Write an article based on this "Schedule regular breaks. Use cold or ice packs. Wear a splint on your wrist. Do yoga. Try massage therapy. Treat trigger points. Consider ultrasound or hand therapy. Take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Ask your doctor about corticosteroids. Speak to your doctor about surgery."
article: While there is no direct evidence that carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by using your keyboard and mouse, those objects will certainly cause your wrist to become more painful if you already have carpal tunnel syndrome. Therefore, if you do work on a keyboard or mouse, or you work with other type of equipment that affects your wrist, take frequent breaks. Taking regular breaks can be used in conjunction with many other treatment options. While taking a break consider rotating your wrists and stretching your palms and finger to help keep the area flexible and loose. When typing on a keyboard try to keep your wrists straight, and avoid bending your hands upwards from your wrist to type. Cold, in general, helps to reduce inflammation. Putting a cold pack or ice pack on your wrist may help to relieve the pain of your carpal tunnel syndrome temporarily. Put cold packs on for 10-15 minute periods, and avoid putting those items directly onto your skin. Wrap the packs in a towel first. Alternatively, work to keep your hands warm as often as possible. Working in a cold room can often cause more pain and stiffness to develop. Consider wearing fingerless gloves while you work on a keyboard. Carpal tunnel syndrome can actually be made worse by how you sleep. Most people sleep with their wrists flexed in some way, which will aggravate any wrist problems they have. Wearing a splint while you sleep is one option to help relieve pressure on the median nerve while you're asleep. Splints are designed to hold your wrists in their proper and straight positions. Also try to avoid sleeping on your hands at night, as this added pressure may add to the pain in your wrists and hands. Yoga has actually been proven to reduce wrist pain and improve grip strength in people who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. Yoga poses that focus on strengthening, stretching and balancing the joints in your upper body are the most useful. Massage therapy provided by a registered therapist may help relieve any pain associated with muscle dysfunction. Massage is effective in increasing blood flow and removing fluid build up in the wrist and surrounding muscles. Start with a 30 minute massage. Please note that you may require three to five treatments to see any benefits. In some cases, carpal tunnel symptoms can be referred from trigger points, or more commonly known as muscle knots. These knots can appear in the wrist area, the forearm, and even the neck and shoulders. You can apply pressure yourself, looking for tender spots that recreate the carpal tunnel symptoms. Applying pressure for 30 seconds will lead to a gradual reduction in pain and discomfort. It's important to find as many tender spots as you can and address them. Perform this once a day until the pain subsides. Physical and occupational therapy, performed with the assistance of a physical or occupational therapist, could potentially help relieve pressure on the median nerve and reduce the amount of pain you experience. Ultrasound therapy can also be used to raise the temperature in the carpal tunnel area, which in turn helps reduce the pain. Both types of therapy would need to be done over several weeks, at the very least, before improvements would be noticed. NSAIDs include drugs like ibuprofen (e.g. Advil, Motrin IB, etc.) and may work to temporarily reduce the pain caused by carpal tunnel syndrome. NSAIDs are available over-the-counter at all drug stores and the generic versions are inexpensive. Be sure to check with your doctor before taking any new medications. Corticosteroids are drugs that can be injected directly into your wrist by your doctor. Corticosteroids are known to decrease inflammation and swelling, which may in turn release the pressure on the median nerve and make your wrist feel less painful. While corticosteroids come in oral (pill) versions, they are not as effective for carpal tunnel syndrome as the injected versions. For people who have severe and chronic carpal tunnel syndrome one potential option may be to consider surgery. Surgery can allow doctors to ease the pressure on your median nerve by cutting the ligament that runs along side it. Doctors can perform two types of surgery: endoscopic surgery and open surgery. Endoscopic surgery is where your doctor will use a tiny camera that can be put inside your wrist, and then tiny little surgical tools to cut your ligament. Endoscopic surgery is not as evasive as open surgery, and is easier to recover from. Plus it doesn't leave noticeable scars. Open surgery is where your doctor will make an incision in your wrist and palm so the carpal tunnel and median nerve can be seen. One your wrist and palm is cut open, the doctor can cut the ligament to relieve pressure on the nerve. Because of the larger incision, it can take a longer time to recover and there will be a scar. Other surgical side effects are: an incomplete release of the nerve from the ligament, which means the pain will not be completely relieved; infections in the wound; scars; and nerve damage. Make sure you discuss all possible side effects with your doctor before making your decision about surgery.

Write an article based on this "Use a strip of plastic to perform the trick. Purchase a pre-manufactured card. Pick your angles well."
article: Take a normal, standard deck card. You will also need a small strip of plastic, about three fourths the length of the card. It should be thick enough that it's sturdy but still flexible. You don't need special plastic. You can use what you have around the house. Tape or hot glue the strip of plastic to the card, lengthwise. Your card is done being rigged. Tape the middle of it to the back of the card. This works best with a clear piece of plastic. If it is too hard to hold the piece of plastic with your palm, try a wider or longer piece. Perform the trick. Hold one end of the plastic on your thumb, with the other end on your middle finger. Then bring your fingers together, making the plastic go up in an arc. If you angle the card correctly towards the audience, it will appear as if the card is floating. These cards come with a clear plastic strip attached to the card by the center. If you get one of those, levitation is simple. Pinch the ends of the strip with two creases in your hand. Then, bend the strip, in a way that looks natural for your hand. For the best effect, you may want to utilize a substance that is clear and will look invisible to your audience. Once you have done this, you can tape/glue the center of the strip to the center of your card. You have now created your own special levitating card. Levitating cards is all about the effect. A good angle can give an illusion to someone close that the card appears to levitate 1/2 an inch for a split moment. Practice in the mirror. When performing this trick with an audience, try to hold your hand lower so they cannot see the plastic underneath. It's best performed with good lighting, so the shadow can be seen. The real magic of levitation is playing the angles to make the spectator's mind see the card as levitating. This comes from rehearsing various levitation methods on friends and in the mirror in order to learn how to position your angles correctly.

Write an article based on this "Ask questions before you begin. Take your time. Write in the margins. Summarize what you have read. Use online study guides after reading. Tell someone about the reading."
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Asking yourself some pre-reading questions can make it easier for you to retain what you read. Before you start reading a text, determine what you need to discover from the text. Some instructors will provide students with a list of questions to help them stay focused as they read. You might ask your instructor about good questions to keep in mind as you read. You can also develop your own questions. For example, you might simply ask, what is the focus of this chapter? Give yourself plenty of time to read and take breaks as needed. It is better to go slowly when you read a text than to rush through it and have to re-read it later on. Make sure that you provide yourself with plenty of time to read and understand what you read. For example, if you have to read 40 pages of a book by Friday, start reading on Monday and just read 10 pages per night. Don't put off reading until Thursday night. Making notes in the margins whenever you encounter something important is more effective than highlighting or underlining the passage. Try reading with a pen in your hands instead of holding a highlighter. You can write key words in the margins, ask questions, or comment on something that just happened. Writing summaries of what you just read can help you to commit the information to memory as well. After you finish reading a chapter of a book or a short story, take a minute to write a brief summary of what you just read. In your summary, don't worry about including every little detail. Instead, try to provide a nice overview of the action. You also might want to include a paragraph where you discuss your ideas about the reading. For example, if something surprising happened in the chapter, you might talk about how you reacted to it and why. Summaries are also a good place to record information about symbols, themes, and characters. For example, you might note that the author uses nature symbolism to describe certain characters. There are many online guides that you can utilise in order to better comprehend the literature that you're assigned to read. Websites like SparkNotes and CliffsNotes provide summaries, character analyses, interpretations, helpful hints, essay tips and more for many different books. Read these after completing your reading assignment to feel more confident in understanding the material. Don't rely solely on reading SparkNotes or CliffsNotes. Reading only these guides will usually not give you enough information to be successful. Teaching someone else about the text that you have been reading is a great way to commit the information to memory as well. Try telling a classmate or friend about the chapter you just read. When you tell someone about the reading, try to summarize the main ideas and explain anything that might be difficult to understand if you have not read the book. Make sure that you explain the reading in your own words. Don't just repeat parts of what you read word-for-word.