Surgical intervention, drugs and just rest are not enough to curb this epidemic. The statistics are increasing for the worst as technology demands more and more from the human being. As the statistics mount for the adult working population, I have concerns for the children being introduced to a computer. 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.