If you haven’t finished your Hanukah shopping yet, well, you‘re more than a little late and quite beyond my help. But if you’re still looking for a stocking stuffer for Christmas, here are a few ergonomically-friendly ideas: The Envirosax is one of my favorites gifts. I first received it as a Christmas present and now [...]
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I’m not much of a gardener, never really was, even though I’ve tried. But I really gave it up last summer after one frustrating attempt to beautify our Tahoe house yard. I planted beautiful pink echinacea plants and dozens of flower seeds of all kinds. But one thing I didn’t consider with this gardening project [...]
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We all know that the best way to go shopping is to BYOB –no, not Bring Your Own Booze, but Bring Your Own Bag. Still, we sometimes end up with regular bags that we carry around. While plastic bags are disappearing from the grocery stores in San Francisco, they are still pretty common at other businesses. [...]
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While this backpack might not have won the “Cool Award” just yet, the BackTpack offers a good ergonomic alternative to the standard backpack. As mentioned in an prior post (Backpack: How much is too much?), the weight you’re carrying and how it’s distributed have a significant impact on your posture and comfort. When holding a [...]
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Is there anything better than a warm summer day on the beach with a good book? With the summer officially here, many of us will spend some time lying on the beach or by the pool side. Of course, there’s always the simple and old-fashioned way to go about it — lying on a towel. [...]
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We don’t have kids but most of our friends do, so I always have a stash of art supplies handy for when they come over with their little ones. I set the kids up with big pieces of paper and crayons, which is all good until it’s time to put everything away — somehow, a [...]
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As a hand therapist, I have treated a lot of sliced fingers and palms. I do just fine handling the wound and its rehabilitation, but thinking about how people cut their hands has always freaked me out. So it goes against my nature to tell you that the best safety tip with knives is to [...]
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I first discovered My Page Up when travelling through Belgium with my father in 2001. We were in a boutique looking for small presents and souvenirs to bring back when these cute paper-holding gizmos caught my attention. There they were in all sorts of colors: little document holders! They make adorable presents, very useful and [...]
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