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I pretty much got out of programming because sitting for too long resulted in me having serious spine problems culminating in surgery. Not sitting long enough m
by Temporary_31337 2y ago
I pretty much got out of programming because sitting for too long resulted in me having serious spine problems culminating in surgery. Not sitting long enough means I rarely get into the ‚zone’. I’m glad others have figured it out better
- layer8 2y agoStanding desks can solve that problem. Some have built-in timers reminding you to switch between sitting and standing. After getting used to it, you start reacting automatically and it barely breaks your flow anymore.
- npoc 2y agoAfter using a standing desk for months, I developed hip pain that I haven't recovered from 2 years later. Maybe just a coincidence, but I don't think our bodies like standing in one place any better than sitting - in fact it could be even worse. Motion is lotion.
- nemomarx 2y agoyou definitely don't want to stand the whole time at least - teachers and cashier's who go a whole shift standing have issues with joint pain and I think it's bad on the ankles?
- vunderba 2y agosorry to hear that. I think the consensus is that neither standing / sitting for long amounts of time is preferable - avoid static positions. For me a standing desk decreases "friction" to move around. I find myself bouncing from foot to foot, pacing back and forth, etc. A chair OTOH makes it too easy to be motionless for longer period of time. That being said, an electric standing desk makes it easy to swap between sitting / standing.
- snk 2y agoSitting on a Swiss ball hurts me less than a chair. For the first few days it even enforced perfect posture, but that effect went away pretty quickly.
- d0mine 2y agoThe best pose is the next pose.
- Wistar 2y agoRecent research from a West Virginia University epidemiologist is headlined as “New Research Reveals That Standing Desks Could Actually Be Harming Your Health.” https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-that-standing-desks-could-actually-be-harming-your-health/ https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-that-standing-...
- esperent 2y agoYou can find a bullshit study "proving" pretty much anything. Makes great headlines but not so great science. All this study proved is that you need to actually move, switching between standing and sitting is useful because it breaks the habit about staying in one static position for a long time. The bit about standing being harmful is especially contrived and basically says if you entirely switch from sitting to standing, but don't move from the standing position for many hours, and repeat this every day, that's harmful. Well no shit. You gotta alternate your position, and you have to balance sitting and standing with actual exercise too.
- Wistar 2y agoWhich is why I wrote, "… is headlined as…" although I thought it still worth posting.
- IshKebab 2y agoDid you try getting a good (=expensive) mesh chair? (Not an "ergonomic" chair; those suck.) I have a HM Mira and it makes such a huge difference I'm actually a bit sceptical of the "sitting for too long is bad" thing - sitting in a average chair maybe.