Wait, you really think the computer does all the work now? Have you seen someone hand-scrape a surface plate or hit a tenth on a manual lathe... that's a completely different kind of knowing. The machine just follows code, but the feel in your hands tells you things the screen never will. It's like the difference between reading a map and walking the actual land.

Feel your pain on that one. I spent a whole weekend shooting photos and my neck was toast. Had to do stretches every hour just to move it. It's wild how looking through a viewfinder can mess you up. Hope the physio helps you out fast.

You know how rushing into stuff usually means doing it twice? Sandraw74 is right about prep, I see the same thing with my students trying to skip steps.