TY - JOUR T1 - Let’s get comfy! Preventing computer pain and strain JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 24 LP - 24 VL - 51 IS - 7 AU - Teddi Nicolaus Y1 - 2021/09/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/51/7/24.abstract N2 - Ake1150sbAre you reading this on a computer screen? If so, hopefully you’re seated at a workstation designed according to standards that allow you to work comfortably and safely. That means your monitor is at the perfect height, your adjustable chair has back support and your hands are positioned perfectly over your keyboard.But let’s get real. There’s also a good chance you’re reading this with your laptop on a coffee table, which is still sticky from this morning’s latte. Or your chair is the old spindle-back wooden type, and your cat is snoozing on your keyboard.If this is the case, you’re not alone. Knowing how to set up a computer work area that can keep you safe and comfortable doesn’t come naturally. We’re humans, after all, and we were meant to spend our time looking for berries and hunting wild game, not interacting with computers.Be they desktops, laptops or tablets, computers put us in awkward, unnatural and repetitive positions. That can harm our muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, spinal discs, cartilage, … ER -