Hello and welcome to Ripples, the Lakeside Blog page. Here you'll find regular postings on a variety of topics which we hope you'll find interesting and/or of practical use, all lying within the Lakeside Physiotherapy and Ergonomics remit. Enjoy!
Screen based infra-red eye-tracking technology is becoming more commonplace but is still far from mainstream in home or mobile computing. In the interim to move that pesky cursor from pixel A to pixel B we remain stuck in 'the mouse trap'. Sit back, smile and say 'cheese' as Jason provides a snapshot of the humble computer mouse.
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Unlike the picture of Dick Turpin here electric raising desks are not a matter of legend, they're available now and being used increasingly in progressive-thinking offices. Also, like most tech, their price has reduced in recent years and the cost is no longer 'daylight robbery'. Here in the latest Lakeside blog I examine the many reasons to use them so saddle up Black Bess, ignore the awful puns, and let's get ready to 'Stand and Deliver'!!!
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Despite the modern requirement to base one's work upon 'evidence based practise' as a healthcare practitioner, sometimes objectivity just goes clean out the window. Yes, it's time to sit back and relax and enjoy another tale from the LP&E annals.....
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Sometimes an injury or problem straddles the worlds of Ergonomics and Physiotherapy and can be used to highlight their inter-relation on a simple level. This month Jason looks at the potential problems caused by having ‘flat-feet’, from both Musculoskeletal and Systems perspectives.
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