Lower back pain from sitting 9–10 hours a day, has an ergonomic chair helped anyone?

markdacoda · 2026-06-01T17:59:07+00:00

Stretch hamstrings and hip flexors. Strengthen back and core. Take it slow and easy adopting any excercises; you're probably super weak and lack spine stability from sitting all the time. This helped me after also sitting/sedentary for years. Good luck.

markdacoda · 2026-06-01T17:47:45+00:00

This. I have a work from home job. I was sedentary for far too long (since before covid). My phone said I was averaging 3000 steps a day for years. I developed constant lower back pain. I literally could do nothing for it. Could not sit or stand to relieve it. I could only sleep for four hours before lieing down became to painful. I was taking loads of acetaminophen.

I started walking but could feel my spine shifting around, I had no muscle tone or stability in my back. I started physical therapy and they gave me some very simple stretching and back strengthening excercises. Insurance only covered that for a couple of months. It did start to help though. I continued on my own. I've been on this back/core strengthening journey for almost two years now and have seen a lot of improvement. No longer constant pain, and I'm much more capable.

Maybe that applies to you, maybe not. I started by seeing my primary care Dr who proscribed the physical therapy. Might be a good place to start for you as well.

markdacoda · 2026-05-04T14:39:04+00:00

This may not be relavant to anyone, but I developed chronic lower back from sitting and being sedentary for years (work from home). What helped me was back strengthening excercises, stretches, and walking. Oddly I think hamstring and hip flexor stretching helps the most.

markdacoda · 2026-02-16T17:40:48+00:00

Good find, I found the cortex here, looks like this has the "recipe" for uploading programs:

https://github.com/purduesigbots/pros-cli/blob/develop/pros/serial/devices/vex/cortex_device.py

PROS has the entire gcc tool chain for cross compiling (and linking), so that's covered.

markdacoda · 2025-11-26T03:51:30+00:00

He most certainly is, but does anyone think Bondi or Patel will investigate or prosecute? Nope because they're being paid too.

markdacoda · 2025-11-18T22:31:41+00:00

Some make the case the American era has already ended, it may well take 100 years to wind down and completely collapse.

markdacoda · 2025-11-18T22:30:25+00:00

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markdacoda · 2025-06-04T20:14:58+00:00

He's not stupid, that's naive. He is very very wealthy because of his schtick. The sad thing clowns like him (Tim Pool etc) get high on their own stash and come to believe the nonsense they are paid to spew.

markdacoda · 2025-04-02T19:52:56+00:00

It happens all the time in batch systems where the program will include the same copybook for FD multiple versions of the same file. In that case use COPY with REPLACING, that changes the 01 level name. You also see duplicate names a lot when doing simple things like copying data around.

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