Sit up straight, Paul

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How long do I have to sit up straight rather than slouching at my desk before it stops being horribly painful and uncomfortable? ruis? Anyone?

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My yoga-tastic suggestions for easing back pain at work:

1. Chair height- I think most people choose chairs which are too tall. I was told this by some health and safety trained person at Edinburgh, when doing microscope work- you should feel slightly stretched, which encourages you to sit up straighter.

2. Stomach muscles- if you use your stomach muscles it makes it easier to sit up straight with comfort. Apparently you should visualise your stomach and spine touching, and that pulls everything up.

3. Try stretching a wee bit between sitting still for a while. You can easily do some stretches and that helps me a lot.

4. Or try yoga at home; that cured my back pain pretty effectively, because of the stretching.

5. Don't bother and coerce someone into giving you a massage every time your back hurts [this is also quite a nice strategy, though would be nicer without the pain, obviously].