If you're at all concerned about the toll computer use is taking on
your body, Stretch Break will remind you when to stretch and will
guide you through useful stretches. This full-featured, 10-day
evaluation copy includes an amazing number of configurable options
that let you personalize your stretches.
Stretch Break's best feature is its animated figures that
demonstrate the stretches. The 3-D figures are slightly
strange-looking (some are even creepy), but that's easy to
overlook. They also represent people of various ethnicities and
ages. This version adds music, too, all of which is New Age-y, but
relaxing. Thankfully, you can turn it off if you don't want to hear
it.
The program is extremely flexible (no pun intended) -- you can set
which stretches you do and the order in which you do them. It also
includes text-based Ergo Hints (reminders about proper ergonomics).
On the downside, Stretch Break doesn't lock you out of your screen,
a feature some computer addicts may need. And there's only one type
of stretch (for X minutes/stretches every Y minutes of computer
use), as opposed to a couple different levels. For example, some
people benefit from shorter stretch breaks every 5 minutes followed
by longer stretch breaks every 50 minutes.
--Jennifer Berger
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Stretch Break
- Version: 6.2.1
- Downloads Count: 1,424
- License Type: 10 Day Trial
- Price: $45
- Date Added: Dec 1, 2006
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- File Size: 228.352 MB
- Author: Para Technologies
Editorial Review of Stretch Break
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