Repetitive stress injuries, also known as repetitive strain injuries, repetitive motion injuries, and cumulative trauma disorders, are caused by unhealthy motions that are repeated with frequency. RSI symptoms may manifest themselves anywhere from the fingertips to the shoulder, neck and back area and include one or more of the following: muscle fatigue or weakness, feelings of tightness, swelling, temporary tingling or numbness, nocturnal numbness, intermittent or chronic pain, loss of grip strength, inability to pick up small objects, and a general sensation of discomfort and loss of motor freedom. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis, Dystonia, Tennis Elbow, Trigger Finger/Thumb, and Blackberry Thumb are some of the better known types of RSI.

Who should be treated by MoveRight Therapeutics?
Anyone suffering pain or fatigue of any kind resulting from any type of repetitive motion has much to gain from the MoveRight system. MoveRight specialists have cured computer users as well as pianists, string and woodwind players, and percussionists of their repetitive motion injuries and they continue to find new, innovative applications for the approach. They have worked with children, adults, and the elderly. They have had success with all levels of injury, from mild discomfort and fatigue to injuries so severe that prior to treatment, the client could not accomplish common tasks such as opening jars or turning doorknob.

Why Is MoveRight Different?
There are many different products and services available that address RSIs, such as risky surgeries, break-reminder software, massages that only provide temporary pain relief, and wrist rests that can actually worsen pain. The MoveRight system is a superior solution because it is:

• Non-Surgical & Non-Invasive
• NOT a "band-aid" solution - MoveRight addresses the underlying causes of fatigue and discomfort
• Backed be a federally funded study

When should I start treatment?
Experience shows that the longer a client waits to report symptoms, the more difficult the case may be to treat and cure. Therefore, a person with even the mildest RSI symptoms is an appropriate candidate for retraining, particularly because these cases are the easiest and quickest to fix. Rehabilitative motion retraining applied in a preventative context or as an early intervention is the key to reducing the number and the severity of injuries in the workplace.

How long does treatment take?
A person who wants to learn how to drive a car might be able to learn enough during the first lesson to drive around a parking lot at 5 mph but it takes practice and additional lessons to be able to drive safely and quickly on the open road.

The same can be said of the MoveRight method. On average, a complete treatment requires six sessions (30-60 minutes each) conducted on a regular basis in addition to 10-15 minutes of independent practice per day. Time and a concerted effort on the part of the client are required to unlearn and replace the unconscious, habitual patterns of poorly coordinated movement with new, healthy motions. However, there are a number of unquantifiable factors related to learning any skill, including a person’s adaptive capacity, kinesthetic awareness and analytic ability, that make it impossible to say for sure how long any particular individual will need for successful retraining. Severity of injury varies from person to person, and this affects the amount of time required as well, although the severity of symptoms does not necessarily correspond to the time needed for rehabilitation.

Why is MoveRight based on a technique originally developed for pianists?
Pianists probably rely on their keyboarding abilities more than practitioners of any other profession, so it is no wonder that they take the prevention and treatment of repetitive stress injuries very seriously. The Taubman Approach has been pianists' approach of choice for curing RSI since its inception over forty years ago and MoveRight specialists are the world's leading experts in applying its principles to pain-free typing and completion of other repetitive tasks through the MoveRight system.

What are the goals of the MoveRight system?
MoveRight has two primary goals: The first goal is to get the client out of pain. The second is to give the client diagnostic tools to understand what movements provoke pain, how to avoid them and how to replace them with efficient, healthy movements.

What about ergonomics?
An ergonomically correct workspace is essential for allowing healthy movement to occur, but it alone will not guarantee freedom from pain or injury. Even with all the new ergonomic devices on the market today, including an assortment of different keyboard types, injuries still occur. These problems are the result of poorly coordinated movement: it is the constant repetition of unhealthy movements over time that can lead eventually to injury. Significant savings can accrue to employers who understand that RSI can not be cured by accumulating expensive, and sometimes useless devices. The problem is resolved when the client understands how to avoid injurious movements.

May I exercise during the MoveRight program?
Stretches and aerobic exercises such as running, cycling, stair climbing, and elliptical training that do not significantly strain the upper body, are mostly allowable. However, exercises that focus on the wrist or hand or grip ability or require significant strain on the upper body are to be avoided. Examples of such exercises include rowing, isometric finger/wrist/forearm strengthening exercises, putty or ball squeezes, therabands, pulleys, free weights, and stretching maneuvers involving the fingers or wrists. These activities actually mimic the very motions that caused the injury in the first place, and can therefore cause further trauma or extend the duration of an injury. Since RSIs are not caused by inadequate strength or flexibility, strength exercises do not help cure them.

Will I be able to retrain others once I am retrained?
The diagnosis and correction of coordination problems requires professional training and experience. A person who is successfully cured is not qualified to implement treatment for another individual and may, despite all good intentions, actually make problems worse rather than solve them. Therefore, the client may not implement the MoveRight system for any other individual upon completion of the program. However, it is possible to undergo a course of supervised study that can eventually enable successful clients who have completed the MoveRight program to conduct retraining.