I’ve been having problems with sitting at my desk for months now, without any sucess of locating the cause of my upper back pain – neck and between the shoulder blades.
I have changed and moved around everything I could think of but no luck. In my previous apartment I didn’t have any kind of problems, as I have been sitting for many hours daily (including execise). I had to move out from there and move in with a friend of mine temporarily, and using the desk at this place has been a nightmare for my back for months now. I’ve switched chairs, monitor placement, bought new keyboard/mouse, played with the chair height, etc. Nothing worked so far and I still can’t locate the source.
Even while sitting at the kitchen table using my laptop I don’t feel pain like the one I feel at the desk. The pain in my back starts happening pretty much 5 minutes after I sit at the desk, and is making me nauseous as I can feel the spot in my back pulsing from the pain.
I have also removed the arm chairs because they didn’t do much of help since they are too wide for my body type and I can’t place my hands on them and use the keyboard/mouse at the same time. I also did that in order to potentially see if that is part of the source, but no difference was made much.
I am posting a pic of the setup in order to give a better visual perspective.
by Vain_16
20 Comments
See a doctor mate
Your wood plank gaming chair
Get a normal office chair for your backs sake
That’s my guess
Thats way beyond a problem of your setup try change Monitor height but Most of all go see a doctor because that pain sounds similar to a disc prolapse If your unlucky
The monitor looks too low compared to the chair headrest. The center of the monitor should be at eye level.
100% that chair.
It’s gonna be the chair
Depending on your body it might be the desk height relative to your chair. A desk with adjustable height could solve that.
Number one is go to go a doctor. If this is going on that long a simple change here won’t do it.
That being said, a height adjustment on your monitor wouldn’t go astray. If you’re having back issues, perhaps a orthopedic chair wouldnt go astray. Standing desks can be great too that way so perhaps one that go between sitting and standing.
General stretching can be amazing, try work in a routine everyday with stretches that target where your sore. Perhaps the muscle might be weak there so building it up wouldn’t go astray.
But again to the first point, go see a doctor man. Nothing to be ashamed of. Get a professionals opinion rather than us. Physio could be a good idea.
Wish you the best man, hope it gets better soon.
The garbage “racer gaming” chair is giving you health problems…..get a mesh ergo office chair..
Get a monitor riser. Your eye level should meet the top of the monitor ideally
So OP tells us nothing about his weight, fitness level, conditions and almost everybody assumes the chair is the problem? Peak reddit.
Sold my crappy gamer chair and bought Herman miller embody. Never had pain since
Prob because you are sitting on a crappy gaming chair. Try out some decent office chair and never look back.
Its probably the windows behind the monitor, just my guess
Take photos of you sitting in the chair and typing. No armrests, monitor height, crowded under desk, keyboard location etc. your ergonomics as a whole need tailoring.
Your eyeballs should be aligned with the top of your monitor. I’m guessing that yours is too low which causes you to lean forwards when gaming, then due to concentrating on what you’re doing you don’t notice and lean the shoulders in as well.
Sure, a better chair would help, but try propping your monitor up on a stack of books.
Edit: Arms should be at 90 degrees when typing as well, it looks like your chair might be too high or your desk too low (if your legs are currently at 90 degrees with feet flat on the ground).
It’s the gaming chair
Is this for real? Lol it’s the chair my dude
As someone who works with ergonomic experts I can say the two main things from looking at this is monitor height and the desk height. It looks like your desk top may be too low and causing you to lean down. The center of your monitor should be eye level as well, this looks to be a lot lower than that given the pic. Just my quick thoughts.
Had the same chair, changed it for an office chair because of back pain