Home Treatment for Repetitive Stress Injury

Did you know that neck pain and lower back pain are often the result of the same underlying causes? Of all the repetitive stress injuries, neck and back problems may be the most debilitating and despiriting. Not only do they hinder our ability to be productive at work and worry us about job security, but [...]

Any time I feel tense and sore from typing all day, from now on I’m going to step back and stretch and just be thankful I don’t spend the entire day squatting and assembling cars. Auto-maker Honda has recently finished a ten-year project developing a robotic, battery-operated machine that will assist its workers in walking, [...]

Recently I reviewed my kneeling chair and how it helps my back. Since I got mine at a thrift store, I didn’t do any comparison research before choosing mine. So I decided to put in some research on the variety of kneel chairs available on the market. If you’re looking for a kneeling chair, consider [...]

I got my kneel chair at a thrift store for 10 bucks, and it’s one of my favorite places to sit. Kneeling chairs adjust your position to be more natural on the spine than regular chairs and provide a unique ergonomic relief for the back and hips. Rather than put all your weight on your [...]

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 — [...]