It would be interesting to know the average age of members here. I'd guess it's over 40. But I definitely agree... try to keep up the correct posture and physical shape. There are many videos on YT on the topic... But today, not only nerds, everyone is now in danger of bad posture because of prolonged phone and computer usage...

Early 40's here too and feeling the pain of countless hours hunched over the keyboard - mainly around the shoulders and neck, which means headaches. A proper setup makes a big difference of course but nothing beats exercise IMO - I haven't been able to ride my bike to work for 1.5 years due to COVID so fitness has dropped off, but I've recently started running on the treadmill (while watching nerdy documentaries on YouTube 😋) and it's made a noticeable difference to stiffness and headaches.

My physical posture is very comfortable.

Shreddoc wrote on 2021-08-30, 06:12:

It finally occurred to me to look into my posture, which in my lifetime has never been that great. It's been what I would call, "The Typical Nerd Hunchover". As though your torso is horizontally hinged in the middle, and the upper half hunches forwards over the lower half as you peer at the screen and mouse and type.

I almost never do that, unless I work with a laptop on my lap. If anything, I go to the other extreme (leaning backwards too much).

How's your eyesight? Do you feel you need to hunch over to get closer to the screen?

Computer time is when my back/posture gets a break!

I use an Aeron chair at home and at work, I find that it helps with posture and has nice lower lumbar support.

Several hundred miles a month on my bike though... that's been killing my lower back.

I noticed in my mid 30's using a laptop all day every day gave me a sore neck so use a external screen whenever available for a while now.

Now in my early 40's and I only got a gaming chair earlier this year. Should of done it earlier, comfort alone it's much better.
The old dining room chair at my computer desk finally broke after getting a lot more use from roughly a year of working from home.
I did notice my back had a few new aches and pains so started looking at decent quality chairs to replace it with and ended up with a 2nd hand "GT Omega Racing" chair.
Not really a fan of the gaming chair looks but my computer area isn't going to win any interior design awards anyway.

my current home setup is quite comfortable and ergonomic however, that was not always the case.

i am 53 years old and had pretty much given up on active gaming due to sciatica and lumbago pain.

my boss bought us all uplift standing desks about a year ago for work. to say it was life changing is an understatement.

fast forward to today, i pretty much stand all day at work on a balance board. sciatica and lumbago pain are almost completely gone. i've also lost 40lbs since i started, so there's that too.

spent a couple of hours playing call of duty 2 this weekend... 😎

wirerogue wrote on 2021-08-31, 14:29:

my current home setup is quite comfortable and ergonomic however, that was not always the case. […]
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my current home setup is quite comfortable and ergonomic however, that was not always the case.

i am 53 years old and had pretty much given up on active gaming due to sciatica and lumbago pain.

my boss bought us all uplift standing desks about a year ago for work. to say it was life changing is an understatement.

fast forward to today, i pretty much stand all day at work on a balance board. sciatica and lumbago pain are almost completely gone. i've also lost 40lbs since i started, so there's that too.

spent a couple of hours playing call of duty 2 this weekend... 😎

interesting, great result you have had from this. It is the sitting itself that's bad if done for hours a day, although it can be mitigated to some extent by sitting with better posture it is better yet helped by just reducing the hours spent sitting according to a couple of articles i've read about it

i take breaks and exercise regularly but I know this doesn't counter all the effects of sitting so long, more standing less sitting is probably the best bet, hmm best get up!

gerry wrote on 2021-08-31, 14:40:

wirerogue wrote on 2021-08-31, 14:29:

my current home setup is quite comfortable and ergonomic however, that was not always the case. […]
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my current home setup is quite comfortable and ergonomic however, that was not always the case.

i am 53 years old and had pretty much given up on active gaming due to sciatica and lumbago pain.

my boss bought us all uplift standing desks about a year ago for work. to say it was life changing is an understatement.

fast forward to today, i pretty much stand all day at work on a balance board. sciatica and lumbago pain are almost completely gone. i've also lost 40lbs since i started, so there's that too.

spent a couple of hours playing call of duty 2 this weekend... 😎

interesting, great result you have had from this. It is the sitting itself that's bad if done for hours a day, although it can be mitigated to some extent by sitting with better posture it is better yet helped by just reducing the hours spent sitting according to a couple of articles i've read about it

i take breaks and exercise regularly but I know this doesn't counter all the effects of sitting so long, more standing less sitting is probably the best bet, hmm best get up!

all i know is that i tried exercise, stretching and medication for a couple of years with limited results because i was still sitting all day. it was getting very depressing. once i started standing, the pain went away in a few weeks and i stopped taking the medication although i still do the exercise and stretching because... old.

my boss always says "sitting is the new smoking" and after my experience, i kinda have to agree with him.

As long as my lower back stands straight and properly supported, then I'm alright. That's why I prefer office chairs whose back stands upright or reclines only slightly.