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The first major storm of the season hit the San Francisco Bay Area today, causing freeway snarls, nearly-drowned cars-and a lot of stiffness in my joints. Why does rain and weather change affect joint stiffness? I had to do some research to find out. Arthritis sufferers in particular have been reporting this phenomenon for many [...]

Since ancient Greek times, doctors have prescribed the use of ice or snow as a treatment for injury. Today, nearly everyone has a gel pack in their freezer, ready for use. However, you can get the benefits of ice more quickly than using an ice pack. If you don’t want sit around for 10-20 minutes [...]

Most doctors and therapists will recommend that after working your body too hard or after an acute injury, that you ice the affected area. Use a cold pack or ice cubes wrapped in a towel, and apply it for twenty minutes, they say. It’s meant to flush the inflammation and resulting stiffness away. If you [...]

The rainy days of winter are come again, and I’m huddling inside with hot chocolate and a purring cat on my lap. It’s pretty cozy, but it’s also been chilly of late! In the winter time, it’s hard to stay warm without pumping up the heater and paying hefty gas bills… meanwhile, when it’s cold, [...]

If your wrists are feeling sore, swollen, stiff, or your hands are tingly, you might want to try this stuff. It’s a self-adhesive elastic wrap called Coban, and it’s used by athletes for joint support, and prescribed as a treatment by doctors, vets and physical therapists. It helps relieve the swelling and stiffness in small [...]

At Macworld this week, iListen’s creator MacSpeech announced it has licensed the technology used by the common dictation software for the PC, Dragon Naturally Speaking, to create a new application that can be used on Intel Macs. It’s called Dictate and will be shipping in mid-February. You can find out more details about it at [...]

[Updated: 2/4/09 with new products] Say goodbye to your mouse! If you want something drastically different than the alternate mice I listed in the last post, take a look at the options here. If you know of anything I missed, or have experience using any of these, post a note in the comments and share [...]

[Update: 2/3/09] Why does a standard mouse hurt so many people? To answer this question, let’s take a look at how the mouse forces us to sit, and why that’s unnatural — then I’ll give a list of some of the alternative choices you have (to get to the list fast, click the More! button). [...]