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A smart app to help those living with diabetes
There are approximately 30.3 million Americans living with diabetes – and 1.5 million new cases are being diagnosed every year. To help people with diabetes, Medtronic partnered with IBM to build an intelligent digital application, called Sugar.IQ, that uses machine learning to provide personalized, real-time insights and help predict the likelihood of hypoglycemia—a state of dangerously low blood sugar that can impact the brain’s ability to function—up to 4 hours in advance. IBM is proud to have helped Medtronic put smart technology to work to help those living with diabetes.
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I can’t stress enough the importance of stretching your hands, and forearms every morning and every evening, spend 5-10 minutes going through a stretching routine. These are very easy to do, takes little time to do them.
It’s VERY common in all animation studios. Conditions can slowly develop, the most typical one is Repetitive Strain Injury, it’s a prevalent condition resulting from overusing the hands to perform a repetitive task, such as typing, clicking a mouse, writing, and of course drawing. In simple medical terms, repetitive strain injury (RSI) stems from prolonged repetitive, forceful, or awkward hand movements. The result is minor damage to muscles, tendons, and nerves of the neck, shoulder, forearm, and most commonly hand and wrist, which can cause pain, weakness, or numbness.
If you’re feeling some pains, tingles, weakness, or numbness in the wrist/forearm; one of the best ways to heal quickly are ‘Contrasting Baths’.
What crazy voodoo am I speaking of?
A couple different physiotherapists and massage therapists had recommended this technique to me several years ago, and for anyone I knew that tried it, they all say the results are fast and effective.
Commonly used by carpal tunnel suffers, it’s a method of treating muscle soreness, swelling and inflammation, it’s also known as Hot/Cold Immersion Therapy.
You can use the double sink in your kitchen at home, if you don’t have one, then get your hands on two very large identical bowls, it needs to be big enough to submerge your entire forearms from wrist to elbow.
Fill one up with ice cold water (with a couple dozen ice cubes floating in there). The other with very warm water, not tea-kettle boiling hot water, just hot tap water, or as warm as you can handle, no sense in burning yourself of course.
Have a stop watch or clock ready, and submerge your arms for 30 seconds in the hot, then switch to doing 30 sec. in the cold, and repeat a few times back and forth, 30 sec. a piece. After only a few times you’ll notice the hot water getting cooler and the cold water getting warmer, so then the technique grows to be less effective, but by then, the job is done.
The idea is that the extreme heat and cold contracts and expands your blood vessels, promoting greater blood flow to circulate and flush through your arms, and increased blood flow is what aids in healing faster!
Enjoy!For artists and animators.
Take care of your body and your body will take care of you.The PDF version of this can be found [Here].
Stick it up in your work station. Keep yourself healthy.
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I know it’s a difficult time and a difficult world that we are living in. I hope you haven’t lost your hope. I won’t say that it will get better because I don’t know if it will but I’m certain that we can live this through, one day at a time. I hope you all the power and strength.
Love and prayers your way.
Hello, everyone! Someone asked me to make this masterpost, and i agreed instantly: taking care of your mental (and physical) health is extremely important, and I want you guys to have a great study experience. My chat and ask box are always open and it would be no problem to help if any of you are having problems! ❤️
- Managing Stress
- How to not panic before a exam
- Stress tips
- Guided relaxation
- Studying while mentally ill
- Studying with an eating disorder
- Study with ADHD
- Study tips for students with ADHD
- Study with OCD
- How to concentrate
- Stress relievers
- How to meditate
- Sleep better
- Self help tips
- Self care reminders
More useful masterposts:
- Help masterpost
- Study masterpost
- Exams masterpost
- Basically everything
- Anxiety Masterpost
- Self love masterpost
- Self care masterpost
- Mental health resource masterpost
- Recovery resources
- Mental Illness and others
Motivate yourself!!
- ways to motivate yourself
- tips on how to stay motivated
- motivational quotes masterpost
- motivational quotes
- how to increase motivation
- 100 reasons to study
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How to deal with stress/anxiety/anger/a bad day in 1 hour, so that you can go back to studying, or whatever else you need to do …I wrote a general post recently about dealing with stress/anxiety/depression and some of you guys said it really helped, so here is a more short term fix for a bad day:
Personally, half the time I won’t do this and I will just sit in front of the telly or go to bed without studying, and then feel worse in the morning, so I’m hoping than an actual written checklist might make it easier for you guys not to do this. If this applies to you, then actually make yourself a checklistand stick it on your wall,or in your planner for when you need it!!! Force yourself to look at it, and physically cross the things off. As I said in my last post I think it’s so important to have a method to be able to deal with your own stress without asking others for help, and consciously making the decision to deal with your stress and get on with your day is the first step.
As usual these are the really obvious fixes, but doing this in order and in the space of an hour is what actually works for me. Don’t skip steps even if you don’t see the point / can’t be bothered to do it, force yourself to follow the list:
- Firstdo some exercise, which if you’re anything like me when I’m stressed/upset is probably the last thing you want to do, but the fact that you’re doing something rather than just moping around will immediately make you feel better about yourself. Even if it’s just 50 jumping jacks or sit ups, it will change your perspective from feeling sorry for yourself to doing something about it. (10 minutes)
- Drink a glass of coldwater, it’s just calm and refreshing, and refreshing is exactly what you need to do before you start working again.
- Get a bath or a shower, even if it’s the evening or if you’ve already had one … you’re basically just washing away all that stress. Put some loud upbeat music on to stop yourself from doing all that shower-thinking, you will feel refreshed. I would also advise having a playlist of songs that will actually improve your mood for when you need it. (15 minutes)
- Put on cleancomfy clothes, brush your hair, put on deodorant/perfume/ anything that makes you feel more put together. (10 minutes)
- Take ten minutes to clean up your space, light candles and spray room spray, (if you don’t have any of these, please buy some, they are the cheapest most effective fix I swear). (10 minutes)
- Make a hot (or cold) drink: tea, coffee, iced tea whatever it is. (5 minutes)
- Lay all of your work/books/pens out in front of you, make a list of what you need to achieve today/tonight. You already know you’re having a bad day so set a realistic/achievable goal. (10 minutes)
Now you can start work. If you still feel stressed, make allowances e.g. leave your tv/music on while you work … it might slow you down, but you’re doing something, and thats pretty great considering where you were an hour ago :)
