Back Trouble
Tuesday, 4 October 2022 11:12![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lea_hazelI spent most of September fighting back and shoulder pain which turned out to be related to switching from one handbag to a spare that I had buried in my closet.
On Sunday, I finally went to massage therapy for it (something that I'd been planning to do for years, but kept putting off). The masseuse did warn me that my back would be in pain for a day or so, but I don't think I fully grasped what she meant. 48 hours later, I'm mostly better, but those two days were filled with heat pads, NSAIDs, showers with very low water pressure, gentle stretches, and lying in bed watching old episodes of Bones on my laptop.
I won't do a full day's work today (out of an abundance of caution) but I am sitting at my computer and so far, I'm cautiously optimistic.
She did also make the point that I can/should make some ergonomic changes to my workstation. After Yom Kippur, I'll call the handyman and ask if he can rig me something for my desk, to let me perch my screen a little higher. And my mother recommended a footstool, back in the day.
I am provisionally open to ergonomic back-related advice for computer-working people.
On Sunday, I finally went to massage therapy for it (something that I'd been planning to do for years, but kept putting off). The masseuse did warn me that my back would be in pain for a day or so, but I don't think I fully grasped what she meant. 48 hours later, I'm mostly better, but those two days were filled with heat pads, NSAIDs, showers with very low water pressure, gentle stretches, and lying in bed watching old episodes of Bones on my laptop.
I won't do a full day's work today (out of an abundance of caution) but I am sitting at my computer and so far, I'm cautiously optimistic.
She did also make the point that I can/should make some ergonomic changes to my workstation. After Yom Kippur, I'll call the handyman and ask if he can rig me something for my desk, to let me perch my screen a little higher. And my mother recommended a footstool, back in the day.
I am provisionally open to ergonomic back-related advice for computer-working people.
