Karen Jacobs

Strategies for Structuring your Day

https://www.bu.edu/alumni/2020/04/29/strategies-to-structure-your-day-during-covid-19/

Handouts

Podcasts

Articles

Media coverage:
The 7 Very Best Adjustable Bed Bases
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-adjustable-bed-bases.html

The 8 Best Lightweight Vacuums:
https://www.thespruce.com/the-best-lightweight-vacuums-5224425

7 Hand Exercises to Prevent Arthritis:
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/exercises-prevent-arthritis.html

https://www.healthcentral.com/slideshow/9-devices-for-living-better-with-ankylosing-spondylitis

The 7 Best Ergonomic Writing Tools for People With Arthritis of 2021

https://www.verywellhealth.com/best-ergonomic-pens-pencils-markers-189409

The 7 Best Chair Aids of 2021 for an easy lift, straight from your seat:

Forbes Health–A Guide To The Best Office Chairs For Back Pain https://www.forbes.com/health/body/best-office-chairs-for-back-pain/

An interesting article on backpacks: https://www.businessinsider.com/best-backpack-students

https://www.nbcnews.com/shopping/tech-gadgets/buy-gaming-chair-guide-n1253990

Making the Grade: Good posture important for students learning remotely

How to keep your kid digitally healthy (National Geographic)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/2020/09/how-to-keep-your-kid-digitally-healthy-coronavirus/

5 Cheap(ish) Things to Help With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/5-cheapish-things-to-help-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/

Employees lament the ergonomic office furniture they left behind: Working from home’s getting to be a real pain Boston Globe May 14, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/14/nation/employees-mourn-ergonomic-office-furniture-they-left-behind/

Creakyjoints on stay-at-home habits that may be hurting your joints

https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/house-stay-at-home-habits-hurting-arthritis-symptoms

Cheap ways to make your work-from-home space more ergonomic and better for your back

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/ways-to-make-your-work-from-home-space-ergonomic-better-for-your-back.html

Best Luggage for Kids Who Travel

Arthritis Gloves: Do They Actually Relieve Swelling and Pain?

Popular Science articles:

https://www.popsci.com/sit-ergonomically (ergonomics)

 https://www.popsci.com/choose-wear-ergonomic-backpack (backpacks)

September 2017 -Tech Talk (pages 66 & 67)https://issuu.com/newyorklifestylesmagazine/docs/nylm_sep17?e=17178248/52480720

BU FreePress: https://dailyfreepress.com/blog/2018/09/27/sargent-doctoral-students-promote-backpack-safety-students-participate-in-bag-weigh-in/ (backpacks)

Kids & technology

Classes stress time on and away from computer Oct. 20, 2013

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20131020/NEWS07/310200034/Kids-technology?nclick_check=1

8 Daily Arthritis Hand Exercises that Can Soothe Your Pain

13 Random Household Objects That Can Help with Arthritis Pain