Pain Free at Your PC : Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt

Using a computer doesn't have to hurt. Prevent or reverse repetitive stress injuries Cure carpal tunnel syndrome End chronic wrist, shoulder, and neck pain Ease eyestrain Avoid surgery, drugs, and wrist braces Using a computer should challenge your mind, not your body. As computers become a larger part of our daily lives both at work and at home, complaints of painful wrists, sore shoulders, stiff necks, and blurry vision associated with computer use continue to soar. But the good news is that this chronic pain can easily be prevented or cured without surgery or drugs--or expensive "ergonomic" equipment. There's no need to move your monitor, wear wrist braces, or sit in a specially designed chair. Instead, Pete Egoscue, using the techniques and principles developed at his renowned clinic, shows you how to keep pointing and clicking for hours--pain free. You'll learn how to: Avoid or treat common but debilitating repetitive stress injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome Recognize and remedy problems in posture and movement before they cause pain Do easy-to-perform exercises at your desk to eliminate chronic hand, wrist, shoulder, back, and neck pain Quickly and easily correct damaging patterns of motion And much more From the Trade Paperback edition Cover Title Page Copyright List of Illustrations One THE PC — FROM PAINFUL TO PAIN FREE Blaming the PC and repetitive motion isn’t the answer Two MUSCLE MATTERS The design of the human body is rugged enough to withstand nearly anything—except lack of motion Three THE BIG SQUEEZE Skeletal misalignment hurts with or without a PC Four THREE CURVES AND YOU WALK The spine’s shape determines the shape of your health Five FIVE E-CISE PIECES An introduction to E-cise therapy Six E-CISES FOR THOSE IN PAIN Hurting and in a hurry Seven E-CISE MENU FOR OCCASIONAL COMPUTER USERS A little just-in-time therapy Eight E-CISE MENU FOR MODERATE COMPUTER USERS Ramping up the right way Nine E-CISE MENU FOR POWER PC USERS Wired, worried, and what to do about it Ten OTHER SYMPTOMS, OTHER CHOICES Feeling no pain Eleven BREAKING THE PATTERNS OF PAIN How to avoid being locked in a motionless box Twelve JUST THE FAQS Move your body, not the keyboard or monitor Thirteen DESPERATE MEASURES—SURGERY, DRUGS, AND ERGONOMICS—DON’T WORK A billion dollars of good intentions gone bad Acknowledgments Other Books by This Author About the Authors