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The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again Jack Challem See book keywords and concepts

Some people may clean doorknobs, drinking glasses, and computer keyboards that other people have touched. One of the most common contamination-related anxieties is repeated hand washing that, in severe cases, results in raw and bleeding skin. Repeated acts. Touching an object over and over again, such as a button on your car CD player, or touching a certain number of times (to ensure either an even or an odd number of touches) is another type of obsessive-compulsive behavior. Under some circumstances, repeatedly thanking God (in your head, nonverbally) also reflects obsessive-compulsiveness.

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What fueled the spread of CTS was the belief that the problem was caused by working at computer keyboards, and that CTS was one of a number of "repetitive stress injuries." Since those early days, armies of office workers and those employed in other occupations requiring a variety of repetitive tasks have developed CTS, so that now, like chronic pain and so-called fibromyalgia, it is a major public health problem. People with CTS are particularly resistant to the idea that it is a mindbody disorder even when that more benign term is used rather than the word psychosomatic.

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Some time after it ran, I got a call from a Times employee who said that something like 20 percent of the newspaper's employees who banged away daily on computer keyboards were experiencing problems with inflamed joints, including tendinitis in their wrists or shoulders or bursitis of the shoulder. He said that he was looking into alternative medical treatments, came across my name in the Times archives and called me. I sent him what I had, and my sympathy as well. I've had bursitis myself and can vouch for the pain and disability it causes.

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Office workers who use excessive force while typing on their computer keyboards are at increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. Some sports such as rowing, golf, tennis, skiing and archery may also cause carpal tunnel syndrome, as can any condition which causes swelling or compression on nerves. These include sprains, obesity, pregnancy, hypothyroidism, arthritis and diabetes. Carpal tunnel syndrome may also be referred to as cumulative trauma disorder, repetitive stress injury or overuse injury.

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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Carpal tunnel syndrome repair is now the second most frequent surgical procedure in America as a result of the long hours we spend at computer keyboards with our hands and elbows in unnatural and uncomfortable positions. Water Therapy Dip the hands in extremely hot water as often as possible. Fifteen years or so ago, I had a chronic case of carpal tunnel syndrome, which began when I worked on a keyboard and was aggravated by carrying shopping bags loaded with food on a long train trip.

Avoid touching your eyes and nose, and refrain from sharing obvious germ-carrying objects like drinking glasses and phones, computer keyboards and pencils. Dispose of tissues, paper towels, and drinking containers promptly. Drink copious amounts of water. Start early in the morning and reach for a glass of water in place of soda, coffee, or tea. Drink hot lemonade and honey, herbal teas, and clear broth throughout the day. Every morning, wash your nose by sluicing both nostrils with a saline solution (salt water) and drying with a tissue.

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No longer limited to factory workers, RSI affects office workers, executives, and professionals who spend long hours hunched over computer keyboards. In what seems like a double whammy, many baby boomers find themselves suffering from too much exercise or the wrong kind. Our increased leisure and our new health consciousness have led many of us to throw ourselves into sports, workouts, and physical recreation with righteous intensity, seeking the high that exercise brings, and convinced we're doing the right thing.

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Similar problems include repetitive-stress-induced tendinitis of the forearms and/or wrists, which plagues many people who work at computer keyboards and in light assembly jobs. In chronic tendinitis, calcium deposits can occur within tendinous tissue, causing increased pain and decreased range of motion. CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE ¦ The RICE (rest, zee, compression, elevation) technique can help either an acute or a chronic problem. • Rest. If something you're doing hurts, stop and rest the affected area as soon as possible. "No pain, no gain" is bad advice. • Ice.

Prevention's Healing With Motion: An All-New Approach to Health and Healing Based on Simple Mind and Body Exercises The Editors of PREVENTION See book keywords and concepts

Our eyelids get heavy, our heads start to nod toward our computer keyboards, and our razor-sharp minds seem incapable of comprehending the text on a report page. "The afternoon slump is extremely common because so many of us are sleep-deprived, and there is a normal little dip in the circadian rhythms in the middle of the afternoon," explains Neil B. Kavey M.D., director of the sleep disorders center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Circadian rhythms are part of our bodies' built-in 24-hour clock systems that make us sleepy or alert.

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