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nudge for good thread

I have started waring a magnetic belt for mine it does help you can get them from Kleeneze or ebay there is a person selling them in a shop on there if you just put magnetic belt in the address he will come up I think they are £12 but well worth it for lower back it also makes you look slim by keeping your tummy in lol

Sue

My back can sometimes go for no good reason. I can understand the times when I've been doing something silly like shifting rocks but just reaching into a cupboard did it once.

I'm a glass engraver and need to sit and work very close to the glass. I was finding that I could only do an hour or so before my back started to ache. Then a physiotherapist friend recommended one of those kneeling chairs.

I've got one I use for work now and it's great. I haven't had a bad back for months now (touch wood!).

I do tend to work for an hour or so then take a break and wander about for a few minutes before going back. That means I can now keep going for several hours.

So if you have a sedentary job and haven't tried a kneeling chair it might be worth doing so.

Sue
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About 14 years ago I ruptured a disc in the lumbar region of my back and was crippled for months. Apparently the jelly-like substance in the centre of a disc had oozed out through a crack and solidified around my sciatic nerve.

There was no option but to have surgery, despite warnings of paralysis etc. but it did alleviate the terrible pain I was in.

However, I still have back problems with some degree of discomfort almost always present, and occasionally (about twice a year), it becomes excruciating again, and I can't even stand upright. Sitting down is also a problem.

Valium (diazepam) helps because it is a muscle relaxant, and eases the spasms, but really it's a matter, for me, of waiting 2 or 3 weeks for the worst of it to go.

Only tip I can give is, as someone said before, when you are in bed, put a pillow or cushion between your knees as this helps to keep the spine straight.

Dee
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Lots of tips and info on here thank you. Sue (in Somerset). By a kneeling chair is that the chair that you sit on sort of backwards? would it be any good for working on the computer?

Ann
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Hi Ann

Sorry been out for a meal so just seen your comment.

The kneeling chair looks odd but is amazingly comfortable to sit at and yes it would be fine for working on a computer. That would be a similar position to me working at my desk with my engraving.

They vary quite a bit in price. The blue one on this page looks like mine. (Sorry it's a long link!). This seems to be one of the middle range in price.

http://www.furnitureatwork.co.uk/WebConnect/MainServlet?storeId=FaW&catalogId=webconnect&langId=en_GB&action=CategoryDisplay&screenlabel=index&categoryId=000859&route=000148.000708&gclid=CLylqMu2l5ECFQVaMAodVm-iIA

Here is a bit more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair

If you Google "Kneeling chair" you can find more types.

Sue
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