Any muscle, back and joint pain should first be met with mild strengthening, mild weight loss and mild exercise. It's like turning your computer off and on. Mostly the problems go away. Then check for other things :) Keep remembering to relax and move, from your fingers to your wrists and shoulders. And keep trying different set-ups and equipment if you can. There is a pretty magic set-up for most people. 30+ years m…
My lower back pain resolved automatically after I lost 15 kgs (100 to 85).
The alignment of the lower stomach muscles (and them being out of alignment due to weight-related issues) is not talked about enough when it comes to low back pain
That's interesting! I'm curious to know: is there a bend in your wrist while typing (either with or without the wrist rest)? Also, are your arms parallel to the floor? Also also, do you rest your elbows on anything?
The typical position seems to be that my elbows are just off the edge of the table/desk, my forearms just distal to my elbows rest on the edge of the table, and my wrists and hands are suspended slightly to be able to move freely to type. My forearms and wrists like to be straight, and I use keyboards without extending their rear legs so that they're as flat as possible. There's a slight angle between the table/floor…
Thanks for replying! The ergonomics recommend not resting your forearms on the edge of the table, but as you say, everybody's anatomy is different; if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
In case anyone else comes into this comment section looking for ideas: the thing that helped me the most was adding soft pads to my chair armrests - I found that resting my elbows on the hard surface of the default armrests resulted in forearm pain.
What is it with all those articles that insist I've been doing something, or that I think something is true, or whatever? No, I shouldn't stop cracking my knuckles. I don't crack my knuckles. Stop assuming all those stupid things about me, articles.
I am not doubting the theory of the gas getting out of the liquid. I was just referring to the "urge" to crack my fingers. I thought, maybe this instant relaxation (with additional auditive feedback) results in an addiction which creates or increases my urge to crack.
Pretty sure it's not in your head. When I was younger I had growth hormone treatment for a while. I needed to crack more ofthen when on it, and less when I wasn't, and it was apparently a common side effect.
I also crack my fingers in the morning, over the day, and before sleeping. I also feel this "tension". But I am not sure whether it is a real "tension" or something my brain makes up to force me crack my knuckles which gives some perceived relief. Maybe I am just addicted to this relief. I haven't seen any research on this urge to crack and the possible tension. Is this a physical tension, some psychologically percei…
I came here to ask this, as well! Where does that tension come from and the relief one feels after cracking? People keep saying it's built-up gas but that doesn't really explain why we feel so much relief after cracking. (Not just when cracking our knuckles but also, or especially after, cracking our back, neck, etc.) The article provides some hints at least but I wish there'd be more research on this topic: > For so…
Pretty sure it just pushes on nerves there, and there's a ton. And cracking/popping maybe spreads the gas stuff around more.
Leverage, consequences and assertiveness are far better skills to learn when dealing with people including children rather than lies, shame and guilt.
Some things become too annoying to want to have the same talk about & deal with too many times, I'm sure you've had that, doesn't make you non-assertive. it's not unfathomable that someone gave up at their 20th time to come up with such a scheme in the story about storymaking that you figured happened
that’s just you lacking skills and making an identity out of being assertive. Rather than calling them skills, you go straight to “doesn’t make you non-assertive”. Rather preferring manipulation because it’s convenient and the only thing you’ve been taught. then normalizing it and the only excuse, you can’t be bothered. sure someone gave up after their 20th time. becasue they wouldn’t do the difficult thing. if you are having the same talk it isn’t working. So what if someone is making noises I don’t like. I don’t spend time with them. with kids you have all sorts of leverage. let them decide if it’s worth while. Yet, people want the kids to like them. As if that’s some standard to uphold. The discomfort of someone not liking the thing you tell them. then go back to lies and manipulation because liking the image that you throw up is better. yeah it’s not unfathomable, it’s common. this is the common person you meet.
Athletes are often highly superstitious and ritualistic, (and young and dumb), its not surprising they would engage in something like chiropractic. Sports science is mostly just guesswork.
I'm not talking about athletes. I'm talking about the people who own the teams, they invest in chiropractors. People who are thinking about the ultimate economic benefit of an investment into a human body, not the athletes themselves.
People who realize that if their athlete believes it'll make them better, and it doesn't actually hurt them most of the time, there's value in indulging them.
Within a few minutes of picking up a guitar my fingers start to stiffen up, I crack them and then all is well, been doing this for 30 odd years now and the joints of my hands are some of the few which don't cause me problems at this point in my life. I never could crack my knuckles before I started playing guitar and if I stop playing for a few weeks, I cease being able to crack my knuckles. These articles on knuckle…
I can relieve cramping in my feet by cracking my toes. Cracking is 100% useful in certain instances, and I have never seen evidence that it causes any harm.