“ 1 in every 50 workers has RSI symptoms:<\/strong>\u00a0According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), 1 in every 50 workers has reported experiencing RSI symptoms.\u00a0[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0These numbers are even higher in industries like computer operation where the prevalence is as high as 1 in every 4 employees.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Approximately 50% of people ” who work with computers suffer from RSI symptoms<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n The wrist area is “the most common RSI trouble spot:<\/strong>\u00a0A survey on RSI trouble spots found that wrist pain is the most common point of pain out of all RSI related injuries\u00a0“:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Up to 23.8% more women complain of RSI symptoms compared to men:<\/strong>\u00a0More women have poor office health compared to men. A workforce survey by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that\u00a063.5% of women experience neck and shoulder pain<\/strong>\u00a0while only\u00a039.7% of men do<\/strong>.\u00a0The same goes for back pain, which is more common in women (51.4%) than men (44%).<\/strong>\u00a0“<\/p>\n\n\n\n ” 33% of workers with RSI are below 45 years old:<\/strong>\u00a0Surprisingly, about one-third of workers with RSI are under 45.\u00a0[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0This number is quite high considering the fact that degeneration due to old age is still not yet a factor at that point.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ” 62.2% of young workers do repetitive motions at least 25% of their work time:<\/strong>\u00a0Based on the European Survey on Working Conditions 2000 report, a majority of workers aged 15 to 24 years old are exposed to repetitive motions for at least a quarter of their work time.\u00a0This can lay the foundation for developing RSI later in life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/drysdaledesigns\/files\/2020\/10\/meta-chart-1-1024x683.jpeg\")
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