Vitaliy wrote:
> Neil wrote:
>   
>> The issue I'm having is that I am hunched over, and cannot figure out a 
>> way
>> not to be hunched over with the existing desk/chair, so I need to look 
>> into
>> some sort of angled table (like a drafting table) or a sturdier PCB vise. 
>> I
>> just made another post on that a couple minutes ago.
>>     
>
> Having an angled table for electronic development is a bad idea, IMHO. Stuff 
> will slide off of it, and you'll spend a lot more time on all fours -- which 
> is probably worse for your back.
>
> What you need, is an arrangement where the table top nearly touches your 
> mid-chest area. Which means, you need a tall workbench, with plenty of 
> legroom.
>
>   
>> I have no health
>> insurance currently so I am avoiding chiropractors etc,
>>     
>
> I have health insurance, but I end up paying cash because of the deductible. 
> The average cost of an adjustment is $35-45. You just have to make sure you 
> find a good chiropractor (if you're not getting the results you want, 
> switch).
>
>   
>> but I know what they
>> will say -- to fix my environment.  And I'm pretty sure they won't have 
>> the
>> final answer on that.
>>     
>
> First, you need to get your back back in shape. Then, focus on maintaining 
> it in good shape. :)
>
> Vitaliy 
>
>   
I found that using moderate weights doing core stability exercises 
helped. The best back specific exercise that I found was a reverse sit 
up. There was a stand type thing at a gym I went to, it was like an 
angled bench press table but you lay on it face down and it only came up 
to your waist, you hooked your ankles under a nice padded bar and you 
could bend forwards (toward the ground) then return yourself to 
horizontal using your back muscles to pull yourself up. Doing a few sets 
of that while hugging a 20kg plate from the weight stacks got rid of all 
my back problems in about 2 weeks.


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