A recent health report reveals that the fingers, hands, and thumbs of lots of us are wearing out. The report points to popular technology as the reason for this. We also excessively angle our wrists with our phones, pads, keyboards, and other devices. It is interesting to note the number of people seen walking while peering at and typing on their communications devices. Who knew that thumbs could be so efficient at hitting tiny keys on keypads? Thumbs used to mainly help us anchor pencils during penmanship lessons. I wonder what body parts received the most stress 50 years ago, or 100 or more years ago. Our country used to be more agricultural, so maybe backs, knees, and shoulders were overworked. For a while, our country had more assembly line industry, so feet and arms might have been strained. One thing is certain, no matter how we use these bodies to do our daily work and communication, they will eventually wear out. They are not meant to last forever. In the meantime, we do well to take care of them so we can enjoy them for as long as we can.
Take care,
Sylvia
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