A new business, RMI Relief, is offering services to companies with employees suffering from repetitive-motion injury (RMI).
Rex A. Holt, certified advanced Rolfer, and Isaac Osborne, licensed massage therapist, will work with employees on site, and Holt will supervise and train massage therapists as needed.
“By going directly to the business location,” the partners can save companies work time, Osborne said. “We can decrease companies’ workmen’s compensation insurance costs, as well as time lost going to the doctor,” he said. “Treatment can decrease sick leave and increase worker efficiency.”
“Our methods have proven to heal, significantly improve, and also to prevent RMI,” said Holt.
“Carpal tunnel is the best known injury from repeated motion.” But by identifying work conditions that are likely to lead to carpal tunnel and other RMI, Holt says his new company can help employees avoid the condition before it appears.
“This means that treatment can prevent this costly, painful injury. If employees are complaining of pain, tingling, or numbness in the hands, or chronic muscle tightness in the neck and shoulders, they are on their way to RMI injury,” Holt continued.
RMI generally involves damage to nerves and tendons, caused by irritation, compression and restricted blood flow. “Numbness, a burning sensation, tingling or decreased strength or dexterity may occur even when there is no direct pressure on nerves or tendons,” he said.
“And these injuries don’t even require motion. Standing motionless for long periods can cause many symptoms, including back, neck and leg pain,” said Holt. “Holding a tight grip when working on small electronic components, or repetitive squeezing when clipping wires, or even the pressure of hands resting on the desk or microscope, can cause injury.”
The partners are especially excited about the part they can play in helping to prevent injuries. “If we go to a company and look at who is moving in repetitive ways that will eventually cause them injury, we can keep it from happening,” said Holt. “We do this by working on the person’s body, and we also teach people how to move to prevent injury.”
People interested in an individual assessment questionnaire, or to talk to Holt about how RMI Relief could meet their business needs, may call him, 828-0837.
