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“Hmmm, I’m going to write you a prescription for 75% more RGB LED backlighting”
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.
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.
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
real solution for most people would be to start exercising
Exactly right. Just a bit of exercise every week is enough to get stronger muscles and no pain in back or anywhere else. At least that worked for me, and its easy to do.
Peoples bodies are rarely used for physical work if you work in some sitting down position all day, and it means you lose all muscles with time.
Stretching too, it doesn’t have to be complicated like yoga, just find a doorjamb and put your arm against it or push against a wall or something, try to touch your toes, raise your arms, breath deep and hold your positions, don’t wiggle or lunge, just stop where you feel a pull and hold it, try to cover all your major support areas.
Actually my back hurts because your mother damaged it with her large mass when we were engaged in coitus.
Daaaaaaad stop
That’s what she said
I use none of those and my lower back is fine. Lifting weights fixed all that shit almost immediately.
I never get back pain, because I get it all in my shoulders and neck instead.
I could have sworn it was due to the severe injury I sustained, but who am I to argue with science?
Degenerative disc disorderbad mouseHundreds of upvotes on a shitpost can’t be wrong!
I’m using a “laying chair” which is superior for posture
I actually do this sometimes, feels good
Until you actually need to stand and realize you’ve stressed your neck muscles and lower back
This had me actually giggle out loud.
Still better than AI slop.
Who let you in my house?
I’m a personal trainer, I’ve destroyed two lumbar discs, gotten disc replacement surgery and currently working with a physiotherapist to get back on track. Back pain can have many causes. Anything from disc degeneration to muscle imbalances. If you’re not in pain that prevents you from doing them, there are a few exercises my physiotherapist has me doing.
- Glute bridge to activate your glutes. Underactive glutes can cause you to compensate with your lower back muscles, causing overuse.
- Prone cobra for strengthening your back muscles.
- Plank and side plank for strengthening your abdominals, obliques and deeper core muscles
- Lying hamstring stretch. Tight hamstrings, common in people who are sedentary or sit a lot for work, can cause referred lower back pain.
- Kneeling hip flexor stretch. Hip flexors are also commonly tight in people who are sedentary or sit a lot. Can cause a muscle imbalance with the posterior chain, altering the length-tension relationship in the muscles.
But if you have more severe lower back pain, go see a doctor and get an MRI if necessary to find out if there’s something going on with your discs. Don’t just try to work through pain and ignore the problem. That’s what I did, and it just made things worse. You may not necessarily need surgery, but it’s good to find the root cause so you know what options you have.
I don’t know exactly what these are based on your descriptions, but I went through physical therapy and was given some stretches/exercises that do for sure help some. It isn’t a “cure”, but as you said, if you have back pain and can do them, you should be trying to.
I popped my two discs around L5. So far I’m trying to avoid surgery, pain is mostly under control at the moment but I’ve had extreme ups and downs for the last few months so…
Thank you for the exercise advice, I’ll look them up and compare with what I’m currently doing. I do the McGill big 3 every day plus some other exercises and stretches I learned during physical therapy but I don’t know the names of those.
Mouse Quest player core
TL;DR your back hurts because you’re poor.
Nah, OP is just being elitist trying to justify those purchases. (not that they’re bad ideas, just unnecessary)
The real answer is posture and lack of streching and exercize. Unless you have an underlying issue like scoliosis, stretching and exercize fix 90% of the aches and pains young people whine about with “getting old” in their 30’s.
Pretty sure OP is sarcastic
I don’t have as much desk time as I used to. My back hurts because I’m old and I have done a bunch of different jobs that hurt my back in a bunch of different ways.
Nah it’s because I don’t have enough monitors.
Need a 4th one to balance things out nicely
But then you won’t have a middle one to look straight ahead. Go for 5 instead
Nah, need to go straight to 9, 3x3 matrix. It’s acceptable to pause at 6 if you are budget conscious.
3 wide, middle stacked
Ah the ol’ crosshair setup
Time to up the resolution
What are you, a fucking casual? GTFO of here unless you’re using a computer-brain interface and floating in a vat. People like you make me sick.
