Computer Athletes
April 6, 2011
Fumi Naugton just sent this to her Thinking Body-Feeling Mind community. For those of you who work long hours at the computer or have any strain, stress or pain from working at the computer check this out. It makes total sense and there is a web site and book that goes along with it. Check out link at the end.
COMPUTER ATHLETES:
The greatest challenge that computer users have to face is the acceptance that to do their work, they have to be fit to work. Hand and limb exercise, frequent breaks and the use of better tools can often avoid the onset of mechanical problems. Those who have developed problems over a number of years have to spend time, maybe months, to first repair the damage to the extent that it can be repaired. They then must adopt a maintenance fitness program similar or possibly more demanding than the able-bodied should use. The quick fix is a new arm not a new mouse. Manual laborers, because they use the larger muscles of their body, recognize fatigue more easily and necessarily take breaks. No dancer, or athlete would dare start ‘their work’ without first warming up the muscle groups of the body that they rely upon to earn their living nor are they about to dance or run in street sneakers or use poor quality tools. The sooner computer workers accept that they are “Computer Athletes”, that the computer mouse is their tool and not a just a device for a computer, then the sooner they can adapt, adopt and implement a regime that works better for them. This will protect and allow them to deliver their best, career long, performance.
