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Re:Working from Bed by neom on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:21PM (#25634560)
I'm a 35 year old who internetted/"worked" from bed all the time in my teens and 20s, I really believe doing this:

- Removed the sanctity of bed. The bed is a great place to train yourself to decompress and unwind.

- Absolutely destroyed my back. I'd build pillow forts around myself to compensate for increasing weak muscles.

- Hindered the ability to notice shifts in my mood/difficulties in my routine. Eg: I struggle to get out of bed these days.

Re:Working from Bed by proverbialbunny on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:41PM (#25638553)
>Absolutely destroyed my back. I'd build pillow forts around myself to compensate for increasing weak muscles.

Yep. I had to learn muscle building exercises to get out of that situation. It's totally worth it.

Re:Working from Bed by whitepoplar on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:25PM (#25641286)
Could you share some of these techniques? I'm in the same boat.
Re:Working from Bed by proverbialbunny on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:07PM (#25649546)
I wish I could. I went to a physical therapist to learn it, and unfortunately I have no idea who else teaches these kinds of exercises.

Given the nature that they're physical, explaining them over text could lead to problems and I don't want to recommend something that could injure someone due to a misunderstanding.

As an overall concept, muscle building works by finding the sore muscles, holding them in spot where they are sore, but holding in spot in a soft way, not a tense way, and then counting slowly to 10. Then give 5 to 10 seconds of relax, then do again, 10 times at first. It only takes a few weeks doing exercises every other day for the muscle strength to build.

Headaches by definition are caused by tense / sore muscles, so learning the right exercises will remove headaches. However, sinus headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches are different. Also, if you have mattress or pillow problems, muscle building exercises are like walking up a high altitude mountain; it's not going to help as much as you're like. It may help to start with your mattress, if applicable, and then learn muscle building exercises.

Posture problems, like having your head too far forward, is caused by using the incorrect muscles which then strengthens the incorrect ones and weakens the correct ones. (Usually neck and upper back muscles.) By muscle building the weak ones, your posture will naturally fix itself.

When working on shoulder and upper back muscles I do muscle building exercises with my arms with 5 lb weights.

When it comes to headaches, I do a series of neck muscle building exercises.

Oh also, chiropractors are pseudo-science. If you feel like you need a chiropractor, what for 99% of the people out there actually need is muscle building exercises. The muscles hold up the spine, so even with a messed up spine muscle building exercises help more than just about anything else, often completely removing pain.

Re:Working from Bed by whitepoplar on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:05PM (#25678914)
Just saw this! Thanks!
Re:Working from Bed by user_501238901 on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:40PM (#25636769)
Idk how you can destroy your back working from your bed, unless you do some idiotic posture. Just lay down, face up, back to the bed, computer on top of your stomach.

Know a person with an actual destroyed back who can't even drive a car, but is able to work from bed.

Re:Working from Bed by JimBlackwood on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:59PM (#25637013)
Muscle atrophy will do that for you. Things get harder and you do it less. It’ll be a challenge to get your muscles back to where they were.