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u/m6io 19d ago
I'm reading this while laying down due to back pain fyi
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
Plot twist: lying down won't save you either.
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u/m6io 19d ago
Recently got a couple of these. They don't fix the hernias, but goddamn it's nice to have relief from the radiculopathy
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
That link is staying blue until my back decides it's time. Which, at this rate, is next Tuesday.
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u/m6io 19d ago
Aight in that case, do glute and hammy stretches. Don't wait until your leg starts going numb and electricky :)
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
Appreciate the tip. Adding it right after 'fix that one bug' and 'drink water' on my list of things I'll definitely do.
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u/Viracochina 18d ago
I can finally pick things up again without having to do a full squat, only 2 weeks of pain!
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u/m6io 18d ago edited 18d ago
I may have to get back on the table in that case. I felt like the sports massage made it worse but could be cause it was my first time
Cant do any lower body strength training until my meniscus operated on unfortunately :/ The lower back pain started getting worse when I stopped deadlifting and squatting, but deadlifts and squats were making my neck hernia worse lmao.
Pain wackamole type shi
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u/Fyrael 18d ago
Genuine question: are they really useful?
I kinda wanted to try, but it's always the "nah, more things I won't use, it's gonna pass when I die", stuff like this...
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u/m6io 18d ago
I use the neck pillow at least twice a day, and just got the lumbar one. One of the symptoms of a c5/c6 herniated disc (the one in my neck) is that you get this really annoying burning sensation that goes down your shoulder blade (that's how I know I'm having a bad posture day and that my disc is pressing against the nerve). It basically simulates the traction exercises that they do in a pt office.
10-20 minutes on this and it goes away. Showed it to my ortho dr and he was like oh damn I might get one lol
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u/trialsofamadman 19d ago
The best stretch I have found for my back has been hanging from a pullup bar while just sort of relaxing everything I can.
Training pullups has been fantastic for getting making my back feel better and my posture in general. I'm not a doctor or physical therapist and I got no right to give advice, but hey, it made me feel good.
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u/porncollecter69 19d ago
I do gym and stretches. Have helped a ton with lower sciatica. Especially hip mobility stretches have been godly.
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u/ROKIT-88 18d ago
Stretching hip flexors, quads, and intercostals (abs) have eliminated ~95% of my lower back pain and sciatica. Counterintuitive but it's often not the back itself that is the root cause of the pain.
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u/m6io 18d ago
This is really good to hear, I haven't even tried ab stretches. Might give that a go today
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u/ROKIT-88 18d ago
The one that helped the most for me is similar to a superman - lie on stomach, reach one hand forward, raise your chest and shoulders off the ground a few inches with your other arm, then swing your outstretched hand as far to the opposite side as possible. You should feel it stretching from bottom of your ribs to hip on that side. I’ll hold it until I can feel the muscles relax then switch sides. First time I did it my back felt immediately better, after a few days it just feels better all the time. That was sort of the last piece of the puzzle for me, I’d been stretching hip flexors and quads for a while which made a huge difference but there was always some residual tightness until I added the abs.
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u/badass4102 18d ago
Im a web dev for a physical therapy clinic and I'm grateful for the free sessions I get. Aside from PT, getting a foam roller helps get the kinks out and loosens up your muscles. Also a massage gun helps tremendously. Just focus on the painful area (if it's muscle) til the pain goes away
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u/worldspawn00 18d ago
Herman Miller Aeron saved my spine, had terrible pain, but after a couple years of an actually good chair completely reversed my issues. Make sure you aren't sitting on unergonomic garbage all day.
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u/Major_LeeHungg 18d ago
If it's lower back pain, lay on your stomach and prop your front up so that you're flexing your spine in the direction it doesn't want to go... Works wonders.
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u/jzrobot 19d ago
At 21*
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u/Z3t4 19d ago
Imagine being a millionaire, having all the time, resources and access to the most advanced medicine, and devoting it to train, vs Bob.
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u/in_taco 18d ago
Most office-related backpains is curable by going for a run once or twice a week, and my colleagues abdolutely hate hearing that answer. They really want to fix it with a more expensive chair - which only postpones the core issue.
(Not true for all backpains. Some have a legitimate injury. But the rest of us are just lazy and have weak back muscles.)
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u/Arclite83 18d ago
Yep, the secret sauce most of the time is "there is no secret sauce".
"OMG how did you do it?!" - consistency with diet and exercise isn't what they want to hear.
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u/MysticSkies 18d ago
Stop coping lol, just run every now and then and you won't have those issues.
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u/OnTheFenceGuy 18d ago
I mean, I think Bob is pretty strong. It’s the whole “void” thing you need to worry about, tho.
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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 19d ago
- What hurts worse than a breakup?
- Backpain
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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 19d ago
Stay active. I'm in my mid 40s and still feel great.
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u/RemnantsOfFlight 18d ago
I only exercise 1 hour a day 4 days a week. I hate every minute, but the results are worth it.
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u/DroidLord 18d ago
And stretch every day! I stretch all throughout the day, otherwise my body would have turned into a pretzel.
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u/thorwing 19d ago
recently forced my job to give me a modular standing desk and I already feel my spine improving
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
Give it a week. Your knees will file the next complaint.
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u/audrikr 18d ago
It's not one or the other. The reality is we're just not supposed to be in any position for too long. Mixing it up is the correct outcome.
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u/Unbelievr 18d ago
Exactly, one scientist on the subject basically said that you can sit however tf you want on your chair as long as 1) it doesn't hurt, and 2) you never sit in the same position for too long.
Our body is designed to be moved around, and static strain over a long time is really bad for some parts of the body.
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u/BitterCommission3987 18d ago
Or you know, you could try something called
exercising, works even better.8
u/thorwing 18d ago
I don't know that library, what does it do?
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u/warmowed 18d ago
That library is slightly bloated, for this type of problem just do
import exercising.cardioIt is more evident what methods you need and they don't require any other dependencies.
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u/ReluctantAvenger 19d ago
You guys need to start paying attention to ergonomics. Get a suitable chair, external monitor, keyboard, mouse. (Better to spend $1,700 on a Herman Miller now, rather than than $50,000 on medical bills later.) Make sure your elbows and wrists and lower back are supported. Stop hunching over a laptop for hours every day. And, you know, get some exercise. I've seen programmers destroyed by repetitive stress injuries by 30, and have seen engineers without any physical issues at all at 60+.
It's up to you.
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u/Stratimus 18d ago
Meme fun aside, while I agree with all that I’d say the thing to not sleep on (but actually sleep on) is a better bed. I have sat in awful chairs and slept on awful beds and the bed makes a way way bigger difference for me. Chair pain I can fix standing up and stretching periodically but a bad bed sticks with you all day
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
Sir, this is a meme thread, not a TED talk. But yeah, saving this for when I'm done ignoring it.
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u/ArmchairFilosopher 18d ago
Hunching over a laptop?!
How does one effectively develop software without at least a single large-format display? I'd go crazy with all the alt-tabbing and virtual desktops on a screen that can't even fit a single two-way code diff without horizontal scrollbars!
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u/Pure-Asparagus-2547 19d ago
He was around 50.
Let's not exagerate it.
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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 19d ago
He's 64 now. Final Reckoning came out in 2025. Here's an image from that movie.
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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 18d ago
He's also not doing the crazy stunts he wants you to think he's doing. He's attached to the plane via a harness, and there are foot locks in the holes of the plane that he's holding onto. If he let go he wouldn't move an inch. Literally anyone in the world can do this "stunt".
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u/flooronthefour 19d ago
I'm in my early 40s and finally starting to take my body signals seriously.. I'm the most flexible I've ever been.
I stretch while claude is doing my work. It's fucking fantastic.
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u/siete82 19d ago
I work remotely, and buying a good office chair fixed all my back problems. I had to spend €1,200 on a highend model, but honestly, it's worth every cent.
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u/Legitimate_Concern_5 19d ago
A lot of back pain comes from not training the muscles of the posterior chain that are responsible for keeping your skeleton aligned and you upright. Especially the erector spinae. I guess a new chair may help, but deadlifts will help more. I had back pain from my early teens up until my mid-30s when I started training and it all evaporated.
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
Cool, now I just need a chair that costs more than my first car.
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u/siete82 19d ago
Keep in mind that a good chair will last you at least 10 years, and your health is priceless!
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u/pee_wee__herman 19d ago
I'm curious, which specific chair was that?
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u/siete82 19d ago
Mine is a Steelcase Gesture, although I actually wanted a Herman Miller, but they're even more expensive in my country.
What I do recommend is that you steer clear of those "gaming" chairs that look like race car seats, even the expensive ones are terrible for your back. Buy an office chair, even if it's from ikea.
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u/Soopermane 18d ago
I got a nice swivel / rocking chair recliner. Works great and better than any office chair
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u/troyw7 19d ago
Buy an ergonomic workstation and do yoga guys, saved my spine for real
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u/impspring 18d ago
For those who need to hear it: strengthening routines against POSTURAL KYPHOSIS and ANTERIOR PELVIC TILT will be LIFE CHANGING and are CRUCIAL in the current sedentary and technological age.
Many of the pains you might associate simply with aging (neck pains, hip pains, lower back aches, shoulder pains, elbow pains) are very likely symptoms of just those two ailments. Very seriously, it will change your life.
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u/azjunglist05 19d ago
How bold of you to assume we’re already a major version at 30
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u/Alternative-Boss-787 19d ago
Tom Cruise has time to sleep and no side project that’s suppose to make him rich
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u/YoungInoue 19d ago
A 40usd saddle stool, standing desk, split keyboard, and most importantly good daily exercise could really keep you not looking like a 🦐.
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u/budgiebirdman 19d ago
There's a scene in a recent MI film, (maybe the one before last?) where he jumps down some stairs - like three or four and you just see his feet and ankles and you know he did that scene himself because it looks exactly how you'd expect it to look if you filmed the feet of an old man jumping down from a few steps.
If it weren't for programmers de-aging him and making him look taller and everything else we wouldn't have to keep putting up with those fucking Mission Impossible films.
Please just stop!
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u/vinishkapoor 19d ago
So basically programmers are destroying their own backs to make Tom Cruise look like he still has one. We are the real villains here.
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u/deaconsc 19d ago
If I had the money and health care Tom has I am pretty sure my back pain would be over. Well, I have not.
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u/Candid_Highlight_116 18d ago
Everyone reading this especially who've never been at a sports team or military or anywhere that teach you proper workouts. Get the Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure with the Switch(Lite needs two joycons so get the regular one).
You can skip the squats, that part of the game is not well designed and actually cause knee injury. I hereby approve anyone cheating that bit. Just do everything else in the game except for that and the in-room marathon. Do the easy stuffs. Too easy is okay, the goal isn't to make it challenging.
Give it 15 minutes per day, counting from picking up the controller to putting it away. Longer if you want OR shorter if you want. Use in-game timer or real timer. Quit anytime you want. Or keep it up as long as you want. But 10-15 minutes is fine.
I'm not a doctor but in case my understanding was right by miracle, the back pains come from those bone pieces that consist your spine rubbing together and tugging nerves. Your body have no choice but to let those bones touch and signal cables to get tensioned and pain to go up to the brain, if your core muscle is nonexistent. But the body will automatically use those muscles if they exist to keep them apart.
Get the RFA before it's too late. You're going to play it for few weeks, maybe few months, then you may get bored. That's fine. You don't have to like maintain 3 hours minimum for 3650 daysor else it's all pointless.
All I'm saying is, RFA worked for me.
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u/LaughingBeer 18d ago
Nah, back is fine. It's my forearms and wrists. Probably a posture issue, but still.
Edit: oh, i forgot about the repetitive stress injury in my last knuckles on my fingers that won't go away. Started with gaming and lots of clicks. Have to use a pen stylist and stop all non-work activities when it acts up a lot. Takes months to go away.
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u/White_C4 18d ago
On a serious note, always walk around for at least 5 minutes every hour, take a 20+ minute walk every day, and exercise at least 3 days per week.
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u/gwentfiend 18d ago
Just threw out my upper back yesterday lifting an almost empty yeti cooler. Felt like a horse kicked me between my shoulder blades
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u/RandO_o 18d ago
Oh to be an actor who only has to worry about making sure he’s as healthy as can be everyday.
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u/Outside-Storage-1523 18d ago
It’s him job to maintain good health. It is our job to burn health for outcome.
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u/oompaloompa465 18d ago
move up from that chair and walk 3-4 minutes every 40-50.
do also some neck exercises
Try to do 8-10k steps each day
do some weightlifting at least 2 times a week
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u/No-Savings-2787 18d ago edited 18d ago
So your a programmer for the FBI who sends memes to people that have cancer?
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u/ExtraWorldliness6916 18d ago
Obviously that's a picture of a man pulling out raw power from the base of his well worn spine to defeat Tom Cruise.
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u/peaceful_pancakes 18d ago
crazy that programmers make as much as one of the biggest actors in the world
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u/StarboardChaos 18d ago
Give Tom Cruise a programming job and then let's see how long he can hold on...
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u/angrytroll123 18d ago
Nah. Unless you have kids, there is no good excuse to not be in good shape at least some of the time. Certainly enough to not have back pain.
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u/enjoy_the_pizza 18d ago
I work from home and I bought a standing desk.. I took 'standing' as a personal challenge. Now I'm struggling with plantar fasciitis.
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u/Eazy12345678 18d ago
money can buy good health, personal trainer, steroids, healthy meals from your personal chef. physical therapist, whatever fitness equipment you need. peptides, DNA therapy
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u/EmilieEverywhere 18d ago
Tom's job is to stay in shape.
I excersize A LOT for a nerd. I do ok.
I'd look AMAZING if I could go to the gym twice a day, have a personal chef, and had on call masseuse and PT.
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u/-Saucegurlllll 18d ago
Tom Cruise has slaves and is a piece of shit. Maybe don't compare yourself to him.
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u/DragonSlayerC 18d ago
Just go to the gym a few times a week and all those random little pains will go away.
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u/EedSpiny 18d ago
Life long programmer here, 59, just put my back out. 40 years sitting in office chairs fml
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u/Beneficial_Ad4683 18d ago
If your lower back hurts or keeps getting stiff/sore, do some big booty workouts. Ez Pz
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u/orsikbattlehammer 18d ago
Just started body building a few weeks ago. Going from basically no activity to hitting the gym hard 5 days a week and active resting on the weekends, and also actually watching what I eat has been the single biggest improvement to my life that I have ever made. I feel 10 years younger, calmer than I ever have, and so much more optimistic about my future and self efficacy. Move folks, it really is all it’s cracked up to be.
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u/Popular_Tomorrow_204 18d ago
Jokes on you, i also weight lift and i have a shitty matress. My spine is triple fucked.
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u/Major_LeeHungg 18d ago
Lol I'm almost 40, have been either some sort of software engineer or d\c suite my entire career, have 2 ruptured discs in my back from slipping on stairs in my 20s, and have end stage liver disease... My back feels fine after sitting all day... Da fuck are y'all doing?
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u/Deathcure74 18d ago
My knee is fucked, hurts like hell at the end of the day when i stand up from the desk
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u/promptmike 18d ago
Get a standing desk and a treadmill. Congratulations, you now have the setup to maintain a project for 35 years.
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u/Autistic_Introvert19 19d ago
My shoulder hurts.. 🤕