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Quotes by Alan Hedge

“It clearly has struck a chord.”

“What wed like to encourage companies to do is allow the building to warm up a couple of degrees, and have people wear short sleeves. Thats preferable than paying too much to cool a building down.”

“Eventually you get to the point where you wont be able to grip anything. Your ability to grip an object depends very much on the thumb — the thumb is the most powerful of the digits, so when movement of the thumb becomes painful you cant hold on to things.”

“Its not going to be harmful, so why not? Providing they also ice it afterward, it should be pretty good.”

“Unless money is no object, Id rather buy five $1,000 mattresses and change them every few years than buy one $5,000 mattress.”

“The first thing you need to do is to look at what youre doing with your hands, and how youre doing that. Are you using your hands in an awkward position, with the hands held upward or bending down or sideways in some way? Or, are you making movements fairly frequently and often quite forcefully?”

“Think about wearing a brace on your wrist when you go to bed -- not so tight that it stops blood flow, but braced flat, and that will help keep the hand in a straight position while youre asleep.”