• socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    66·
    10 days ago

    Actually my back hurts because your mother damaged it with her large mass when we were engaged in coitus.

    • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
      15·
      10 days ago

      Nah, OP is just being elitist trying to justify those purchases. (not that they’re bad ideas, just unnecessary)

      The real answer is posture and lack of stretching and exercize. Unless you have an underlying issue like scoliosis, stretching and exercize fix 90% of the aches and pains young people whine about with “getting old” in their 30’s.

        • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          10 days ago

          Yea, it’s a meme. Though sadly a lot of people I run into unironically think the meme is the best solution.

          Until knowledge becomes laughably common, I’m going to try to spread what is best. Especially when the better option is way cheaper.

  • remedia@piefed.socialEnglish
    28·
    10 days ago

    I’m a personal trainer, I’ve destroyed two lumbar discs, gotten disc replacement surgery and currently working with a physiotherapist to get back on track. Back pain can have many causes. Anything from disc degeneration to muscle imbalances. If you’re not in pain that prevents you from doing them, there are a few exercises my physiotherapist has me doing.

    • Glute bridge to activate your glutes. Underactive glutes can cause you to compensate with your lower back muscles, causing overuse.
    • Prone cobra for strengthening your back muscles.
    • Plank and side plank for strengthening your abdominals, obliques and deeper core muscles
    • Lying hamstring stretch. Tight hamstrings, common in people who are sedentary or sit a lot for work, can cause referred lower back pain.
    • Kneeling hip flexor stretch. Hip flexors are also commonly tight in people who are sedentary or sit a lot. Can cause a muscle imbalance with the posterior chain, altering the length-tension relationship in the muscles.

    But if you have more severe lower back pain, go see a doctor and get an MRI if necessary to find out if there’s something going on with your discs. Don’t just try to work through pain and ignore the problem. That’s what I did, and it just made things worse. You may not necessarily need surgery, but it’s good to find the root cause so you know what options you have.

    • affenlehrer@feddit.orgEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      I popped my two discs around L5. So far I’m trying to avoid surgery, pain is mostly under control at the moment but I’ve had extreme ups and downs for the last few months so…

      Thank you for the exercise advice, I’ll look them up and compare with what I’m currently doing. I do the McGill big 3 every day plus some other exercises and stretches I learned during physical therapy but I don’t know the names of those.

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      I don’t know exactly what these are based on your descriptions, but I went through physical therapy and was given some stretches/exercises that do for sure help some. It isn’t a “cure”, but as you said, if you have back pain and can do them, you should be trying to.

    • Ardyssian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I suffered a slipped L5-S1 disc last Nov - suffering symptoms of pain and numbness in my left upper calf and outer side of my left foot. I did an MRI in Dec and there was nerve compression found and a degenerating L5-S1 disc.

      Eventually the pain went away and the numbness became much less obvious but the doctors I saw recommended microdisectomy to avoid further potential damage to the nerve.

      Immediately after the op (I did it 20th Feb) I did feel better but one or two days later the numbness returned stronger than before the op. Now on medication to try and see if the inflammation is temporary or something long term. Sigh

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    21·
    10 days ago

    Your back hurts because you keep the same posture even when your body tells you not to.

    When you have a job, and say work for 3-4 hours, your body will tell you to stop and do something else for a couple hours. But you can’t cause life.

    The ergonomic stuff are fulfilling their purpose by giving you a decent posture, your just holding it too long.

    This is also why being rich would be a solution, even those who are rich but work, they aren’t working 40 hours every week nonstop. It’s also why they are so keen that “golf meetings” are so effective.

  • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    14·
    10 days ago

    If you can help it, taking short breaks in between long work hours and stretching goes a long way without buying anything outrageous.

    RSIBreak on Linux Workrave on Windows.

    I think both are multi platform but I’ve had problems making them work in the other OS.

  • psycotica0@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    “Hmmm, I’m going to write you a prescription for 75% more RGB LED backlighting”

    • wia@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      Used steel case leap. Doesn’t look pretty or have RGB, or a built in mini fridge or whatever, but it works and it costs like 100-200usd.

        • wia@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          Both ours are v2. We bought them at like office wholesale warehouse things. Like when offices closed and sell off all their stuff.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    I could have sworn it was due to the severe injury I sustained, but who am I to argue with science?

    • BilSabab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      i find trackballs fascinating because i really like it but everybody else in the family fucking hate it as if kicked the dog or something. on the brighter side of things - everybody gave up on snooping around on my desktop