This is a day set aside each year to focus attention on repetitive strain injuries (RSI).
Held on the last day of February, it is the only "non-repetitive" day on the calendar and is officially observed on February 29th (in non-leap years, RSI Awareness Day is observed on February 28th.)
On this day, workers, health and safety professionals, health care practitioners and others take the opportunity to help raise awareness about RSIs and the need for action aimed at prevention, rehabilitation and compensation.
RSI is an umbrella term to describe a family of painful disorders affecting tendons, muscles, nerves and joints in the neck, upper and lower back, chest, shoulders, arms and hands. These disorders can be caused by work activities that are frequent and repetitive, or activities with awkward postures. WMSDs are a serious occupational health concern across the world and are recognized as leading causes of significant human suffering, loss of productivity, and economic burdens on society.
RSI is an umbrella term to describe a family of painful disorders affecting tendons, muscles, nerves and joints in the neck, upper and lower back, chest, shoulders, arms and hands. These disorders can be caused by work activities that are frequent and repetitive, or activities with awkward postures. WMSDs are a serious occupational health concern across the world and are recognized as leading causes of significant human suffering, loss of productivity, and economic burdens on society.
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It is good for us who spend a big part of our lives connected to the computer to know our aching hands, arms, necks, shoulders and backs have a day, isn't it?
