I am so glad to be back and be strong again!
My ultimate goal was to try to be active as much as I could do it, we know the success is the result of the hard work and effort, but I let myself get stuck by having neck injured with tremendous pain for several weeks
I was sitting and keeping a bad posture for too long resulting in severe neck and back pain.
Unfortunately, I had to learn the painful way to understand the how is so important to have correctly set up your computer workstation use good work habits.
I can tell you seriously
Prevention is better than a cure
What I have learned is to push my hips as far as back as they can go in the chair
To adjust the seat height so my feet are flat on the floor and my knees equal to or slightly lower than my hips
To change the back of my chair to a 100o reclined angle, I bought recently a new chair that has an active back mechanism to allow me to make frequent position changes
I can adjust the armrest in that case my shoulders are relaxed
Best to position your keyboard directly in front of your body
And to improve your keyboard height so that your shoulders are relaxed your elbows are in a slightly open position 100o to 110o and be sure your wrists and hands are straight
Take short times 1 to 2 minutes stretch breaks every 20-30 minutes
and take a break after each hour of work
Be sure to stretch essential muscle groups, shoulders, upper back, low back, abdomen and legs to help decrease stress and protect your joints
Rest your eyes by covering them with your palms for 10 to 15 minutes
I feel free to be out of pain now and so relieve
I am seriously excited about starting again and be back into the community.
Jacqueline.
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yay Jaqueline!!!! This is a powerful post with a great message!!! Thank you for the awesome reminders!!!! And I am inspired to see to see you come through and feel better and cheers!!!!
You are so grateful, I really appreciate your good words. T guess this is the part of our life we have to fight in order to be stronger.
Jacqueline
Yes it's so true and sometimes we have to accept we fight at the right times and we accept at the right times and everything comes together for us thank you so much
welcome back to your desk at WA Jacqueline- I wondered where you had gone. Great to have you back and to be pain-free is so great- Time to rock n Roll
Vicki
Thank you so much, Vicki, I really appreciate your support, as you said is time to rock in Roll, I just remind my childhood in France about Rock in Roll, a great time indeed, no worries about anything.
Take care
Jacqueline
Hi, Elaine, thank you so much for your support, I feel so well again and strong enough to battle whatever!
Jacqueline
Welcome back Jacqueline:) I still read the amazon comment you left for me on my site and I know you are a passionate woman with great dedication and are working extremely hard, pushing past obstacles victoriously;) hugs
Hello, Shweta, you are so kind, I am just trying to help myself to get out of trouble in order to help anyone in need.
We all need to support each other to be stronger.
Jacqueline
You will be absolutely fine and as resilient as ever to push ahead:) many hugs to you my dear.
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Welcome back! So sorry to hear about all the pains. I think we are all guilty of bad posture at the computer from time to time. Even though we may know what we're doing is wrong, we do it anyways, either because we can't afford the tools needed, don't have space, or any number of other excuses. When I was working, I consistently dealt with sciatica pain, due to the chairs my manager purchased. Apparently, they didn't have anywhere near as much padding as they should have. The chair I have at home isn't expensive, but it does the job for now, and I get up frequently which helps. Glad to hear you're slowly on the mend.
Thank you for your welcome, you are so right to do that, to get up frequently, I will have to discipline myself to take a break and to stretch, I still going to the physiotherapeutic therapies, and learning how to practice neck's exercises to completely recover.
Take care
Jacqueline
It's usually the call of the laundry that forces me to get up from the computer. Otherwise, I too would sit at it all day. Sometimes setting an alert on your phone may help, cause I know all too well how quickly time flies when you're engrossed in a task.