The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the information March 30 in its report on the characteristics of lost-worktime injuries and illnesses for the year. Not only are repetitive motion ...

The term ‘repetitive stress injury’ covers a wide variety of conditions. A Repetitive stress or strain injury happens when too much stress is placed on a given body part and can result in pain, ...

The new workplace injury and illness data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) had some welcome news about the declining number of work-related repetitive motion injuries. "I am pleased to ...

For the first time in humans, scientists have found early indicators of inflammation — potential warning signs — in work-related injuries caused by repetitive motion. Their findings could someday lead ...

One of the U.S.’s most productive pork processing plants is being forced to restructure part of its workspace to prevent the repetitive motion injuries that plague meatpacking workers. Expand your ...

Since 1958, workers at the Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky, have sealed bottles of their famous bourbon by hand-dipping them into wax. And according to a company spokesman, not one ...

The Xtensor exercises hands to relieve repetitive motion stress A Melville, N.Y., company has developed an award-winning device that is designed to counteract the effects of repetitive motion injuries ...

Repetitive stress injury is notoriously hard to diagnose, a fact that has turned it into one of those is-it-or-isn't-it-type conditions whose existence is doubted. But that may be about to change. I'm ...

“If you’re doing one sport for a few months and then another, there are different types of stresses and strains on the body,” said orthopedic surgeon Christopher Good, M.D, of Virginia Spine Institute ...

Chefs often have baby faces. It's all that steam in the kitchen, all those hours not spent in the sun. These are the fountain-of-youth advantages of the job. The reality is that the work remains ...

A slaughterhouse is a safer place to work than it used to be, according to a new government report. But data gathered by federal regulators doesn't likely capture all the risks faced by meat and ...

One study showed 23 percent of multi-sport athletes suffered injury compared to 49 percent of single sport. Report: kids between the ages of 6- and 17 play 1.89 team sports on average. When the ...