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12 hour desk job. Had Hermann Miller chairs in office but now at WFH I've only just started to upgrade my chairs. I'm active, I'm a runner...but I feel it. I always feel off following my several shifts. It takes a lot just to get back to baseline.
If I slack on my stretches I definitely notice the lower back especially.
I probably should get a desk treadmill...
12 hours is brutal. Good thing youre active Ive also started with stretching. It does feel better.
There's an alternative missing in all these graphics: Feet not on the ground.
If your feet are on the ground for hours and hours your heart will be in trouble to pump the blood back up all the way. It's even worse with standing. So see to that your feet are not on the ground, rest your legs on some support under the table, sit cross legged (it's feasible even in office chairs) and take every pose that's not feet in the ground.
Your venes and your heart will thank you.
understood, installing pull up bar to avoid feet touching ground, alternatating between pull ups and sitting like a furry with feet above the desk.
Damn that's not great to hear. I have to stand all day, I don't have much of an option lol
I wouldn't be too worried if you have ordinary cardiovascular health. If your heart has to put in non-trivial work to get the blood up from your legs, I would recommend more exercise.
Just spend a few minutes with your legs above your head each day, and you'll be fine. I usually just lie on my bed with my feet up on the wall after stretching. Sometimes I also end up taking a nap, which is nice.
Compression socks do help though
luckily lying in bed is option for me. I ll be doing standing-sitting-walking-lying.
Slow motion planking, nice.
I'm an industrial mechanic so when I sit at work I'm either on my break or have nothing to do.
Yeah this is for office/desk workers. It doesn't necessarily apply to everyone.
I don't understand why everybody seems to want motorized desks instead of stool-height office chairs.
High stool?
Whatever you call something like this:
Edit: Herman Miller calls it a "drafting stool."
I switch between both a lot to mix up my day. Dont have lower back pain if I do. Also, do some core exercises.
I have bad eyes and a love of computers/gaming, so I spent 30 years hunched over a keyboard squinting at the monitor. It fucked my back all the way up, I've had chronic back pain every day for ~20 years now. Fortunately nowadays I have a recliner and monitors/keyboard on arms so I can see while in a comfortable position. Take care of your back, kids.
Does recling helps with back pain? I work on laptop so I work on bed as well with lots of pillows to support my back.
I thought I really liked it at my old job. So when I moved I bought an electric adjustable desk. Turns out I just had a shitty chair at the old job. When I wfh, I have an Aeron, so I'm perfectly comfortable. I have only raised my desk a few times when I wanted to show something on screen to other people. Having the right ergonomics makes all the difference.
They make a kit to convert Aeron chairs to stool height. I've been thinking about doing that instead of getting a motorized desk. The downside is that you're apparently supposed to lock out the recline feature for safety.
Oh, I wouldn't like that. I swing back in my chair a lot of the time that I'm seated.
Me too, which is why I haven't done it yet. That said, I find myself wondering if the caution is overblown, despite the warning to disable the tilt function on the third-party sellers product pages typically being in red and all caps, since Herman Miller itself appears to offer 'standard tilt' as an option when you buy the thing in its drafting stool version to begin with. (Herman Miller's site doesn't really seem intended for individual consumer self-service, though -- it'd probably be best to ask a salesperson or something.)
Edit: I called Herman Miller customer service and the rep confirmed that Aeron drafting stools don't have any restrictions on reclining. She couldn't speak to the use of third-party kits, of course, but it really seems like that warning is more of a CYA thing than a real danger.
It really is such a great chair that I expect I'll have it forever. One arm got damaged by my old desk being just the right height that when I sat, the arm could go under and when I stood, the chair raised a bit and put pressure on the arm. Other than that, it's as good as the day I bought it, outside of cosmetic wear. This is after ~20 years. What an investment!
I like having the option to sit or stand, myself, but I'm very active physically so the negative effects of sitting all day are largely muted.
If you have back problems, get a wide desk, a smaller desk to place on one side, set up two workspaces for one computer, and place a treadmill under the one where you can stand.
Then alternate between sitting and walking with timers. I recommend 10 minutes of walking, 30 minutes of sitting, rince and repeat. Your back issues will be as much as cured, and you'll also not have to worry about heart problems because you'll essentially be walking a few kilometers every day.
If you can't sit for 30 minutes, 10 min walking and 5 minute sitting works just as well. Just don't walk for too long at a time. 10-20 minutes is a good amount. If you're fine with just standing, I still r ecommend alternating. Don't stand for more than 30 minutes at a time.
If I didn't have this setup I would have been without a job right now. Absolutely recommend it.
I dont think I have back pain yet. I feel it some times when i focus on it. I dont have a big space but I can easily switch my setup standing-sitting. I dont have space for treadmill either but my work allows me to take 20mins break easily every hour or so. I plan on walking for 10-20min wherever i find myself.
I have never had a job where I spent the majority of my working time sitting. I really have nothing to compare it to.
Same here. I'd reckon most people do not sit or even stand idle at their jobs. I'd fucking kill to removed about my posture from sitting at home all day.
Sadly, you'd be wrong. In a country where many are too lazy to wash their hands, there's a lot of crossover with being too lazy to exercise.
I used to weigh 350 pounds. What precipitated my weight loss was noticing that, when I got up from my chair, my hips would have to get right (sorry, that's the best way I can explain it) before I'd be able to walk to the copier or go to the rest room. It was a huge early warning sign.
I had a standing desk at my old job and liked it a lot.
So when a desk riser came up at an op shop for $20, I snapped that up.
I tend to have the desk up when I'm gaming or studying, and lowered if I feel like I just want to chill and watch some YouTube.
However I wasn't aware of the sit-stand technique, so I may give this a go!
I got double hernia from working on the computer. I started doing exercises and got this chair called spinalis and was good ever since.
I used to sit at my job and got constant heart blockages and mini-strokes. My acne got so bad I couldn't see.
Then I started standing at work and now I have a huge dick and a big square lantern jaw like Captain America!