The ANU has a clear policy on discrimination and sexual harassment. As an employer and an educational institution, the ANU strongly supports the right of all persons on campus to work and study in an environment that is free from any discrimination, personal intimidation or harassment. Discrimination, of any form, should never be tolerated. Strict confidence will be maintained. Occupational overuse injury is a collective term for a variety of muscle and tendon injuries of the neck, shoulders, fingers, wrists, hands and elbows.
Examples are tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, and bursitis.
Your general health and fitness and the stress levels you experience also contribute to the condition and other factors such as infections and metabolic, immunological or congenital disorders may contribute. Occupational overuse injury will usually show up as pain, swelling or numbness in, or around, the affected muscles or tendons. In some cases the shoulders, neck or back muscles can be affected. Occupational overuse injury can be developed while studying - from handwriting, typing or using computer terminals. It is not imaginary, hysterical, or an excuse to claim compensation or to get out of writing.