Dr Kalter, a pain management specialist in Smithtown NY discusses the struggle of his patient Jack with back chronic pain resulting from overuse while on the job. Jack works as a bellman at a 5 star luxury hotel. One of the jobs of a bellmen is to assists guests by carrying their luggage into the hotel, to their room. That type of job can take a toll on a bellman’s back. Jack has been at his job for 20 years. The aches and the pains have taken their toll as Jack ages. Jack’s mental health is also now at risk. He calls in sick, and has pulled away from loved one’s. The pain has become unbearable. Jack is now a prisoner of chronic pain.
Does Jack’s situation sound familiar? The long hours, lifting, and bending, while chronic pain sets in. Reluctant to take time off work since your job is not only based on hours but tips? Is this scenario hitting closer to home? You start to to Google search looking for off the counter ways to deal with back, neck and knee pain. Despite all your research nothing seems to ease the pain, your discomfort increases. This my friend is called overuse injury. Self diagnosing is not the answer. The right pain specialist that diagnoses and treats overuse injuries is. Have you suffered overuse injury in the workplace?
Relieve Chronic Pain from Overuse Injury
Approximately 50% of all sports injuries are secondary to overuse and result from repetitive microtrauma (small injuries to the body) that causes local tissue damage. Injuries may result from changes in mode, intensity, or duration of training and can accumulate before symptoms appear.
Remember, overuse injuries can happen in the workplace and out on the field if your an athlete.
Swelling (which may be unnoticeable) Warmth to the touch. Redness. Impaired function of the part.
Overuse injury in athletes is commonly caused by ill-fitting equipment (eg, in cycling), over training/improper shoes (eg, with regard to triathlons, marathons, etc.), or technique flaws. Athletes / Weekend Warriors need the right physicians that understand overuse injuries and knows how to correct these problems in order to maintain a healthy musculoskeletal system.
| • Achilles Tendon Rupture • Achilles Tendonitis / Tendinitis • Bursitis Knee • Calf Muscle Tear • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome • Chondromalacia Patella • Compartment Syndrome • De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis • Degenerative Disc Disease • Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) • Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) |
• Fibromyalgia • Golfers Elbow • Trochanteric bursitis • Hip Labral Tear • ITB Syndrome • Knee Replacement • Meniscus Tear • Metatarsalgia • Morton’s Neuroma • Muscle Strain (Muscle Pain) • Neck Arm Pain • Olecranon Bursitis • Hamstring Injury |
• Osgood Schlatter’s • Osteitis Pubis • Overuse Injuries • Patella Tendonitis • Pes Planus – Flat Feet • Plantar Fasciitis • Poor Hip Core • Posterior Ankle Impingement • Retrocalcaneal Bursitis • Rib Stress Fracture • Rotator Cuff Syndrome • RSI – Repetitive Strain Injury |
• Sacroiliac Joint Pain • Severs Disease • Shin Splints • Side Strain (Abdominal) • Sinding Larsen Johansson Syndrome • Spondylolisthesis • Spondylolysis (Back Stress Fracture) • Stress Fracture • Stress Fracture Feet • Tennis Elbow • Trochanteric Bursitis |
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16154692
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › NCBI › Literature › PubMed Central (PMC)
http://www.emsworld.com/article/10331311/soft-tissue-injuries-crush-injury-and-compartment-syndrome
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1506258
http://www.painandinjury.com