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Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by TomMarius »

shawn wrote: post #53

Toilet paper might also be causing hemorrhoids. Consider that our bodies were not evolved to use toilet paper, and that hemorrhoids are virtually unheard of in third-world countries that lack TP. (I haven't confirmed that latter claim. It's just something I read once, somewhere.) Anyone who's been sick and had to go to the loo multiple times in a row will notice how painful it becomes. I'm not sure it would be painfu…

Well, yeah, if I rub any other place on my skin with toilet paper sufficiently long enough, it starts to hurt. I don't see a reason why it should be different down there.

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by TheAdamist »

fastbeef wrote: post #59
allthenews wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've read that the culprit is not toilet paper, but the face that we sit when we shit, while we ostensibly evolved to squat. So the bowels don't straighten out as they should, and the excessive pushing leads to pressure which gradually causes blood vessels to bulge over time. Also, baby wipes work for adults too.

Don’t flush baby wipes, or anything except fences or toilet paper. They clog drains and interfere with the sewage treatment process.

It's a jobs program for plumbers!

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by strongbond »

fastbeef wrote: post #59
allthenews wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've read that the culprit is not toilet paper, but the face that we sit when we shit, while we ostensibly evolved to squat. So the bowels don't straighten out as they should, and the excessive pushing leads to pressure which gradually causes blood vessels to bulge over time. Also, baby wipes work for adults too.

Don’t flush baby wipes, or anything except fences or toilet paper. They clog drains and interfere with the sewage treatment process.

I'm guessing that fences might also be a slight problem for the sewer system.

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by markatkinson »

I'm 31 and my lower back has started hurting and giving me issues, especially while sleeping.

I always assumed this would only happen much later and technology would have advanced enough by then that I could have gotten a robotic lower back. But here we are.

This is even with doing a stairwell run every hour and standing up quite often, and sitting at what some article stated was the best angle, 135 degrees or something.

I also do Pilates... So even with all of this sitting for 14 hours a day has caused back issues for me. Sorry to deviate from the toilet topic. Luckily that is one department where I seem to be healthy :)

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by sjg007 »

markatkinson wrote: post #64

I'm 31 and my lower back has started hurting and giving me issues, especially while sleeping. I always assumed this would only happen much later and technology would have advanced enough by then that I could have gotten a robotic lower back. But here we are. This is even with doing a stairwell run every hour and standing up quite often, and sitting at what some article stated was the best angle, 135 degrees or someth…

You might need a new or different mattress. I would try sleeping on the floor for a bit.

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by mastax »

Moru wrote: post #57
imgabe wrote: post #23

Minor quibble, but halogen-lit offices? Who is sitting under halogen lamps all day? Most office lights are LED these days or maybe fluorescent if they're older.

Leds can flicker even worse than flourescent. Test it with your mobile camera, shove it up to the lights real close and see if it starts showing banding all over the screen. The calmest light you get is halogen or a normal lightbulb of the burning rust type.

The solution is to have DC powered lighting circuits so you don't have terrible $0.50 AC/DC power supplies in every bulb. It'd be nice to have DC circuits for electronics, too, but that's probably a lost cause.

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Post by grok2 »

shawn wrote: post #53

Toilet paper might also be causing hemorrhoids. Consider that our bodies were not evolved to use toilet paper, and that hemorrhoids are virtually unheard of in third-world countries that lack TP. (I haven't confirmed that latter claim. It's just something I read once, somewhere.) Anyone who's been sick and had to go to the loo multiple times in a row will notice how painful it becomes. I'm not sure it would be painfu…

I think the ideas that hemorrhoids are not prevalent in third-world countries, not using toilet paper for cleanup and that using a western-style commode (and not squatting) is the source of problems is probably incorrect.

I base this on observations on the large numbers of advertisements for hemorrhoid treatment (most magazines, billboards, etc) in India, the fact that most people in India use water for cleanup and on the fact that squatting-type toilets are in common use in India. Again, just observation...

Most likely it's just physiology and diet.

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by jmpman »

markatkinson wrote: post #64

I'm 31 and my lower back has started hurting and giving me issues, especially while sleeping. I always assumed this would only happen much later and technology would have advanced enough by then that I could have gotten a robotic lower back. But here we are. This is even with doing a stairwell run every hour and standing up quite often, and sitting at what some article stated was the best angle, 135 degrees or someth…

I had a similar issue. After encouragement from my wife, I visited a chiropractor. A few adjustments later, and my back pain is dramatically reduced. My chiropractor isn’t pushing holistic medicine or other garbage, or I would be running from the experience. There are many charlatans out there looking to fleece the desperate, so be careful.

Re: Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by mmanfrin »

strongbond wrote: post #63
fastbeef wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don’t flush baby wipes, or anything except fences or toilet paper. They clog drains and interfere with the sewage treatment process.

I'm guessing that fences might also be a slight problem for the sewer system.

Just make sure you include a gate.
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