But, according to Vice President of RSI Action Joshua T. Goodman '92, a current GSAS student, the CWHC pamphlet which was distributed to all first years and some GSAS students at the beginning of the year needs to be updated to include more recent findings on RSI.

While Goodman says UHS' treatment of students suffering from RSI has "actually improved somewhat over the past few years," he says UHS still needs to do much more.

"My single biggest concern is the level of education," Goodman said.

A Rough Road to Recovery

But for those students who already have RSI, the issue is the quality of treatment available for patients.

For many RSI sufferers, their experience at UHS has involved primary care physicians with little knowledge about RSI.

And students with RSI treated at UHS said they waited about a month for a physical therapy appointment.

Janet E. Rosenbaum '98 developed RSI during finals period last semester and sought treatment at UHS.

She says the primary care physician she saw on her first visit was not that helpful, but did give her a referral to a specialist.

But Rosenbaum says she had to wait almost a month before getting an appointment with a physical therapist.

When she finally got to physical therapy, the specialist "seemed generally helpful" and suggested she lighten her backpack and do certain stretches, among other things.

But she says she found much more effective treatment at home with a different doctor over spring break.

The doctor at home specifically diagnosed her problem.

Rosenbaum says her new doctor also informed her that some of the stretches the specialist at UHS had recommended were actually exacerbating her condition.

"It turned out that some of the stretches [the physical therapist at UHS] had prescribed weren't good for me," Rosenbaum says.