I need some advice re back strain:

[hedgehog]

I work from home and and on the computer constantly. I'm working on getting up and moving around every 45 minutes. (It's hard to do when I am on a roll and deep concentrating!)

My problem is that I find myself sliding down in my chair, which puts a strain on my back just above the lumbar region. I have the chair cranked down as far as it will go so my feet are on the floor. i have a quilt wadded up between me and the chair back so I am sitting back. I think the problem is that the seat is still too deep; that I end up inching forward and sliding down. I'm working from a laptop so I am looking down at about a 30 degree angle from where I sit.

[mopinko]

1. prop your laptop.

i bought a bamboo laptop stand that picks it up, and gives it better air circulation. much more comfortable. arrange your screens as close to eye level as possible.
i also find that instead of getting up, i fold myself over in my chair and just relax everything. just hang it down there until the knots are gone.

i hear you. you just become a knot sometimes.

[hedgehog]

2. Believe it or not, it never occurred to me to lean over!

Thanks!



I did raise my laptop and it's helped already, but I really didn't think it through that I needed to stretch!

[dogday]

3. I put my feet on an old speaker

It keeps my back against the chair and gives me great support.

[hedgehog]

4. I just pulled my rocking chair up to my desk -

Sweet bliss!