Computer mouse gadgets electronic warm finds, tips & gizmos

We all know warm thoughts of this nature are not sent in an email! But, this person was obviously not paying attention to the most valuable tool on his desk top. Take a look at his computer workstation. He needs an ergonomic computer workstation for sure! If we're spending too much time online it becomes a problem, and too little time online can also cause problems. Do you have a closer relationship with your computer mouse than with your family & friends? Do your hands ache with pain from mouse clicking and pounding your fingers on the keyboard? If so, it's time to design a warm ergonomic computer workstation. A company called ValueRays has done all the work for you. All you need to do is locate the ValueRays USB Infrared Heated Computer Workstation and get set up in your home and work office space. We'll provide some links for you here. You can get the entire ValueRays USB Heaters ergonomic collection for about $99! That's quite a deal! That's about a 20% savings off individual prices if purchased separately.

Maybe it's time to adjust your computer workstation to ensure it's ergonomic and a healthy environment for your hands, arms, wrists and fingers. Here's our suggestion: Use the ValueRays USB Heated Ergonomic Computer Accessories. They include the Warm Mouse, Heated Mouse Pad, Warm Keyboard Pad, and Mouse Hand Warmer blanket pouch. The Mouse Hand Warmer blanket pouch holds the Warm Mouse and Warm Mouse Pad. It creates the ideal environment for the mouse hand; keeping it warm and relieving hand pain.

***************

Here's an interesting article . . . from ChocolateWorld.net

A Pad for my Mouse
by Mahalia

Computer Mouse Fatigue, Mouse Arm Disease, Cold hand Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome… The list goes on. Type in Computer Mouse Disease on your favorite search engine and there are a whole variety of worrying diseases along with its own cocktail of symptoms. This generation has experienced more problems with their hands and elbows than the last. But of course most of the hand problems in the earlier generations were not labeled as the sicknesses mentioned above. Most people just blame it on bad joints(no pun intended for joint sufferers of the 70’s) and waving too long whilst the Naval ships leave for war. Nowadays, there are such problems as these that there is a whole industry dedicated to hand splints, ergonomic paraphernalia, add-ons, additional features, cushions, better equipment and what-have-yous. Well you get my meaning. There is even a solution in heated mouse via USB as solution to some of these problems. If you ask me, my answer is simple.

Before we go into the simple solution I am willing to propose, let me ask you if you suffer from the list of symptoms as:

Do you experience tingling and numbness on your wrist?
Pain anywhere between your shoulders and fingers?
Weaken muscles in the hands? Having the case of the dropsies?
Do you have deterioration of the musculoskeletal system?
Do you have what is called MORSI (Mechanical Onset RSI). RSI being a collective symptom for a disease?
The answer is simple. A mouse pad. A nice custom made mousepad with your own uploaded picture. A mousepad that says “Take a break, you are working to hard” would be the perfect solution for the aching wrist of yours. If it comes with a picture of the perfect rose reminding us of a romantic getaway or whatever getaway you have in mind, just so we can take a break from the monitor and its slave mouse. A mousepad that is both used at home and at work gently carressing the tired feet of your dear mouse and padding your dear wrist. Yes, a mousepad.


But if you do experience serious symptoms, please see a doctor. He would recommend you pitching that old factory supplied pad that has experienced years of wear and tear. He would say for hygenic purposes. He would suggest for aesthetic use. Besides, your mousepad looks like the separating earth strata after the great flood.

I pitched mine. Now I have a new cat pad for my mouse.

***************


And, if you really want to go gadgets electronic, read this. . . from TechBuzz.in

How To Replace Or Make A New Computer Mouse At Home ?

Ok, sorry for the cheeky heading. Unless you are an Electronics Student, who has access to the the chips, boards, wires etc, you cannot make a mouse by yourself.

But what if you had a software that’ll make any object around you to behave like a mouse, what more can you ask for ?? That’s what exactly CamSpace from Cam-trax does !!

Requirements -

1> Computer,
2> Webcam (most laptops come integrated with it, if yours doesn’t have one, then you can make use of external webcam too), and
3> CamSpace software installed on your system.

Using the software and the camera, you can make any object around you to behave like a mouse. Cam-trax enables you to play ANY PC game you want using almost any object as a game controller.

Now if you have an old steering lying in your garage, it’s time to put it work and make your own wii remote using it to start playing some exiting computer games !

Now does this mean that game manufacturers should watch out for something like this, or buy over the patent and start integrating it in their existing multi-million dollar business ?



***************

Maybe you're a Lefty and this little rant will catch your eye. . . How do lefties use a computer mouse? I tried switching mouse hands to relieve some of the mouse hand overuse, but I just can't get my left hand to click or move the computer mouse properly. Any comments about this? What's your experience been?

SOn the other hand...
by Snippets By Beth Jacks

I have a left-handed brother, a left-handed daughter, a left-handed son-in-law, 2 left-handed granddaughters, 2 left-handed grandsons, and poochie Pharaoh shakes with his left paw. This family is pretty far left, at least when it comes to being right brain dominant, and fortunately for our southpaws, they came along at an enlightened time and weren’t forced to change.

In the old days, the 20% (or less) of humanity who were born lefties suffered social stigma - many children went through mental and emotional anguish as parents and teachers attempted to force them to be right-handed. Today, however, left-handers enjoy the results of research proclaiming their enhanced creativity and artistic abilities.

J. T. deKay and Sandy Hoffeler, authors of “The World’s Greatest Left-Handers: Why left-handers are just plain better than everybody else,” say that “left-handers are wired into the artistic half of the brain, which makes them imaginative, creative, surprising, ambiguous, exasperating, stubborn, emotional, witty, obsessive, infuriating, delightful, original, and never, never dull.”

In the area of “little known facts,” lifescript.com says that lefties are able to “see more easily underwater, and also usually excel in sports such as swimming, fencing and tennis.” They maintain, too, that lefties are superior when it comes to fist fights. I’m not sure how they arrived at that - something about righties being surprised by a good punch from the left.

Who are some of these lefties? Dead ones include Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, and Albert Schweitzer . . . plus a kazillion more.

Still kicking are Dave Letterman, Jay Leno, Bill Gates, Carol Burnett, Tom Cruise, Whoopie Goldberg, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey and Kermit the Frog . . . and, again, a kazillion more. They’re everywhere!

In fact, President Obama joins three of the last four presidents in the leftie column - Ronald Reagan, the first George Bush, and Bill Clinton. Only George W. was right-handed. Interesting trivia, that.

But lefties still have hurdles to leap. The computer mouse is always on the right. Finding left-handed scissors is difficult. Learning to write without dragging that left hand across the page, smearing #2 pencil lead, is frustrating. And spiral notebooks - ouch! Common tools generally require wrist movements, left to right, awkward for lefties, like corkscrews, lightbulbs, screws and clock settings. School desks cater with their broad arms to the rightie. And if you’re a leftie, forget throwing a boomerang.

‘Tis a real challenge for lefties to live in a right-handed universe; yet, in our PC world, there are those who are attempting to make things better for the maligned leftie.

I won’t call the name of the fast food restaurant, but a full-page ad once appeared in a leading newspaper, according to ‘News of the Weird’, heralding the arrival on the menu of the “Left-handed Biggie Burger,” designed, of course, for hungry lefties. Seems this new sandwich included all the ingredients on the regular “Biggie Burger,” except the condiments were “rotated 180 degrees, thereby redistributing the weight of the sandwich so that the bulk of the condiments (lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles, meat patty) were skewed to the left, reducing the spillage out the right side of the burger.”

Even though the “Biggie Burger” was reported the next day to be a hoax, thousands of customers actually flocked into the chain’s restaurants to order the “Left-handed Biggie Burger” - the ultimate “Have-it-your-way!” touted in the fake ad.

Hey, southpaws of the world, unite! Tell these burger folks to quit fooling around and really rotate those condiments. And while they’re at it, in the Biggie Sack they can throw in a humdinger of a prize - a zig-zagging, flip flopping, left-handed boomerang.

It’s time for lefties to claim their rightful place in society. I mean, the right half of the brain controls the left half of the body, right? That can only mean one thing, at least in the area of bumper sticker philosophy, which is this:

Left-handers, my friends, are obviously the only ones in their right mind.

Go ahead, lefties; clip this column.

[Beth Jacks is an author, freelance columnist, and editor of usadeepsouth.com. She loves Texas and visits often from her home base in Mississippi. Write her at bethjacks@hotmail.com]



***************



And, can't pass up an opportunity to help people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. . . have you ever asked your Chiropractor what to do? from SFbackpainDoctor.com

Carpal Tunnel Symptoms and Cervical Disc Herniations

We have been helping patients with carpal tunnel symptoms for many years now in downtown San Francisco. We have also successfully treated our fair share of cervical disc herniations. In fact...some of the patients with carpal tunnel symptoms also had herniated discs in the neck. Is there a connection between carpal tunnel symptoms and cervical disc herniations? Great question...and the answer is YES. Here's how they are connected:

The nerves that exit from in between the bones in the lower part of the neck travel down the arm and into the hands. These cervical nerves are prone to pressure from herniated and bulging discs in the neck as they branch off the spinal cord.

When there is pressure on a cervical nerve root it can cause problems at the target cells...in this case the hands. Symptoms like hand pain, numbness and tingling in the hands, burning, weakness, loss of grip strength, and night pain are classic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms.

CTS occurs when there is pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel...an opening in the bend of the wrist. The median nerve is one of the branches of nerves that originates in the neck. So how can I tell if my carpal tunnel symptoms are from the neck or hand?

It's really hard sometimes to make this determination yourself...it's best to see a carpal tunnel expert...a doctor that treats lots of CTS, like we do at Executive Express Chiropractic in the SF Financial District. Honestly...true CTS is rare...but CTS symptoms are common and are usually the result of pressure on the cervical nerves from misaligned vertebrae (Subluxations), tight muscles, degenerated discs, bulging discs, and cervical disc herniations.

I know it sounds complicated, but it's not...and neither is the treatment. Sometimes we can fix a problem in a few sessions...sometimes it takes months...it just depends on the severity. Sometimes we can't help at all...but that's rare. The moral of the story is to go see someone that treats CTS day in and day out...it will be worth the effort (sometimes an expert is hard to find).

If you have CTS symptoms and would like to find out if you are a candidate for care at Executive Express Chiropracticat the SF Embarcadero Center...call 415-392-2225 or request an appointment online.



***************

The computer mouse plays an awesome roll in our lives. It makes our life easier or causes us much pain. Here's gadget electronic news about keeping your kids protected online. . .

Safety Device Protects Kids Online
Group Of Arizonans Behind PG Key Invention
Jeff Butera Reporter, KPHO.com

PHOENIX -- At her grandmother’s house in Scottsdale, second-grader Keile Pioth maneuvered a computer mouse, playing an Internet-based game called “Club Penguin.”

“Club Penguin” and the Disney Channel’s webpage are where Keile spends most of her time online. But her father, Joshua Horvill, knows there are far more dangerous things lurking on the Internet. He knows predators and pornography could just be a click away.

“It’s extremely upsetting to hear about it,” Horvill said, referring to all the stories he has seen about the dangers of the Internet. Because of the dangers, Horvill said his daughter is not allowed to go on the computer if he is not around, “because I’m not able to be there to supervise the whole entire time.” But Paul Ranheim, a former NHL hockey player with the Phoenix Coyotes, has teamed up with two other Arizona colleagues to create a product that might help parents like Horvill.

The product is called PG Key. It is a device that is inserted into your computer and is easily installed, according to Ranheim. The product does three main things for a parent:

After the product is installed, the computer cannot run without PG Key plugged in. Your child can not use the Internet without your knowledge if you control PG Key. PG Key has partnered with Google to create a ‘safe search.’ Around 2,000 dangerous websites are blocked when the device is plugged in. Parents can add other websites to that blocked list. PG Key records what is happening on the computer screen when it is plugged in. Parents can then review the video of what their child has been doing while online and make sure nothing inappropriate was viewed.

“Let’s not spy on them. They know it’s there. It’s clear. Let’s not watch the train wreck. Let’s prevent it,” said Ranheim. “The child knowing that there is a potential for everything they do (to be watched) as if the parent is sitting next to them will change their behavior,” Ranheim said.

The product is in the early stages of being launched.

***************

That's about it for today. There's much interesting warm mouse technology news to post here everyday. Keep your mouse hand healthy. Keep your keyboard hands warm using an ergonomic keyboard wrist pad to support your wrists and help relieve the stress. And, whenever you decide to reduce your energy bills using USB Heat, remember the best place to start is online! Easy to remember Warm Mouse Heated Keyboard!



***************

Cool computer mouse designs warm your spirit!

The ValueRays Ergonomic Computer WARM Mouse looks very cool and feels even greater! It is a Warm Mouse and delivers deep healing infrared heat to an aching mouse hand. Don't be without a ValueRays WARM MOUSE!

If you are a true warrior why not clutch this WarCraft Designer Computer Mouse! Its futuristic design helps your time traveling through cyberspace.

I've never had the need to wash a computer mouse, but if you do, this nifty designer computer mouse is washable. No warm water needed! Keeping things handled clean nowadays is important. What kind of demand is there for a washable mouse?

All the guys I know would like this collection. Maybe a novelty for a desk top shelf. The car shaped mouse would hurt my hand. If you decide to buy one of the car shaped mice, make sure you grap the ValueRays Warm Mouse, too. You'll need the therapeutic infrared heat after using the car shaped mouse for a few hours!


Looks cool. How does it feel? Need to try one of the finger mice. I wonder if my hand would hurt after using it for a few hours. If so, I guess the heated mouse wins again!


Bamboo is an earth-friendly product being more widely used these days because it is inexpensive and natural. This sleek model would look nice on any desk top. Yet, as far as energy-efficiency goes, I believe the ValueRays Warm Mouse wins again..... why turn up the heat when you can hold a Warm Mouse by ValueRays!

I especially like the multi-functionality of the keyboard computer mouse. Flip the clear lid and a numeric keypad makes calculations easy. Another novelty for the geek who has everything.

Of all the computer gadgets available, the computer mouse seems to be the device with the most designs. A designer computer mouse comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, styles and functionalities. I especially like the ValueRays Warm Mouse because it's not only nice to look at but it makes me feel really good and warm all over!

******************

With all the computer mice we own, the roller style computer mouse with the ball is still a favorite of many computer users. Here's a HOW TO post to help keep your Computer Roller Mouse clean and rolling smoothly!

How to Clean a Computer Roller Mouse
from Click for How-To


The mouse is an integral part of your personal computer. It is the hand that turns the pages of various programs on. So, it is always important to keep your mouse clean and dust free. However, if you are using an optical scroll mouse then you will need less maintenance. These mice do not get dirty that easily. This article mainly stresses on the cleaning of a roller mouse. Check out the methods of cleaning them.

Switching Off the Power

Your first step would be to switch off the power to your computer and then disconnect the mouse from the CPU. It is also good idea to keep your computer manual handy in case you have one.

Separating the Roller Ball

Now, you can separate the roller ball under the mouse from its place. You can do this by rotating the ball cover. When you get stuck just give the mouse a shake so that ball cover and the ball falls on your other hand. Sometimes even the shake is not necessary.

Clean the Ball

Start cleaning the mouse by cleaning the ball first. Generally it is seen that a ball does not accumulate too much dirt. But do a thorough check to satisfy yourself. Use a soft, and clean cloth to wipe the mouse. Look for dusts, loose hairs on the ball. When it is clean put it in some clean place.

Clean the Rollers

You will find these rollers inside your mouse. There are three such rollers. These are the dirtiest parts of your mouse that needs special care. The dirt from the mouse ball and mouse pad gets attached to the rollers. You can put some cleaning liquids on a cloth and clean the rollers. Make sure that the cleaning substance is ideal for computers. Continue the cleaning process until you the rollers are completely dust free.

You can prevent your rollers from getting dirtied very often by cleaning your mouse pad regularly.

Joining

Once the cleaning is done attach the roller ball, and the ball cover to their usual places. Your mouse is ready to be reconnected to the computer.

Reconnecting and Testing

Reconnect the mouse to the computer and switch it on. Next step is to test the mouse. If your mouse is well cleaned then it will have a smooth and easy movement. You can detect it by the movement of the mouse on the pad and by the movement of the cursor on the screen. Make sure the mouse is well connected to the CPU and the ball cover is also well attached. Your mouse would not work in case of a loose connection.

Keep you mouse clean and you will see how well it moves.

Cold fingers need a warm mouse

ValueRays Heated Warm Mouse

Some people suffer with a cold mouse hand because they have poor circulation or carpal tunnel syndrome. Others are just chilled to the bone as soon as the temperature drops. Whichever your situation, holding onto a heated warm mouse is the solution.

ValueRays warm mouse is made with a carbon fiber and creates a penetrating infrared heat. Infrared heat is a healing heat. It penetrates all the layers of the skin deep into the tense, stressed muscle tissue.

If you or someone you know sits at the computer for at least 30 minutes every day, suggest relief ..... soothing warmth. A warm mouse removes the chills!

Arthritis Symptoms You Should Know About

Pain from arthritis is dreadful for the person sitting at the computer working all day. If your hand, wrist or fingers ache, use infrared heated computer devices to soothe and relax tense muscles. The ValueRays Heated Mouse Pad delivers steady low warmth for your wrist and mouse hand. Mouse pads are normally cold. It's not a good working surface for someone with arthritis or poor circulation. Click here for more details.

*****************

Rudy Silva
From e-healtharticles

Many people have arthritis symptoms and don't realize it. It takes a while to get full blown arthritis. It's something that gradually builds up and before you know it, you have arthritis and are seeing your doctor for medication. Any medication you take does not address the cause of arthritis and will not improve your condition.

If you show any arthritis symptoms, then expect to have arthritis 4-10 year down the road. Typically when people have symptoms, they just ignore them and actual don't recognize them as arthritis symptoms.

Here is a list of arthritis symptoms that you need to look out for. Each person will show different symptom because of the nutritional make up will be different.

· Dry scalp with dandruff
· Dry skin which shows a whitish in different parts of the body
· Ear has no ear wax
· Fingernails that are brittle or splitting
· Premature color change to gray
· Skin wrinkles in the neck area
· Ringing in the ears
· Complexion color is pale
· Stretch mark which appear after losing weight
· Rectum itching
· Accumulation of dried flakes at the corners of the eyes
· Nose is constantly itching
· Feeling stiffness when getting up in the morning
· Hands and legs get cold and clammy
· Bleeding gums
· Teeth have etch lines
· Varicose veins in the legs
· Being sterile

From this list of arthritis symptoms, you can see that many symptoms relate to your body being dry. One of the causes of arthritis is the lack of essential oils. If you lack oil in your body, you will have dryness throughout your body. You will lack the oil that provides the lubrication to the body joints.

You can have one or many of these arthritis symptoms. If you do, you can start at any age using the oils good for preventing arthritis. You can start eliminating those foods that are detrimental to your joints and health. Some times it takes awhile to eliminate specific foods from you eating habits. So the sooner you start the better.

Without the proper oil reaching your joints, your joints will slowly degrade. The cartilage of your joints will be dry and this causes friction. This friction causes heat that will help in the slow degradation of your joints. Because the cartilage has no blood vessels, nutritional oils cannot be directly delivered its cells. Oils have to be absorbed into the cartilage by osmosis.

Look over this list of arthritis symptoms and decide if you have one or more. Remember, arthritis takes many years to appear after the symptom does.

Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter called "Natural Remedies Thatwork.com".

Warm mouse relax wrist muscles

from Free Press Release

It is critical that the hand using the mouse be able to preserve core temperature steady. This thermal balance must be maintained to preserve normal functioning as well as provide energy for activity. The body's mechanisms for generating heat ,metabolism, has to meet the challenge presented by low temperature, wind and wetness - the three major challenges of cold environments.

It is vital to recognize that as a result of heat loss, overall circulation is reduced. This makes the hand more susceptible to cold injuries. Uncomfortably cold working conditions can lead to lower work efficiency and higher accident rates. Cold impairs the performance of tasks. Manual tasks are also impaired because the sensitivity and dexterity of fingers are reduced in the cold. At low temperatures, the cold affects the deeper muscles resulting in reduced muscular strength and stiffened joints.

Mental alertness is reduced due to cold-related discomfort. For all these reasons accidents are more likely to occur in very cold working conditions.Arthritis can occur in men and women of all ages. About 37 million people in America have arthritis of some kind, which is almost 1 out of every 7 people.You need healthy circulation to feed the muscles fresh oxygen and nutrients vital for repair and to flush out toxic chemical byproducts which restrict the flexibility of the muscle which ultimately puts excessive stress on your tendons and joints. Your warm mouse will prevent the cold discomfort also arthritis and other bone diseases may occur.

Working in cold environments can cause stiff joints, poor circulation and hand pain. The warm mouse improve blood circulation in your fingers, thumbs and fingertips. This amazing process can help to reverse damage done from overworked joints. Infrared rays can actually help to produce better enzymes within the cells of the muscle. Heat therapy is becoming a popular way to ease the pain of tendonits and aid the tendons in recovery. There are a large number of heat techniques that can be implemented for curing back pain.

Heat can prove to be a very good medication for treating hand pain. A warm mouse will do the job for you as long as you are staying in front of your computer at home or at work. This is some of the simplest forms of heat therapy that are used by a large number of people to free themselves or to prevent hand pain. Heat therapy aids any tendon injury, getting it to heal with minimal scar tissue formation and with as much realignment of tendon fibres as possible. Your warm computer mouse will maintain your hand although hands are the most exposed to dangerous bone diseases.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy - The Latest Innovation in Pain Relief, Blood Circulation and Healing

By Richard Chandler

The proven health and therapeutic benefits of Far Infrared Heat Therapy, while familiar to health professionals, are still a mystery to most consumers. A recent "explosion" of Far Infrared Heat Therapy products on the market has prompted most people to show interest in the benefits of using those products, but like most new technological applications, most are still skeptical as to whether or not these products actually work. The first question most consumers ask is, "What is Infrared Heat?"

What is Infrared Heat?

Infrared is a band of light that we perceive as heat. While we cannot see infrared heat, we can feel its effects. Infrared radiation, or radiant heat, represents over half of the energy emitted by the Sun and is divided into three segments: near, middle, and far.

Infrared rays heat our body by a process called conversion. Through conversion, far infrared heat can penetrate organic substances such as the human body without heating the air in between. You may notice a similar effect on partly cloudy days: when a cloud obscures the sun, you suddenly feel cooler, but the air temperature around you has not had time to be affected. The cloud blocked the sun's infrared rays from penetrating your body.

By using far infrared heat as opposed to traditional heating methods, you enable the heat to penetrate deeper into your body without the skin discomfort of heating pads, hot towels, and some pain relief gels/creams. However, less discomfort is just one of many benefits of far infrared heat therapy.

What are the benefits of Far Infrared Heat Therapy?

The human body is composed of 90% water. Far infrared rays cause resonance in water molecules, activating them and ionizing them. Because of this effect, Far Infrared Heat Therapy offers a variety of proven health and beauty benefits.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy effectively helps to increase blood circulation without putting strain on your heart and increases the levels of oxygen and white blood cells in your blood. It also stimulates the production of collagen (a building block for human tissue) in your body and helps to rid your body of toxins by causing you to perspire. You get the benefit of a stronger immune system, better cardiovascular health, and a faster ability to heal from soft tissue injuries such as tears, pulls, and sprains. Believe it or not, Far Infrared Heat Therapy also serves as an effective way to help cure hangovers.

The penetrating heat of Far Infrared Heat Therapy can be used as a beauty treatment as well. It reduces the appearance of crow's feet, fine lines, and wrinkles. In addition to helping heal scars, wounds, and cuts, it also smoothes your skin's texture, lessens coarseness, and reduces pore size.

Far Infrared Heat Therapy penetrates deep into soft tissue, making it an ideal source of arthritis pain relief. Athletes and the elderly will benefit from an effective means of loosening sore muscles and stiff joints without the use of ointments or creams that can burn and have an unpleasant odor. Those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, and Parkinson's Disease can enjoy an easy to use form of pain relief. In addition to making you perspire and removing toxins from your body, Far Infrared Heat Therapy serves as a means of weight loss and cellulite reduction for those who cannot exercise due to health concerns or mobility issues.

How is Far Infrared Heat Therapy administered?

Thanks to the demand for pain relief applications as well as the growing knowledge and popularity of Infrared Heat Therapy, a wide variety of products are available to help you enjoy the benefits of this technology. Ranging in price from as low as $80 to as high as $2,600, Far Infrared Heat Therapy technology is used in handheld devices, stationary systems, products with built in massagers, and even highly effective home saunas.

The Light Relief® is an example of a handheld infrared therapy device. It uses either an AC adapter or batteries and can be held against your body with your hand or attached to your body using the long strap included with the product. It is a great solution for targeting pain in specific areas such as your joints, hands, and neck.

The DPL - Deep Penetrating Light Therapy System is a device that consists of two large panels, mounted on a stand, that contain dozens of infrared LED lights. The DPL can sit on a table to apply the skin-related benefits of infrared therapy to your face, or the two panels can be removed and either held or strapped to the body. When removed from the stand, the two infrared panels are ideal for relieving pain, healing, and increasing circulation in larger parts of the body such as the lower back, the upper back, thighs, shoulders, and abs.

Perhaps the most effective form of Far Infrared Heat Therapy, the Far Infrared Home Sauna offers many more benefits than any other device. Unlike traditional saunas that heat up to over 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the Far Infrared Home Sauna only reaches a maximum of 150 degrees. The infrared technology allows the heat to penetrate even deeper into your body while eliminating the discomfort of extremely high temperatures. The air is fresh and steam-free as opposed to being humid and stale, and this sauna uses a fraction of the energy a traditional one uses. Because the temperatures are low enough to not affect electronics, the Far Infrared Home Sauna includes a sound system with CD player and a reading light.

Will Far Infrared Heat Therapy Work For Me?

Far Infrared Heat Therapy has been shown to work on people of all backgrounds. The range of benefits from this effective form of heat therapy can be felt regardless of skin type, physical disabilities or limitations, and athletic condition. Simply use the available types of Far Infrared Heat Therapy for 15 - 30 minutes per day and enjoy the benefits of a healthier lifestyle.

Richard Chandler researches innovative new healthcare devices, medical supplies, and mobility aids for ActiveForever and specializes in writing informative articles and web content. For more information on Far Infrared Heat Therapy Devices, pain relief solutions, physical therapy products, or other durable medical equipment, please visit Active Forever.

Do Your Hands and Wrists Ache From Work?

Hand & Wrist Support
Use a Heated Warm Mouse Pad

To Relieve Pain and Revive, Do This Immediately After Work

By Nina Schnipper


Our jobs can put stress on our hard-working hands, wrists and forearms. Cooking, specialty construction like tile-setting and carpentry, detailed artisan and craftsmanship, and playing music are all types of work that leave our hands weary and sore.

Pain is a sign that our muscles and joints are overworked. When pain continues or recurs, you may be getting an injury. Our hands and wrists are especially vulnerable to repetitive stress injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome.

You may be feeling extreme fatigue. Perhaps your hobbies and other non-work activities also involve hand and wrist movement. If fatigue is ongoing, it can lead to worse problems.

One sign of degeneration (wear and tear) is osteoarthritis. Arthritis is a state of inflammation. The body is reacting to over activity at the joints. Although there are many natural treatments for pain relief, the condition is mostly irreversible, so it should be avoided whenever possible.

We often try to ignore pain. We think our bodies will heal themselves (and they do, sometimes). We can't be bothered with the distraction of pain. And we don't want to think that something worse might be happening, like a chronic injury.

Taking care of our bodies at the first sign of pain is important for immediate relief and long-term health. With our upper extremities (hands, wrists, forearms, upper arms), it is especially important to think of the long-term repercussions of that pain.

There is a simple answer: it's a natural remedy that brings instant and long-term relief!

There is an all-natural method that can be practiced anytime, but it is especially helpful when practiced immediately after work. You can practice it before work and on breaks during your work-day, too.

As soon as you finish work, dunk your hands in a deep bowl of ice-water! This one basic first aid step will relieve your pain and inflammation instantly, and it will help prevent long-lasting injuries, too.

You can get relief for your hand and wrist pain with Nina's '10-Day Pain Relief Guide'.

Occupational Therapy - Infrared Heat Heals Computer Cold Mouse Hand Pain

Join the American Occupational Therapy Association's April 2009 celebration. Occupational Therapy Month is right around the corner.

Occupational Therapy intervention is one of the most promising, results-oriented job-savers a person can experience within a lifetime. A healthy, healing intervention saves jobs, restores hope, a worker's self-confidence and self-esteem. This story is about the loss of hand movement, and the positive results of an OT intervention.

Losing the function of a hand can be devastating, especially when the hand is needed to work at the computer all day. Finding a new job is not easy and almost impossible in today's economic situation. Rehabilitating an injury is a lot of work. Of the two choices, we choose rehabilitation. The alternative of not holding a job isn't an option.

The loss of the use of a person's computer mouse hand due to arthritis and poor circulation can make everyday computer tasks painful and dreadful. The pain from a sick computer mouse hand causes the hand to cramp, freeze and fingers become numb. Pills aren't always the solution and aren't an attractive idea. The only relief is not working, and it is not a suggested option.

Most occupational interventions rely upon ingenuity and creativity. For our computer mouse hand injury, we relied upon a mouse hand warmer blanket pouch to hold the computer mouse and mouse pad. The blanket is made of fleece and covers the computer user's hand completely creating a warm house for the mouse and mouse pad. We inserted inside the mouse hand warmer blanket pouch an USB heated mouse and USB heated mouse pad to generate heat inside the blanket pouch housing.

The USB heated devices are designed with a carbon fiber. Carbon fiber generates infrared heat. Infrared heat is healing. The sun is an example of the natural source of infrared heat. The Eastern Medical profession has been using the healing effects of infrared heat for thousands of centuries. The Western world is starting to catch on to the healing effects of infrared heat through infrared saunas and now occupational computer devices.

It is documented proof by therapists and physicians worldwide, 20-30 minutes per day of infrared heat has healing effects on an injury, in this case, of the hand. I conducted a 4 week study using a mouse hand warmer blanket, an infrared heated mouse and infrared heated mouse pad with a person who suffers with arthritis and poor circulation of the computer mouse hand. After three weeks of 30 minutes of daily use, the right hand is healed. There's no cold, cramp, pain or discomfort in the person's right mouse hand.

The use of the hand for computer related work is not going to fade or go away soon. As a matter of fact, the occupational related hand injuries will increase based on the continued widespread computer use activity. The first computer mouse turned 40 years old in 2008, and introducing the healing effects of infrared heated computer mouse and mouse pad is being made in 2009. We've come a long way, and we have a long road ahead.

For more information about the healing effects of infrared heated computer devices visit http://www.igmproducts.com/. To receive free samples of the products and to review the products for your OT needs, please visit IGMproducts.com and Contact Us.