A supermarket cashier has progressive forearm pain after a rota change to six-hour scanning shifts with few breaks. Examination shows diffuse

Question

A supermarket cashier has progressive forearm pain after a rota change to six-hour scanning shifts with few breaks. Examination shows diffuse extensor tenderness without focal tenosynovitis; symptoms improve during a week on customer-service duties. What is the most appropriate management?

Accepted Answer

Recommend ergonomic review, task rotation and graded return to scanning

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Advise complete rest from arm movement for six weeks

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Continue current rota with analgesia and no workstation change

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Refer directly for steroid injection into the common extensor origin

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Classify as permanent unfitness for checkout work

Work-related upper limb disorder — DOccMed MCQ

A supermarket cashier has progressive forearm pain after a rota change to six-hour scanning shifts with few breaks. Examination shows diffuse extensor tenderness without focal tenosynovitis; symptoms improve during a week on customer-service duties. What is the most appropriate management?