To Your Health
Computers have enabled us in more ways than we might list right away - we use them for writing, research, keeping in touch, paying bills, processing photos, keeping records, finding "how to" - it's an extensive list, and use of devices now begins with toddlers and their little tablets for games and shows and extends all the way through our lives. But this comes with a price. Watching some young people at an event recently, I was struck by how attentive they were to their phones, and that was on a bright summer day outdoors. Heads down, arms up, thumb poised, wrist cocked, back locked, their eyes on a bright and high contrast device in their hands, they were probably challenging themselves physically more than their great-grandparents did in a labor-intensive day on the farm. Just not as obviously. Computer and device usage has been linked to musculoskeletal, vision, sleep and stress issues from the top of the head almost to the tips of the toes. While they may, oddly enou...
