Sauvik Biswas

Comics enthusiast, Musician, Programmer and Traveller

  • About
  • Travelogue
  • On Comics
  • Now
Comics enthusiast, Musician, Programmer and Traveller

Sitting is the new smoking

Print This Post May 8, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

About two or three weeks ago, I started having pain in my lower back. It did not restrict any of my movements but prolonged sitting caused fatigue and pain.

A visit to a physiotherapist confirmed that it was indeed caused by muscle stress. My poor sitting posture coupled with my tight hamstrings were the culprit. The diagnosis sheet also read “core muscle weakness”. The doctor administered ultrasound and interferential therapy on my back for five days.

I was given some exercises that stretches the lower back and glutes. The exercises are pretty simple. I can barely feel anything while doing them. It’s usually after an hour or so that I can feel some pain and discomfort. The doctor had warned me about this. She had mentioned that it was merely like the exercise induced pain one gets after a heavy workout. It should not deter me from performing regular movements.

Here are the things I have learned and / or was instructed to do.

  1. Sitting is the new smoking. Don’t sit for more than 15 mins at a stretch.
  2. While sitting gluteus and lumbar support is a must.
  3. Don’t slouch. If you find yourself involuntarily slouching, it is a sign of weak core muscles.

I have started doing regular stretches and have also bought an office chair to write and watch anime! (How ironic!) I plan to migrate to a standing workspace in a few months time.

Anti-cancer and "healthy food"
Further thoughts on decluttering: frugality as a function of needs
Posted in: Productivity Tagged: health, pain

Search the Site

Subscribe to my blog

Or use these links for your reader: RSS / Atom

Recent Posts

  • A tryst with B+Trees: Part I March 14, 2024
  • Tintin chases a plot for the first time in The Broken Ear March 5, 2024
  • A naive implementation of file-based storage February 26, 2024
  • YetiDB: an academic exercise February 22, 2024
  • That one time we actually trekked to Goecha-La July 9, 2023
  • Tour de Self: From Udupi to Bangalore January 3, 2023
  • Twenty Twenty-One February 23, 2022
  • Day 16: Back to Guwahati December 20, 2020
  • Day 14-15: Bomdila December 19, 2020
  • Day 12-13: Villages around Dirang December 17, 2020
  • Day 11: Dirang Monastery and Mandala Top December 15, 2020
  • Day 10: Through Sela Pass to Dirang December 14, 2020

Tags

Anime Artwork Bande Dessinée Bangalore Batman Berlin Casterman cycling Dark Project Dehradun Delhi Dharamshala Europe Trip '19 Food Graphic novel Guwahati Hergé Himachal trip '15 Himachal trip '19 Hybrid mod '17 Juda ka Talab Kasol Kerala trip '15 Kodaikanal-Ooty Trip '16 Manali Mandi Manga Munich Music NaNoWriMo North-East trip '14 North-East trip '20 Ooty Poetry Prague python Reckong Peo Rishikesh Tabo Tawang Tintin Tour of Nilgiris '16 Trekking Uttarakhand trip '17 Vietnam trip '15

Copyright © 2025 Sauvik Biswas.

Lifestyle Hack WordPress Theme by Sauvik Biswas modding themehit.com