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I started this journey because of neck pain. My posture has been pretty bad for neck pain, as I prioritized avoiding carpal tunnel. Now that I have a relaxed ne
by lowbloodsugar 6y ago
I started this journey because of neck pain. My posture has been pretty bad for neck pain, as I prioritized avoiding carpal tunnel. Now that I have a relaxed neck, I'm finding that I still get neck pain due to shoulder position. So having built a zero-g solution for my neck (i.e reclined with monitors still "in front" of my eyes), I am still working on shoulder and arm positions. I thought solving awful neck position would resolve the pain but it didnt. However, removing that problem now allows me to be sensitive to arm position, and all the times i'm using muscles to grab the mouse, or reach for a key.
My WIP involves a Zero G chair from relax-the-back, a sit-stand desk from which I mount the three monitors only, and a side table for the Mac. I dropped the $$$ on the chair because (a) it is motorized so I can change position throughout the day slightly, and (b) because if I ever have to go back to the office 100%, the chair is nice enough to put in the living room. The sit-stand desk allows moving the monitors up and down. Finally I have a couple of pieces of foam, with an MDF board glued on top for a workspace. The foam rests on the chairs arm rests, and now also two more side-tables just to support the foam. I use two magic keyboards, one for each hand (karabiner is required to make the cmd key etc work across keyboards)
It is a WIP. Step 1 was taking the load off my neck. I can now totally relax it during the day, with the result that I am now taller. Step 2 is taking the load of my shoulders. My second iteration has resulted in my elbows being slightly above my shoulders, so I'll be needing to get some thinner foam.
I'm in for about $5k so far, mostly the chair.
Will hopefully get to a writeup when it is 100% comfortable.