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Blackberry thumb, also called iPod thumb, is a type of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and is a very modern ailment indeed. However, is it possible for a product liability solicitor to help someone with the condition claim compensation?
First, it should be noted that although the names used to describe the condition are recent, it is in fact nothing new at all – RSI injuries have been occurring for centuries, usually in different workplace settings. However, it is only in the past couple of decades, with the mass-market availability of digital technologies such as home computers, laptops, gaming consoles and mobile telephones that RSI has also become a consumer illness – before this time repetitive strain injury claims were seldom the business of the product liability solicitor.
As one expert explains, "BlackBerry Thumb is really just a catchy word for something that occupational medical doctors have long been dealing with: Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). We see it a lot when people's work requires the prolonged use of specific muscle groups."
Because of this and its inclusion in the wider category of musculoskeletal disorders, Blackberry thumb is, like Nintendonitis before it, just a layman's neologism for describing a relatively new kind of repetitive use injury.
And the condition can have a much wider impact than its name would suggest. A physiotherapist explains, "We also think that nerve damage in the thumb and wrist occurs in some cases. People tend to sit slumped, with their neck stuck out and looking down at these small screens.
"That can cause compression of the nerves that run from the neck, down the arm and into the hand, making nerve damage more likely. Posture is at the heart of so many RSIs, and it's impossible to maintain good posture when using these gadgets."
However, it is only in very exceptional circumstances that a case of the condition will be considered compensable within the framework of product liability law – for the most part cases will only be worthy of claims when they can be considered to be an industrial injury.
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