Cumulative Motion Injury

by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Description of repetitive motion injury (repetitive stress injury), facts about carpel tunnel syndrome, & the rehabilitation team for repetitive motion injury

CTS-terps is a listserve exclusively dedicated to repetitive strain injuries in the sign language interpreting community. This is valuable information for interpreters with any kind of repetitive motion injury and those who want to learn more. To join, send an e-mail to cts-terps-subscribe@onelist.com.

by Robert M. Simon & Ruth Aleskovsky

Simon is a psychiatrist specializing in rehabilitative medicine, Aleskovsky a writer and sign language interpreter who developed a repetitive strain injury (RSI) from interpreting. Although they officially define RSI as ``a stress-related, cumulative injury resulting from constant repetitive movements, the authors also implicate awkward work angles and insufficient rest periods as contributing causes.

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