Word: discomfort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Next fall, after renovations, officials saythey will be able to provide better meals toHarvard students--a promise that they hope willmake the present discomfort more bearable...
Curtin suggests that students who findthemselves experiencing discomfort in any typingposition, including at the Science at the ScienceCenter, contact the EHS office. "Students seem tobe the least informed about the services availableand how to get to them," she says. "We very rarelyget calls from students...
Injuries sustained during improper keyboard useare not limited to the wrist and hands. Simmonsstresses the importance of not keeping the elbowsflexed much more than 70 degrees in order to avoidundue pressure on nerves in the elbow. This canprevent discomfort from extending up the arm tothe neck and shoulder...
...David S. Rosenthal '95, director of UHS,suggests that students should avoid keeping theirhands in unusual or even the same positions fortoo long. When typing or even reading, studentstend to find a comfortable position, remain it infor an hour or more, and then get up to findthemselves suffering discomfort...
...pain or discomfort does occur,suggests Katz, students shouldtake a break, and take some over-the-counter painmedicine. But Simmons warns that chronicdiscomfort should not be ignored. Repeatedproblems may call for using wrist splints whentyping...