The dangers of an office job...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26937454[^] Just because you do plenty of exercise, don't think that compensates completely for sitting 8 hours a day! It does help of course, but you need to get up, take a walk. Work standing some of the time, and sitting at other times. Change things around a bit. A bad back is pretty minor compared to some of the things you can get by sitting all day... like SO many of us do!
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newton.saber wrote:
Much easier to be spineless these days.
Are you saying you are married? :-D
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
JimmyRopes wrote:
Are you saying you are married?
Well, I can't say, because I've lost my spine, but she says yes. :laugh:
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I bike every day as well. It's 34km round trip, but I couldn't imagine having to drive it. I would likely wind up dead from a stroke after all the road rage.
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...Should not be taken lightly. My back has been hurting for over a week now. I replaced my chair last weekend and it seems to be getting better. This isn't the first time I've had job related back issues either. For all of those that think I must be an old geezer, I'm 27. Let this be a warning to all you young people out there who are just starting their job at the office (or a reminder for those who've worked there for a while)... Get a good chair and a well adjusted desk. Unlike your software your body doesn't have a backup!
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...Should not be taken lightly. My back has been hurting for over a week now. I replaced my chair last weekend and it seems to be getting better. This isn't the first time I've had job related back issues either. For all of those that think I must be an old geezer, I'm 27. Let this be a warning to all you young people out there who are just starting their job at the office (or a reminder for those who've worked there for a while)... Get a good chair and a well adjusted desk. Unlike your software your body doesn't have a backup!
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}One placed I worked I started with a chair with no arms. The other people I worked theirs chairs were duct taped on. 4 months in I found a chair someone left. I snatched it up. Everyone else was jealous. This placed would not allow me to bring in my own chair because it would offend other people with bad chairs. 2000 Hours a year * 30 years = 60000 hours in a chair, get a good one and be happy.
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...Should not be taken lightly. My back has been hurting for over a week now. I replaced my chair last weekend and it seems to be getting better. This isn't the first time I've had job related back issues either. For all of those that think I must be an old geezer, I'm 27. Let this be a warning to all you young people out there who are just starting their job at the office (or a reminder for those who've worked there for a while)... Get a good chair and a well adjusted desk. Unlike your software your body doesn't have a backup!
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{
public void DoWork()
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}I replaced my office chair with my favorite one from home. When I go to the office supply stores for chairs, I sit at least 15 - 20 minutes in each. Just because it was comfortable when you first sit down, does not mean it will be comfortable 2 hours later. And of course, Samsonite stopped making the most comfortable office chair I have ever found. :(
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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I'm 47, and don't drive. In spite of programming for over 20 years, I've just begun developing back problems in the last 3 or so (due to a fall-related coccyx injury). I put it down to lots of walking, cycling and casual exercise, integrated into daily life.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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...Should not be taken lightly. My back has been hurting for over a week now. I replaced my chair last weekend and it seems to be getting better. This isn't the first time I've had job related back issues either. For all of those that think I must be an old geezer, I'm 27. Let this be a warning to all you young people out there who are just starting their job at the office (or a reminder for those who've worked there for a while)... Get a good chair and a well adjusted desk. Unlike your software your body doesn't have a backup!
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}I was a contractor, data contractor so all I did was walk and go up and down a ladder for days and weeks. I weighed 180 lbs. Then I took up programming in 2003 to avoid injuries, and not wear out my body. 2007 First was the carpel tunnel in the hands. So I took up wood working, and built a new ergonomic desk with ergonomic keyboard, mouse, everything measured at the correct height. After about 6 months, the carpel tunnel went away from the wood working, never had it since. Took up bowling as well as something else to do, and gained 64 lbs. in 4 years since 2003 2009 I stated walking and running 2 or 3 miles a day 5 days a week. Lost 34 lbs. 2011 I started getting knee injuries, the left or right knee would swell up and take me out for 3 weeks at a time. I thought it was the running or the bowling, plus I stopped eating fast food. Lost 10lbs. 2013 Was stilling getting the knee injuries 2 times a year, always in March and July. Broke my left foot in several places, stopped eating Subway and Togos, lost 24 lbs. in 3 weeks because I could not walk to get food. Now I prepare food at home, and brown bag it to work. Drop to 180 lbs. 2015 Finally figured it out, with the help of a sports medicine therapist and a doctor at the bowling center. Current weight is 174, almost my drivers license weight og 165 lbs.. The phrase, always in motion stay in motion, stay at rest always at rest. Yes that does apply, but .... What I learned I was pulling the ham string muscle, tearing quite bad in up to 3 places, the knee swelling was just the body saying whoa .. When the body is at rest, the muscles contract in length and size. So you have to stretch them out again. When the body is in motion, the muscles are constantly being stretched and those little micro tears occur to thicken up the muscle. You have to stretch daily, and stretch before physical activity and even more important, after physical activity. So yes the bowling and the running, running downhill which is more dangerous, was tearing the leg muscles real bad. So now I have a stretching routine, Stretch at lunch, and before and after activities. I took up coaching for bowling to get me out of the chair, and limit programming time to no more than 6 hours a day. Plus I started taking calcium pills to supplement the my diet, because bone and muscles are made of calcium and I don't drink milk and eat enough cheese, and yes I don't really like kale. I'm 51, and all of my contractor
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Yoga. Forward and backward bending postures. Of course, not by reading a book, or watching a video. But, with the guidance of a guru. Sadly, may be difficult to find a good yoga guru near your place, who doesn't charge (exorbitantly?). My guru in Bangalore taught for free. For about forty years (1968 onward). Not much publicity. Fortunate indeed to come across such a guru. - Six months of basic yoga (posture and breathing - asana and pranayama). - Six more months of simple meditation. - Six further months on a little more advanced meditation. I've attended the basic course about three to four times in my life - starting from 1981 (free, isn't it). And the advanced courses twice. No back problems till now, in spite of a sitting job, maybe a similar (or worse) kind of a chair like yours.
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I'd farther recommend some sort of exercise, even taking a long walk at lunch. Your body is made to be moving. Sitting all day (even in a good chair) will leave aches and pains eventually. I learned this at the ripe 'old' age of 30.
Yes I recommend yoga also
