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PSA if glasses feel off, stop using them immediately and troubleshoot. I’ve learned the hard way that the body only takes a few hours to learn a terrible posture and there’s no way you can be mindful enough to *stop* it learning.
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Even if you set a timer/cues to do posture checks/corrections/breaks, you can’t arrest the mis-learning. Even if you obsessively break and correct for 30s every 5 minutes (insane mindfulness), the cerebellum is learning unsupervised copes for 270 seconds.
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And even a barely perceptible persistent head tilt or lean forward when trained to be held in an unconscious sustained way can cause stiffness and pain that takes days/weeks to lose even if you stop the activity cold.
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First day in 3 weeks I don’t have weird upper back/neck stiffness, thanks to finally finding a computer-strength glasses that sort of works for my normal (I think good) computer use posture. Non-prescription +1s. Cycled through inappropriate, none, and wrong prescriptions 😵‍💫😫
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Still not out of the woods. I think I have to give up one of my favorite working postures — on an ikea poang recliner with footstool, either cross-legged or legs stretched out. The laptop screen distance is in no-man’s land. I’ll probably get a new carefully tested prescription
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I think my default seated posture now has to be at desk with monitor. But I’ve worked leaning back comfortably so long I now need back strengthening for stamina 😬 I think problems start when near correction exceeds +2 and reading/laptop/desktop fork into 3 disconnected zones
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These setups screw up typing posture. There’s no good solution for laptop use past a point if you’re actively typing a lot (reading with occasional input is fine). I think I never realized just how much of an outlier I am. Few computer users routinely type 4-5k words over 3-4h
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Try this: LEVO G2 Rolling Laptop Workstation Stand Cart Desk for Laptops, Books, Tablets, and Art, Made for Sofa, Bed, Chair, or Standing a.co/d/i4gQt1V
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Basically when my near vision was still in the +1.5 range, I was buying both good gaze and arm/hand posture at the expense of back strength (leaning back) and slight persistent eye strain (using reading glasses for computer. Now several years of posture bills have come due.
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N=2 on Poang
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I worked + recreated from a Pöang for 12+ hours a day for nearly 10 years. This chair is a testament to good simple design. But I paid a gradual heavy price for it. This past year I’ve used a Jarvis standing desk with a Varier Balans kneeling chair. Feeling night and day better.
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I have the same problem. I didn't get the progressive lenses because I was worried about middle-distances (from desktop monitor distance to, say, 15 feet – but it ain't workin' out.
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I now have 3 pairs progressive for distance+reading for walking around, pure prescription reading for books/phone/iPad, and drugstore +1s for computer (that’s slightly off… but good enough)
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I worked + recreated from a Pöang for 12+ hours a day for nearly 10 years. This chair is a testament to good simple design. But I paid a gradual heavy price for it. This past year I’ve used a Jarvis standing desk with a Varier Balans kneeling chair. Feeling night and day better.
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There’s no way to routinely use a laptop (without a stand) that’s long term healthy. Get a monitor and a good Bluetooth keyboard. Combine with a chair that allows for a variety of upright unsupported sitting postures.