Sit up straight, Paul

[ciphergoth]

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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[cairmen.livejournal.com]

OK, I've been learning a lot about this lately thanks to a pretty bad case of RSI.

First good news is that sitting up straight isn't necessarily a good thing for you. According to the research at Cornell University best practise tying posture is actually leaning slightly back, very relaxed. They say this "virtually eliminates the primary risk factors for RSI".

I've been trying this for a couple of days, and it's had a noticable positive effect on my RSI already. Highly recommended.

Getting a massage is a good idea, but you need the right kind. What you're looking for is a deep tissue massage - not all osteopaths will do them, you may be best looking for a private physio.

Basically, you get RSI because you're tensing muscles for long periods of time. Proper posture should help correct this. However, what is traditionally considered to be proper posture can make things worse, by forcing you to tense up.