Yeah, me too. My experience hasn't been as magical as Matt's, but it has been worthwhile. I also have a tall drafting chair that I can sit at my tall desk in, if I'm really tired. And a cushion pad to stand on.
There was a good NYTimes blog about this last year: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/stand-up-while-you-read-this/ In my group of 12 programmers/sysadmins at Google, 3 of us have standing desks, and 1 more is on request (waiting for Facilities to come around and change the legs on his existing desk). -Brent On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Matt Simmons <[email protected] > wrote: > I'm going to agree with Claire. I switched to a standing desk, and I > am amazed. I was convinced that I wouldn't like it, or I wouldn't be > productive, but that's not the case at all. The soreness in my neck > has gone away, I have more energy, and I sleep better at night. It's > kind of crazy, but it seems to work for me. > > --Matt > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Gilbert Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All: > > > > So, I've recently started going to yoga to help relieve my persistent > back pain. I hope it helps because I'm too young for this kind of rubbish. > I've been looking for lumbar support pillows and/or other devices that will > force me to not slouch while sitting at a desk. While looking at Amazon I > realized sending an email to the group might be really helpful. > > > > For those of you who have (or hopefully /had/) back pain what do/did you > do to relieve it? A particular kind of exercise? Physical therapy? Lumbar > pillows to stop slouching? Something else? A combination of things? > > > > If you don't want to discuss medical stuff on the list I'm open to direct > replies, and fully understand that such details are confidential. > > > > Gil > > -- > > Gilbert Wilson > > http://www.boyonwheels.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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