Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by enscr 4487 days ago
As someone who's struggled with back + shoulder pain and having gone through a few expensive chairs, now I feel that a correct posture is more important than chair. I have a cheap cookie cutter chair + a thin pillow and I can work much better. Not advertising anything, just go to Amazon and search "back pain" in books. Probably the first entry is the one. It teaches you how to correct your posture naturally. Or just watch a video from the book author on youtube. I think that technique alone will fix a lot of the problems.
1 comments

Could you post the youtube video?
For sitting : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9CDhcVTAdc

Similarly there are methods for standing, lying etc.

I've been fighting with wrist/back/neck pain for a while now. I always attributed it to working on a laptop on my train commute (1 hour each way) to work. I just watched that video and tried it out at the office, it feels MUCH more comfortable. Thanks for sharing! Hopefully it helps.
I'm glad I could help. I've felt so helpless with back pain in the past that I love to share this book with anyone who's had similar problems. It's hard to imagine that the problem is so trivial, for which we seek really expensive solutions through herman millers & the likes.