Repetitive stress injuries often don’t flare all at once—they build. In New Brunswick, common patterns we see include:
- Back-to-back shifts and overtime at employers that rely on throughput (less recovery time means less healing).
- High-volume desk work tied to productivity metrics—long keyboard/mouse sessions without meaningful microbreaks.
- Retail and service roles where the “same motions” repeat all day (gripping, lifting, scanning, reaching).
- Warehouse and light industrial work where tasks rotate—or don’t rotate—based on staffing.
When your body is under load for hours and then you’re commuting and trying to recover on the same schedule, symptoms can intensify. Legally, that matters because the story must track when symptoms started, how work demands contributed, and whether the employer responded reasonably after complaints.


