Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

A while back I wrote about my vision for a future way of interacting with computers—a program that would let you use full body movements to control your mouse and keyboard. The program would accommodate your fitness level and help you get exercise and stay strong, healthy, and active while getting work done.
So it’s exciting [...]

Computer users aren’t the only ones who get Repetitive stress injuries. Many people who do crafts and tasks with their hands, such as knitters, crocheters, or other creative people, tend to get repetitive injuries too.
But you don’t have to give up your after-computer hobbies just because they’re also hand-intensive. You just need to give your [...]

The Huichol tribe of central Mexico has a rich cosmology embodied in stories, ceremonies and art. They believe in animal spirits, and when they are sick rely on their shamans to heal them and cast out negative spirits.  In college, one of my classes was visited from a man who grew up in New York [...]

My foster kitty, Lilah, knows a lot about physiology and health. She hasn’t written books or performed medical research, but she knows how to keep herself flexible and well-rested, and she’s motivated me to stay active, too.
Here’s some things I’ve learned from the kitty:
Be active in the morning – Cats aren’t really nocturnal, they’re [...]

Here in the SF Bay Area in California, we’re enjoying our annual Indian Summer. When late summer arrives, the fog on the bay rolls away and the temperature’s hot and drier than usual. It’s 80 degrees in my cool kitchen, and all my blinds are closed so the sun can’t heat up my [...]

A common complaint of patients who visit any health practitioner, from a general care physician to their massage therapist, is that doctors just don’t have enough time for their patients. In order to be successful, many clinicians stuff too many appointments in and then don’t have the time to spend carefully diagnosing problems and [...]

Having come of age in Santa Cruz, California, a little hippie haven on the coast, I’m a bit skeptical of large business chains like Starbucks that tend to set up shop on every other street corner, sometimes pushing smaller operations out of business. Yet, I have to admit that they know what they’re doing [...]

I’ve worked for start-ups, mid-sized and large organizations with vastly different corporate cultures, financial resources and approaches to ergonomic workstation setup. In my experience, larger organizations tend to have more resources in place and are more willing to purchase ergonomic equipment.
This might lead you to believe that ergonomically speaking, it’s better to work for [...]

I spent Saturday at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, and found some cool related tutorials for modifying your own computer input devices like mice and scroll wheels. Some of them don’t require much electronics savvy, while others are serious mods that need a few tools and some background. Either way, they’re fun [...]

Last week, I mentioned a lot of good alternative therapies you can turn to for pain relief.  Of course, you can also perform massage, acupressure and trigger point therapy on yourself.
You can use your own fingers, knuckles, even the palm of your hand or elbow.  However, you might prefer to use some of the tools [...]