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Healthy Computing Tips

Optimize your performance and prevent computer-related disorders with Healthy Computing Email Tips. Each week we provide hints to help you stay healthier while working.

The Institute for Holistic Healing Studies and Human Resources have sponsored the distribution of Healthy Computing Email Tips for over ten years.

On this website, we have provided links to the Healthy Computing Email tips distributed beginning January, 2005.

The tips are listed by year: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

(the most recent tip is listed first)

2009
TIP 584: MAKE THE CHAIR YOURS
TIP 583: SIT BACK
TIP 582: CONTROL THE SOUND
TIP 581: SEE
TIP 580: CIRCLES AND SIXES
TIP 579: ENERGIZE
TIP 578: FOOT ROOM
TIP 577: REMEMBER XX
TIP 576: LAPTOPITIS
TIP 575: SKIP THE WHITE STUFF
TIP 574: TAKE BREAKS
TIP 573: EXPAND YOUR WAIST
TIP 572: EIGHT COMPONENTS
TIP 571: MOVE WITH FUN
TIP 570: DROP YOUR SHOULDERS
TIP 569: GOOD WORKING POSITION
TIP 568: COMPLETE THE STRESS REACTION
TIP 567: USE YOUR LEGS
TIP 566: AWAKEN YOUR FINGERS
TIP 565: DECOMPRESS
TIP 564: STAY GROUNDED
TIP 563: CLEAR VISION
TIP 562: LET GO OF RUMINATIONS
TIP 561: BREATHE EFFORTLESSLY
TIP 560: TURN YOUR HEAD
TIP 559: ASSESS THE ERGONOMICS
TIP 558: TAKE BREAKS
TIP 557: INCREASE ROTATION
TIP 556: HAVE A BALL
TIP 555: USE A HEADSET
TIP 554: EYE-NECK RELAXATION
TIP 553: MAKE THE CHAIR YOURS
TIP 552: SHOULDER AND ARM STRETCH
TIP 551: ADJUST THE MONITOR HEIGHT
TIP 550: MAKE THE CHAIR YOURS
TIP 549: FREE YOUR NECK AND SHOULDERS
TIP 548: GOODWILL
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2008
TIP 547: KEEP WARM
TIP 546: LOW COST ECONOMICS
TIP 545: STRESS IMMOBILIZATION SYNDROME
TIP 544: SYMMETRY IN MOVEMENT
TIP 543: QUIETING REFLEX
TIP 542: WIGGLE
TIP 541: BLINK AND BREATHE
TIP 540: CHECK YOUR SEAT
TIP 539: VIBRATING MOUSE
TIP 538: KEYBOARD CALISTHENIC
TIP 537: SYMMETRY IN MOVEMENT
TIP 536: EIGHT COMPONENTS
TIP 535: PICK THE FLOWERS
TIP 534: BE OH SO BRITISH
TIP 533: HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT
TIP 532: GET ENERGIZED
TIP 531: ADJUST YOUR ARMRESTS
TIP 530: INCREASE YOUR ENERGY
TIP 529: TAPE YOUR WRISTS
TIP 528: USE THE KEYS
TIP 527: TAKE BREAKS
TIP 526: BACK FLEXIBILITY
TIP 525: MAKE IT READABLE
TIP 524: MANAGE YOUR ENERGY
TIP 523: CIRCLE YOUR EYES
TIP 522: HAPPINESS BREATHER
TIP 521: TWIST AND STRETCH
TIP 520: GIVE YOUR LAPTOP A RAISE
TIP 519: COMPUTER ATHLETE
TIP 518: NARROW KEYBOARD
TIP 517: USE A HEADSET
TIP 516: ASSUME GOODWILL
TIP 515: ROTATE AND BREATHE
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2007
TIP 507: BEER BUDGET ERGONOMICS
TIP 506: LAPTOPITIS
TIP 505: LEG AND FOOT ROOM
TIP 504: KEEP WARM
TIP 503: SIDE STRETCHES
TIP 502: DO IT NOW
TIP 501: SHOULDER ROLLS
TIP 500: LEG AND FOOT ROOM
TIP 499: MAKE THE CHAIR YOURS
TIP 498: CLEAR VISION
TIP 497: CLEAN THE AIR
TIP 496: TAKE BREAKS
TIP 495: GIVE YOUR LAPTOP A RAISE
TIP 494: NARROW KEYBOARD
TIP 493: TIGHTEN UP
TIP 492: BREATHE AS YOU REACH
TIP 491: ENGAGE YOUR QUADS
TIP 490: EIGHT COMPONENTS
TIP 489: CREATE LEG SPACE
TIP 488: HIGHLIGHTING KEYSTROKES
TIP 487: KEYBOARD CALISTHENICS
TIP 486: BODY FOLD
TIP 485: WIGGLE AND REACH
TIP 484: GOODWILL
TIP 483: USE A HEADSET
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2006
TIP 460: Laughter
TIP 459: Stay Grounded
TIP 458: Flow Typing
TIP 457: Breathe
TIP 456: Make The Chair Yours
TIP 455: Free Your Neck
TIP 454: Assess The Ergonomics
TIP 453: Take Breaks
TIP 452: Free Your Neck and Shoulders
TIP 451: Have a Ball
TIP 450: Use a Headset
TIP 449: Eye-Neck Relaxation
TIP 448: Goodwill
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2005
TIP 447: Cheap Ergonomics
TIP 446: Shoulder and Arm Stretch
TIP 445: Laptopitis
TIP 444: Upper Body Stretch
TIP 443: Tips to Keep Warm
TIP 442: Back Roll
TIP 441: Desk Height
TIP 440: Stress Immobilization Syndrome
TIP 439: Breathe
TIP 438: Blink and Breathe
TIP 437: Quieting Reflex
TIP 436: Vibrating Mouse
TIP 435: Symmetry in Movement
TIP 434: Take Breaks
TIP 433: Eight Components
TIP 432: Keyboard Calisthenics
TIP 431: Body Fold
TIP 430: Adjust Your Armrests
TIP 429: Highlight the Text
TIP 428: Tape Them
TIP 427: Be Oh So British
TIP 426: Make it Readable
TIP 425: Use the Keys
TIP 424: Take Breaks
TIP 423: Back Flexibility
TIP 422: Manage Your Energy
TIP 421: Circle Your Eyes
TIP 420: Happiness Breather
TIP 419: Twist and Stretch
TIP 418: Narrow Keyboard
TIP 417: Computer Athlete
TIP 416: Use a Headset
TIP 415: Assume Goodwill
TIP 414: Clear Vision
TIP 413: Connect To Your Foot
TIP 412: Mousing Space
TIP 411: Desk Height
TIP 410: Have a Ball
TIP 409: Breathe Effortlessly
TIP 408: Regenerate While Waiting
TIP 407: Ten New Year's Resolutions

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The Institute for Holistic Healing Studies and Human Resources sponsor the distribution of Healthy Computing Email Tips. Copyright 2009 Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Katherine Hughes Gibney. Permission to copy and distribute Healthy Computing Email Tips for personal use is granted. Distribution or copying of Healthy Computing Email Tips for commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written consent of the copyright holders.
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