Re: "Tennis Elbow" in Librarians

[Frank Miele <Frank_Miele@NPS.GOV>]

Greetings,

Not that this is directly analogous, but a former colleague in a college
library had her thumb joints replaced a few years back with artificial
ones -- she was certain that years of typing and filing materials,
including shelving had contributed to her condition. As I recall, she had
not experienced similar deterioration in other joints, which led to her
conclusion that the repetitive nature of her tasks over twenty-five years
had taken a real toll.

Randall.
Who likes to visit national parks.

On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Frank Miele wrote:

>         Folks:
>
>         My wife has been a school librarian/media specialist
>         for 19 years and, as a result, has developed what she
>         is convinced is a job related repetitive stress
>         injury--a bad case of "tennis elbow," or
>         epicondylitis, in both arms.  Her affliction is so
>         bad that she has had surgery on both elbows.
>
>         Have any of you encountered similar problems or know
>         of any other libraians who have?  How do you--or
>         they--deal with the problem?  Has anyone seen any
>         literature/research correlating epicondylitis, or
>         "tennis slbow," with librarianship?
>
>         Your assistance in researching/documenting this will
>         be greatly appreciated.
>
>         Thanking you in advance,
>
>         FJJM
>