Progress!

I’ve been WFH for a few years now. About a year in, when my lower back started getting that dull, constant ache around 2 PM, I threw money at the problem.

I bought the Herman Miller, the fancy footrests etc. I always felt some short-term relief when I made a switch, but the pain always came back.

Over time, I realized I was just outsourcing the job of holding my spine up to the chair. I was slouching ergonomically, if that makes sense.

Lately, I’ve switched gears. Instead of melting into the lumbar support, I’ve been working on waking up my deep core muscles that support the spine and kind of act as an internal corset.

It’s exhausting at first but since I started relying on my own muscles for stability rather than the chair, the chronic stiffness has actually started to fade. Of course I credit some of that to my standing desk too, but I can’t stand all day!

Has anyone else found that perfect ergonomics was actually a trap for them? Or did the expensive chair actually fix it for you?