Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury

What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Foreword

When Dr. Emil Pascarelli founded the Miller Health Care Institute for Performing Artists in 1985, he could hardly have appreciated the pioneering nature of his vision. Nor could he have realized the profound effect his novel and painstaking approach would have on the way physicians would come to view performance and workplace injuries. Under Pascarelli's direction, the Institute at Columbia University in New York became one of the largest clinics in the country treating repetitive strain injuries. Growing to about a thousand patients a month, with musicians, dancers, and keyboard workers of all varieties, an enormous experience was developing. Even after many previous fruitless consultations and treatments, patients benefited from the application of a meticulous medical and ergonomic approach, which was complemented by comprehensive upper body biomechanical assessment, laboratory tests, and finally routine ... read full excerpt from Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know about RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ebook