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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Def'n: Standing-Up Desk for Stroke Survivors
Standing Desk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A standing desk is a desk conceived for writing, reading, or working, while standing up or while sitting on a high stool. The term stand-up or stand up desk is also used. During the 18th and 19th centuries, standing desks were popular in the homes and offices of the rich.
Users of standing desks have included British Prime Minster Winston Churchill, songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II, author Ernest Hemingway, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin.
While most seated desks are a standard height, there is no set height for standing desks. Heights can range from 36 to 50 inches (91 to 130 cm) range for users over 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). Ideally a stand up desk is made to fit the individual user. As users of a seated desk are fairly immobile, it is relatively easy to adjust the height of a seat to compensate for variations in the individual height of the users. Users of a standing desk move around a bit more, so it is not practical to have them stand on a small pedestal or some other object. Thus, standing desks tend to vary greatly in height.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense,
Donald H. Rumsfeld,
working at a standing desk.
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Users of standing desks have included British Prime Minster Winston Churchill, songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II, author Ernest Hemingway, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin.
Variations
While most seated desks are a standard height, there is no set height for standing desks. Heights can range from 36 to 50 inches (91 to 130 cm) range for users over 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). Ideally a stand up desk is made to fit the individual user. As users of a seated desk are fairly immobile, it is relatively easy to adjust the height of a seat to compensate for variations in the individual height of the users. Users of a standing desk move around a bit more, so it is not practical to have them stand on a small pedestal or some other object. Thus, standing desks tend to vary greatly in height.
Video: Standing-Up Desk for Stroke Survivors
Sections:
Are standing desks the future? DNews host, Anthony Carboni, comes on to talk about the potential health benefits of standing desks and to help review the UpDesk UpWrite.
https://myupdesk.com/upwrite
http://testtube.com/dnews
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- Introduction to the Stand-Up Desk
- D.I.Y. - Cost $28 to $500 but you can do it with 1-hand & a strap
- Buy - Cost > $500 but it is worth it!
1. Introduction to the Stand-Up Desk
Is Your Chair Killing You? Why You Might Need a Standing Desk
Published on Aug 22, 2013Are standing desks the future? DNews host, Anthony Carboni, comes on to talk about the potential health benefits of standing desks and to help review the UpDesk UpWrite.
https://myupdesk.com/upwrite
http://testtube.com/dnews
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Saturday Comics
| For Better and For Worse Lynn Johnston - 2014/01/17  "Its driving me crazy!" | Dilbert Scott Adams - 2014/01/17  "...they have a software patch to fix our problem?" |
Garfield Jim Davis - 2014/01/17  "Liz, I am a man of principal..." | Betty Delainey & Rasmussen - 2014/01/17  "This is what you rented? Tron?" |
** I tried to get low or free price at the people http://www.UniversalUclick.com/ for the images for the cartoons. It was too high for Stroke Survivors Tattler i.e. we are not a regular newspaper and our budget is very low. Fortunately, you will have to do only 1-click more to see the cartoon image, it is legit and it is free using GoComics.com and Dilbert.com.
*** Changed from "Pickles" to "Betty" -- "Betty" is a excellent cartoon and Gary Delainey & Gerry Rasmussen are authors/artists/cartoon-strips and they live in Edmonton.
Eclectic Stuff
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Definition: Eclectic(noun) a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
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Ikea Standing-Up Desk by Stroke Survivors Tattler
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| John C. Anderson Stroke Survivors Tattler |
Your Health
Many articles about a standing desk but basically it is much better about your health. Please look at Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk, The Hidden Psychological Benefits of a Standing Desk, We Tested Standing Desks—Here's Proof They Make You More Productive.
- The calories of expenditure of, for example writing a blog, is twice standing up vs. sitting down.
- I'm a stroke survivor so my gimpy right leg probably is going to be a problem. There is no facts about a stroke survivors with a standing up desk! I will tell you a little later in this article.
Anatomy of a Standing Up (from Five Gallon Ideas)
[Guest Article] Sitting on a Heart Attack
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| Pamela Hsieh Rehab Revolution |
Debbie is Pamela's personal trainer.
So many Americans today spend eight to 10 hours of their day working. While we are fortunate enough to have jobs, we are unfortunate to be participating all day in an activity which is one of the single most independent risk factors for heart attacks: sitting.
In a recent study at the Pennington Biomechanical Research Center in Louisiana, the lifestyles of over 17,000 men and women were analyzed. The research showed that those individuals who sat most of the day were 54% more likely to die from a heart attack.This study, however, is not the only study that has such conclusive data. Research on sedentary lifestyle due to seated working conditions dates back to 1953, when a study was conducted on bus drivers. The study proved that those who performed the job of a bus driver (seated) were twice more likely to have a heart attack than trolley operators (standing).
The people participating in this study are not categorized into people who live a healthy lifestyle. Some of them were smokers, and some of them were not. Some of them regularly exercised, and some of them did not. This means that sitting at work is an independent risk factor for heart attacks.
The 5 W’s and the H of Getting Up and Moving Your Ass
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| Joyce Hoffman The Tales of a Stroke Patient |
I was playing a game with myself. I recalled a famous personality of the past to test my memory. The topic of the day was who died from blood clots that went to the heart or brain or lungs. There were many.
David, David, what-his-name. Of course, I got it after a while. I was thinking about David Bloom, the weekend anchor of the Today show.
Although David is dead now--he died at 39 years old, I read that his heart and thoughts belonged to his family. In David’s final communication with his wife, Melanie, he wrote on April 5, 2003, "When the moment comes in my life when you are talking about my last days, I am determined that you and others will say 'he was devoted to his wife and children, he was admired, he gave every ounce of his being for those whom he cared most about… not himself, but God and his family."
He continued, "My legs have been cramping up, and I really have to stretch them out tonight."
A day later, on April 6, Bloom died from a pulmonary embolism caused by a condition called deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). DVTs can occur when people have certain risk factors like clotting disorders and restricted mobility, like when Bloom was broadcasting from Iraq in the Army tank in which he was traveling.
Drug Treatment May Be a Stroke Breakthrough
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| Dean Reinke Deans' Stroke Musing |
Aspirin plus fish oil for a hyperacute treatment. This was written about almost 2 years ago and if we had anything other than craptastic stroke associations clinical trials would be completed. You'll have to challenge your doctor if you have an ischemic stroke as to what is the downside to providing this treatment. I'm sure Dr. Bazan can be found by your doctor with a minute amount of google research. Drug Treatment May Be a Stroke Breakthrough.
Led by Louisiana State University neurologist Dr. Nicolas Bazan, a team of researchers from several institutions has claimed a potential breakthrough in drug treatment to prevent long-term brain damage in those who suffer certain strokes. Bazan directed a study that, using laboratory rats, administered aspirin and an omega-3 essential fatty acid to yield a new protective molecule that can mitigate damage to cells around the area of an ischemic stroke. Ischemic stroke occurs when an arterial blockage denies oxygenated blood to parts of the brain, as opposed to hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when a vessel bursts inside the brain.
Shingles and Stroke Risk
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| Jeff Porter Stroke of Faith |
I've never had shingles and hope to never experience that ailment. Like most of you, I know people who've had shingles and have heard horror stories.
But is the disease a sign for future stroke risk? This recent article cites research that younger adults who've had shingles may face higher stroke risk:
- Adults who get shingles after 40 don't have an increased risk of stroke. But along with those who had shingles before 40, they do have a higher risk of heart attack and "transient ischemic attack" (TIA), sometimes called a mini-stroke, the study authors said.
- "In those aged less than 40 years at the time of herpes zoster, the risk of stroke, TIA and [heart attack] occurring in the years following was significantly higher than in [people without the infection]," said Dr. Judith Breuer, study lead author and a professor of virology and head of infection and immunity at University College London, in England.
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| From the National Institutes of Health |
- "Herpes zoster is also more common in individuals who have risk factors for vascular disease, including diabetes and [high blood pressure]," Breuer said.
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How Do You Define Loneliness?
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| Kate Allatt A Rocky Stroke Recovery |
29th December 2013:
Radio 2 with Clare Balding and her guest Ester Rantzen this morning at the gym:
She said,
‘loneliness is NOT about being alone, it’s about loss, I think.
…Loss about the grief of losing a partner, loss of a divorce, loss of a driving license, a loss of a sense of smell, hear or taste…’
She also said,
‘I have someone to do SOMETHING with, but no one to do NOTHING with.’
I TOTALLY agree with her but I would also add,
'loneliness is also about the loss of your old-self due to illness'
OR
'Loneliness is the loss of how a loved-one once was.’
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What Defines You? Redux
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| Barb Polan Barb's Recovery |
This will be worth it, so please watch this before going on:
Called Worlds Ugliest Girl Response Unbelievably Beautiful Literally CriedI’ve blogged about this before: “What defines you?” Post-stroke, my mind and my life have been singularly focused on recovering from stroke. I wake up in the morning knowing that I’ve got yet another enormous challenge that day, another day of trying the best I can every minute. But I work hard to have goals that are not stroke-related: I write, cook and bake, plan and attend social events, nurture friendships, and read book after book.
As she explains in her TED talk, Liz rejects others’ definitions of her, their negativity, and explains how she found for herself what defines her, who she is, rather than defining herself by her syndrome. She turned around the bullying and deprecation hateful people directed at her and used that to fuel her success, to propel her toward her own goals, not toward the expectations of others.
Her advice to the audience is: “Use that negativity in your life to make yourself better … I guarantee you will win.”
How We Learn to Speak: the Teaching of Talking
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| Mark A. Ittleman The Teaching of Talking |
This video may dispel some myths about learning to talk, and some of the methods that are currently being used in the United States today to deal with people who are not talking or those who have lost the ability to talk. I always attempt to make my blog posts simple so that anyone can understand the principles involved. People like things simple, so that understanding occurs. People who have speaking difficulties and caregivers who have never had to deal with problems of speaking like information that is relatively easy to grasp and understand. I am experimenting with more videos since many people have sent us e mails and like the video format. Please let us know what you think. I hope you will obtain a copy of The Teaching of Talking on our website at teaching of talking.com, and become our friends at facebook: teaching of talking. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you by sending me an e mail at markittleman@teachingoftalking.com. Please share these videos with friends or organizations that help those with speaking difficulties.
Thanks / Mark
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Universe
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| Amy Shissler My Cerebellar Stroke Recovery |
Sorry again about the previous email. I hit publish before I was ready again. I need to stop doing that.
Before the stroke, I was absolutely miserable and hated my life. I needed to make some changes in my life and I had plans to. But the universe apparently did not agree with my plans. The universe thought “no, first you’re going to do this. First you’re going to have a stroke, survive that stroke, and live in HELL for a few years. And not only are you gonna have a stroke but your doctors are going to royally screw up and make the rest of your life a lot harder than it has to be. And your doctors are not going to help you get better in the least little bit so you’re on your own kiddo.” Thanks docs.
When I was very ill and completely dependent on other people, I got a lot of help. For this, I am super grateful. That being said, despite being told differently, I don’t owe anyone that helped me a damn thing. Hopefully all the help that was given to me was done out of love and nothing was expected in return. Some stuff was expected of me in return, I know that. But somehow I didn’t buy into that. Don’t compare your illness to relationships or let it influence relationships. Don’t. What you SHOULD do is pay it forward. All that help that was given to you, give it to someone else. You get what you give. You get back from the universe what you put out there. Later this week I’m going to give you a very specific way to help someone else who badly needs it. I really hope you do and put some good karma out into the universe.
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Don't Forget the Yang
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| Peter G. Levine Stronger After a Stroke Blog |
If movement is the yin, sensation is the yang. Try to zip up your zipper with gloves on. Its hard to even find the zipper! Part of the finding and the zipping is being able to feel. The feeling of the zipper tells you where the zipper is, how much force it will need to be pulled up, the angle of pull that is the most efficient, etc., etc.
For survivors, it more than just the feeling of the zipper between their fingertips, its also the feeling of the entire arm and hand that may either be diminished or lost. If you think its hard to pull up a zipper because you can't feel the zipper, imagine how hard it is to pull up a zipper if you can't tell where your hand is! This ability to feel where the extremity is in space (without looking at it) is called proprioception. Proprioception, when intact, is a constant feedback loop.
Dem Newfies. Got Every Thing Covered.
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| Jackie Poff Stroke Survivors Tattler |
"I am goin' huntin' tomorrow Buddy and don't want to close the clinic. I want you to take care of the clinic and take care of all my patients and I'll give you fifty bucks."
"Yes, sir!" answers Buddy.
The doctor goes hunting and returns the following day and asks: "So, Buddy, How was your day?"
Buddy told him that he took care of three patients. "The first one had a Headache so I gave him TYLENOL."
"Bravo Buddy! The second one?" asks the doctor.
"The second one had a bad stomach and I gave him MAALOX, sir." says Buddy.
"Bravo, bravo! You're good at this and what about the third one"asks the Doctor?
"Well Sir, I was sitting here having a smoke and suddenly the door flies opens and a woman enters. Like a flame, she undresses herself, taking off everything including her bra and her panties and lies down on the table and shouts: HELP ME - I haven't seen a man in over two years.""Lard Tunderin' Yeezus, Buddy!!! What did you do?"
"I put drops in her eyes!!"
Some Mornings...
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| Diane The Pink House On The Corner |
If I could edit my life, the way a writer edits a story, I'd start this post out like this:
Yesterday, I woke to the delightful sound of birds chirping outside my window...But, unfortunately, I cannot edit my life, so truth be told, this post will start like this:
Yesterday, I woke to the sound of Bob having a bowel movement. So, of course, I bolted out of bed, first went into the bathroom to change into the sweats and sneakers that I wear for walking the dog and then gathered all the supplies needed to clean up the mess. And it was a mess as I had given him a laxative the night before as, once again, he's been constipated. But I managed to get him clean, and get a clean, fresh pad installed beneath him and just when I was going to fetch a fresh pair of Depends, GAAAA! He goes again. All over the bed.
Which is enough to make me cry.
When the SHTF Happens Revolt !
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| Jo Murphey The Murphey Saga |
I've had a rather rough 24 hours.
3:30am- I'm sleeping peacefully in my bed. Awoke to an ominous rumble in my bowels. Just one then then my body spewed forth a yucky surprise before my brain had time to process what it meant. Thank God for diapers! It gave me time to pull back the three blankets I was under because it was cold in the house and I once again opted for leaving the space heater in the office. I donned my AFO after pulling the Velcro free of the blanket. You know those furry, micro plush ones that catches everything but oh so warm? Grabbed my tennis shoes and put them on. The whole time more stuff was spewing forth in danger of flooding all over everything.I clean up while sitting on the commode, and then I realized my nightgown was not clear of my upper thigh and rump on my affected side. More mess as I clear it and carefully pull the soiled garment trying not to touch my body and hair one handed. Feat accomplished, another rumble issues from my bowls. Now naked in a 58 degree bathroom because in my rush to the commode I forgot to turn on the radiant floor heating switch, I plopped myself down on the commode. Easier clean up this time. I shoved a was of toilet paper between my cheeks to from a plug.
Francis Collins: We Need Better Drugs -- Now
Today we know the molecular cause of 4,000 diseases, but treatments are available for only 250 of them. So what's taking so long? Geneticist and physician Francis Collins explains why systematic drug discovery is imperative, even for rare and complex diseases, and offers a few solutions -- like teaching old drugs new tricks.
SSTattler: See as well the Jan 4/2014 SSTattler "Geraldine Hamilton: Body Parts On A Chip".
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RMR: Rick Goes Carriage Racing
Uploaded on Oct 11, 2011Rick visits the High Country Carriage Driving Club in Calgary, Alberta to compete in their Combined Driving Event.
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