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Long-term remote work is sending many of us from the home office to the physical therapy clinic
By Jonathan Saltzman Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 2 hours ago
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As an avid runner, swimmer, and cyclist for about
30 years, Iâve
suffered my share of injuries. But it was another activity that caused excruciating pain to erupt in my back and left leg six weeks ago, a throbbing and tingling so severe that Iâm still on prescription painkillers and a muscle relaxant.
Working from home for a year.
Like millions of other people fortunate enough to be able to do their jobs remotely during the pandemic, Iâve spent 13 months hunched over a laptop for hours without the usual breaks you get at the office and while commuting. As a biotech reporter, Iâve covered the development, testing, and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. And like those of many other folks working from home, my âofficeâ in Providence has been less than ideal ergonomically: an
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INTRODUCING BUTLER TO NEW READERS. Elizabeth Connor describes the work of “repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism” in “How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves” at
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