Dose of my own medicine
As some of you know, I was in the high Sierras last weekend. Fantastic snow!…if you like that kinda thing.
My son and his buddies snowboarded for three straight days, early to late. I, on the other hand, being someone who thinks July is a chilly month, retreated to our cabin, built a fire and looked at the beautiful scenery from inside, warm & dry.
You might be wondering, “what’s this headline – dose of my own medicine?” Well, here’s what I mean
On almost a daily basis I have a discussion with someone regarding the best way to work with a laptop, I mean ergonomically speaking. I disclose this information without any hesitation or reservations because I know it to be the truth.
In the haste to get up to Mammoth Mt., I remembered my laptop, but I forgot my keyboard. Rats!
There I was, warm & dry, and I thought I wonder if there’s a place I could pickup a cheap keyboard just to get me through. As I pondered some more, warm & dry, I thought to myself….”OK how much are you going to be on this laptop, anyway?” You’ve probably guessed it, while viewing through the beautiful panoramic windows out over the frozen tundra I pondered some more and then said to myself….”Not much, probably” Yea Right.
Here’s the problem with the laptop. Either your neck is bent down looking at the screen…or your shoulders and arms are hiked up and tensed all the time. It’s a “No Win” without other tools like external keyboard and mouse, and sometimes an extra monitor (if you don’t have the keyboard/mouse set up).
Well, its four days later, my neck still sore and stiff, I decided that session with my massage therapist might help, and it did.
Now, retrospecting my lesson learned, “my dose of my own medicine”, if you will, was that if you find yourself on your laptop somewhere without your external keyboard and mouse, by all means…Have them DELIVERED!
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Tags: laptop, laptop ergonomics, laptop kit, neckpain, pain in the neck, snowboard, stiff neck
tell me about it!!! i’ve been stuck inside for the past few weeks with the freezng weather and snow
up here in the northeast and found myself spending extra time on my laptop, with the same results as you!!!! stiff neck, sore shoulders etc., which caused me to reduce or miss my exercise routines, which compounded the issues and drove me to the pain relievers!!! which now affected my stomach and temperment!! i couldn’t believe how fast the situation compounded itself! thanks for
keeping solutions in front of us!!! soon or later i’m going to place in order!! hopefully sooner
then later, for my body’s sake!!
What a fun trip. I have been in the same position with my laptop on a trip. The neck and shoulders really do pay a price. I really like the package that you are offering. Good going.
Thanks, I have my kit all ready for my next trip. Next problem I am trying to solve ( for my husband) is how to ergonomically put snow chains on.
Hi. This is a wonderful article. Thank you for sharing all these ideas with us. very useful, indeed!
keep up the good work!