain has become. Be sure to take care of yourself on your days off. Mine is simply chronic fatigue and back pain that has come from too many years of working 70 hours a week on a crazy swing shift schedule where I spend a good deal of time lifting heavy objects in sub zero temps. I finally had to give it up.

I have found that stress maes me hve aches and pains. Also, cleaning supples sometimes make me hurt and have aches and pains. I have bewen hurting lately whenI have come back from the store. Maybe i am allergic to some of the cleaning done in the store.

Oh God bless you, my hubby had carpel tunnel in his left hand. His got so bad that it would awaken him from a deep sleep. The pain went all the way up to his shoulder. The doctor told us that when the pain begins to radiate up the arm that the nerve is really receiving significant damage and that it signifies it is time for surgery to release the pressure off the nerve. Hubby had the surgery and is a new man! It healed without incident in 10 days. We actually went on vacation the next day and I took the stitches out while on vacation! He went in as an outpatient and they cut a 1-inch opening in the area right below the thumb in the palm of his hand. They reached in cut the stuff away that was pressing on the nerve. As for me, my aches and pains that are work related are my feet!! Years of nursing (and being overweight to boot) has taken its toll on my feet. I guess that there are aches and pains associated with most any profession.

My husband had issues with carpel tunnel and I asked at Nutters (health food store) if they could recommend something and Bell has a carpel tunnel remedy that really worked for him.

I did data entry for about 15 years and I managed to stave off carple tunnel, but I have had ulnar nerve problems due to an injury in my teens to my wrist. most of my other problems are related to the fibromyalgia

I have a sore back. I was a nurse and lifted patient for 20 years. I also have heel spurs, I have had them removed and guess what they come back.

I should probably have more aches and pains than I do, since for the most part I don't have any and I'm a wildland firefighter. The only pain I have right now is in my left wrist due to an injury sustained while working a fire back in April. They put me on medical leave, I would have kept right on going, because there was no light duty work for me to do. I have now been on medical leave 8 weeks, and with a splint on my left wrist/hand. I have been going to occupational therapy 3 times a week with little improvement, so I am being referred to a specialist. I have my appt with him this Thursday, so hopefully he can tell me why it is still hurting and swelling from time to time. I do know it's more than just a sprained wrist, I've had that happen before.

Working as a teacher and has to stand in the classroom for an hour every class really brings leg pain and backache. Stretching and putting my legs up when resting are the ways that keeps me healthy and less pain. There is pain but not disturbing. Take care =)

When I was working I was assigned on a fixed graveyard shift that would be 11 in the evening until 8 in the morning, and there wasn't a single week during my whole work duration that I didn't go to the doctors...