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6'2" guy here with long limbs and shoulder problems. Sitting and typing on a computer is unnatural, and causes shoulders to roll forward. There really isn't an
by gt565k 9y ago
6'2" guy here with long limbs and shoulder problems.
Sitting and typing on a computer is unnatural, and causes shoulders to roll forward. There really isn't any other cure other than stretching, doing yoga, and performing strengthening exercises.
It's unfortunate, but many in our profession choose to ignore the cons of being mostly stationary, often involving a bad posture, for most of our working day.
Here's a pretty good resource for addressing a lot of the bad posture problems and corrective exercises:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/36r854/a_while_ago_someone_posted_a_manifesto_on_posture/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/36r854/a_while_ago...
Direct link to excel sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EgKFYKjUIzpc_ZG_uRg1pKM3D64UFZ14299K7ppatHU/edit#gid=1601259150 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EgKFYKjUIzpc_ZG_uRg1...
- tboyd47 9y agoThanks. I tried doing corrective exercises but didn't find them to be any more helpful for pain than regular cardio or a cup of coffee (which surprisingly works pretty well as a pain killer) I'm shifting my thinking more towards attacking the problem at the source, which I'm starting to see as the sustained tension of holding my arms in keyboard position. I never had this issue from, say, sitting and playing Nintendo as a teenager for hours, which you could also argue is unnatural.