Jeffrey C. Long

My son is hard at work in the fields and I’m the one taking pain relievers because of ergonomic issues related to writing. I know that farmers have accidents that require medical attention. But it’s interesting that checkers at grocery stores, information workers and writers have their own brand of injuries: repetitive stress. Problems like Tendinitis can actually lead to surgery. 15 years ago I had an L&I claim because I was doing so much computer work and piano playing on the job that I couldn’t use my right hand anymore. I seem to have solved my current problem by elevating my laptop with a book (Bible, no less) getting the USB keyboard from our bondi blue iMac in the garage, setting them to the right of my body, and putting my trackball on the chair next to me. I’m quite the site sitting in Starbucks.