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attaches to the bone). Many of these Monitors and Lighting degrees, resulting in less pressure
No Bones About It issues can be alleviated and even • When setting up your workstation, placed on the wrist.

Physio Talk! prevented with a proper ergonomic consider the location of windows and • Keep the mouse close to the
set-up. try to minimize glare on the monitor keyboard to minimize stress placed
Following are some tips and tricks screen. through the shoulder.
to setting up your office space to • When looking straight ahead, Keep Moving!
Kristen MacDonell, minimize additional stress placed on your eyes should be level with the • Change your posture throughout
MScPT, HBKin the body. top of the monitor and the monitor the day. Consider ways to work
The Chair should be placed at an arm’s length while standing (i.e., talking on phone
• Use a comfortable chair that away. or standing at the kitchen counter/
Kristen MacDonell is a local offers back support, especially in the • Consider the 20-20-20 rule: For island).
registered Physiotherapist and Owner lumbar (lower back) region. Small every 20 minutes of computer work, • Get up and move! Take breaks
of MacDonell Family Physiotherapy. towels/rolls work great! look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. every 30-60 mins. Active breaks
Is Working from Home Giving You Blink frequently to lubricate your (getting up and moving) and
Pain? Let’s Talk Ergonomics! • Armrests should allow your arms eyes. passive breaks (stretching, breathing
Many individuals working from to rest naturally at your sides, elbows • If using a laptop, consider an exercises) are both important.
home in make-shift office set- lightly touching the pads.
external keyboard and mouse so
ups (and even those working in • Your feet should rest comfortably Since everyone’s situation is
the monitor can be positioned at an
actual office environments) are on the floor when sitting back in the unique, remember to always consult
appropriate height.
experiencing more chronic neck and chair. Consider a footrest if needed. Desk/Work Surfaces a registered health professional to
back pain, headaches, achy joints, • The depth of the seat should be help create a management plan that’s
• Desk height for typing or effective and safe for you!
and even tendonitis (inflammation a about 3”- 4” from the back of your
keyboarding should be lower so
of the tendons where the muscle knees. Stay safe!
that elbows are bent at less than 90

“Livin’ The Dream”

renovations that entailed oiling and before? out, is delicious. The bread in the
polishing some rusty tools, but by And knitting…what a grocery store labelled “sourdough”,
golly! How satisfying to work with pleasure! YouTube was bouncing with that we had tried and didn’t like
our hands and see the results! “Good knitters offering tips and tricks to get much, was just bread made with
fun!” we said. “What’s next?” us going. First a scarf, and then maybe commercial yeast and vinegar added
We planted gardens and grew a sweater. Knitting was a challenge, for flavouring. Not the same thing at
vegetables in our yards; and then and a comfortable, reassuring thing to all. We were dubious.
we cooked them. Soups and stews do while watching yet another movie We got a “starter” from a friend
appeared on the menu for no reason on Netflix. and embarked on a journey back to
By Janeen Wagemans other than we had the time to putter There were shortages to contend the dawn of bread. After a frustrating
about in the kitchen. We Googled with and again we looked backward number of sad attempts, suddenly
e were plunging forward with recipes that we hadn’t thought of to solve new problems. Seems that we got the hang of it and started
Wconfidence, full steam ahead for a generation. We ate oatmeal - instant yeast was nowhere to be producing the most extraordinary
into the future! Nothing could stop yes, made in our Instant Pots, but found! Which caused a minor panic bouncing bodacious boules! Our
us, baby! Until something did. Sud- oatmeal, nonetheless. in the hearts of many who hadn’t journey back to the safety of more
denly the future was uncertain - ev- We looked backwards, with thought of using yeast for years, certain times resulted in attractive,
erything stopped. Everything famil- determination, back to a time when if ever! Making sourdough bread cozy homes, and impressive quilts,
iar became dangerous. The world the world was something we could became a thing. Even our mothers, and knitted socks, and bread beyond
had a panic attack. count on. Those who had rusty if they baked bread at home, had our wildest dreams!
So, what’s to do? In retrospect, sewing skills polished them off and used the active dry yeast developed The only question now that the
what we did could have been made masks. Then they graduated in WWII to provide fresh bread for world is spinning again, is whether
predictable. We went into survival to quilts. The internet became a GIs. But this was what was now in the discoveries we made on our
mode. We went full tilt into reverse, gigantic quilting bee abuzz with short supply. We needed to go farther virtual visit to Green Gables will
back to the past, where we felt creative ideas and advice! Such a back than that, back before brewer’s become a part of our future or will
safe. Back to Green Gables. feeling of accomplishment when a yeast, back to sourdough, the ancient they remain in the past to gather
We painted rooms that we hadn’t quilt was finished and the next one method of natural yeast and microbes. dust, until the next crisis shatters our
noticed were drab and set about home began. Why hadn’t we realized this It sounds disgusting but, as it turns confidence.