Time to revisit the working and walking thing
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Over the past year or so my back has been hurting me now and then. It seems to be at least somewhat related to sitting in one place and working on the computer. And – when I was at Disney World last December and spent almost all my waking hours walking and hardly any sitting – my back didn’t hurt once the whole time there!
I had heard it mentioned somewhere about people working and walking on a treadmill at the same time and started thinking about it more after Disney. I thought about having my husband build something, but it seemed like a lot of work. Instead I got a good mat to stand on and put my laptop on a box and tried standing while working. That was ok, for a while.
Then I got a new laptop and a wireless router so I started working on my couch – because I could! And because in the past it seemed like this couch was better on my back. But now even here it sometimes hurts.
Anyway – over at Healthbolt Liz had a great post about this same topic: Is it a Computer? Is it a Treadmill?. But I never did follow up with it. Then – Brandie at The Home Office Organizer posted about Standing Desks: A Smart, Healthy Option. There’s even a social network at Ning called Office Walkers!
So I figure – I need to work on this again – as I’m sitting here typing on my favorite couch and my back is killing me!
Maybe I could spend part of my day sitting, part standing and part walking!
The treadmill desks all seem to be either too expensive, or they won’t work with the treadmill I have. So the route I will have to go – will be a build-your-own, except it won’t be me doing it, I’ll have to see when my husband might have the time. Various different designs can be used. I want one where my computer would be safer, not just on a desk that lays on top of the treadmill railings. I’m thinking the table type would be best, kind of like this one:
Except I wouldn’t want the monitor up that high like that. I’d just want my laptop on a lower shelf, and our treadmill is long enough so it should work ok.
So what do you think? Do you think you would use something like this?
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on June 18th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Thanks for the link. That pic is so interesting! I had never heard of walking and working at the same time (besides the multi-tasking fitness walk of course).
Very cool stuff!
on June 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I think that is a super-cool setup – better than the idea I’m about to share with you.
I used to get terrible back pain by sitting for long periods of time too – turned out the cause was the chair I was sitting on. It was just a regular chair, nothing ergonomic about it.
I went to my OfficeMax and sat in every one of their chairs – price was no object – ironically the most comfortable one that I still use 6-7 years later was only around $60!
on June 20th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Hi Trisha,
Great setup to get motivated to exercise. I don’t think I could walk & try to do my work at the same time.
As for your favourite couch..it might be comfy but definitely does nothing for your back.
If sitting at a desk for long periods it is recommended (by my osteopath) to get up off your chair approx every 20 mins….give a stretch otherwise your body just seizes up & this is why you get stiff.
on July 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I love the idea – have since I first heard about it 3 years ago. Now I’m finally getting to where I should be able to give it a try (having enough office space to fit in at least a small treadmill.)
Please let us know if you give it a try and if so whether it works for you. It’s been somewhat interesting that I haven’t seen a negative comment yet from anyone who has tried it – though I know that there are reasons for positive comments on things like this to generally outweigh negative even if the average user’s experiences aren’t that positive.