Re: "Tennis Elbow" in Librarians

[Frank Miele <Frank_Miele@NPS.GOV>]

At 07:30 AM 11/8/96 -0500, you 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
>I had a very serious tennis elbow many years back, before I ever became a
librarian.  I have been a Librarian for nearly 14 years and have not had a
recurence of this problem since I became a Librarian.  I found relief with
sound wave treatments and I took the drug ACTH.
>
Lennie Dahl, Jacobsen Junior High School
Tehachapi, California
jjhslib@tminet.com