Terms such as Space Invader's Wrist, Nintendo Thumb are part of the video game era. With the year 2000 approaching, President Clinton, Vice President Gore and Secretary of Education Richard Riley on C-SPAN spoke of technology and the World Wide Web of information that will bring children closer to other lands and people. Technology is designed to expand our universe. But at what risk to a growing child. It is my prayer and hope that every school will teach programs in early intervention and prevention of CTD's.
Children are our future.
They must be able to use both their minds as well as their hands if they are to enter the working force free of musculoskeletal disorders. They do not need to become a statistic. It is a motto worth remembering and understanding the protocol if you are to keep the body running in tip top condition. Thirty-five to forty million adults use the net daily. Net use has skyrocketed with the incentive to see every child have access to the internet by the year 2000.