• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    no, my lower back hurts because i got impaled there. it hurts less because i have a chair with a double rocker and well positioned monitors

  • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    If you can help it, taking short breaks in between long work hours and stretching goes a long way without buying anything outrageous.

    RSIBreak on Linux Workrave on Windows.

    I think both are multi platform but I’ve had problems making them work in the other OS.

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      Seems like Workrave is also available on Linux. Did you not know that or did you recommend RSIBreak for Linux because you think it’s better?

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I keep thinking that your lower back hurts for psychological reasons. Like, tummy ache is caused by psychological reasons like 90% of the time. It makes sense that the same would apply to back aching, since they’re in the same region.

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    Your back hurts because you keep the same posture even when your body tells you not to.

    When you have a job, and say work for 3-4 hours, your body will tell you to stop and do something else for a couple hours. But you can’t cause life.

    The ergonomic stuff are fulfilling their purpose by giving you a decent posture, your just holding it too long.

    This is also why being rich would be a solution, even those who are rich but work, they aren’t working 40 hours every week nonstop. It’s also why they are so keen that “golf meetings” are so effective.

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      6 days ago

      About the golf meetings:

      I made up a story around it. Basically, golf is a metaphor for business (and sex, now that i think about it). You gotta get the ball (yourself) into the hole (your target). Sometimes, you can’t do it in one step, so you require multiple steps to approach your goal. In any case, you take big steps in the beginning, and then as you get closer you need to become more gentle and delicate to not miss the perfect spot.

  • psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    “Hmmm, I’m going to write you a prescription for 75% more RGB LED backlighting”

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    I use a really small table and literally sit on the ground, and I got no back pain

    context: it was supposed to be temporary when my table got damaged, but I ended liking it

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    I have all those things, but my back hurts because I fucked it up on my 20’s moving file cabinets at a minimum wage job.

    I do consider it the reason i don’t have carpal tunnel after 30 years of IT/Code/Sysadmin though.

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      The last time I hired a few people to help me move, I gave each one an extra $30 just to get themselves a goddamn back brace, that shit makes me worried when I see young people yanking heavy shit around like it’s not doing anything to their bodies.

  • kungen@feddit.nu
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    6 days ago

    I never get back pain, because I get it all in my shoulders and neck instead.