I hate my office chair, but I realized it didn’t make a lot of sense to complain about something that I chose to sit my butt down on every day, so I decided to make a change. Of course, I’m too lazy to actually go buy (or order online) a new chair, so I just picked from the available other options here in the office and have now spent an entire day using an inflatable exercise ball for a chair.
My back hurts.
It’ll be interesting to see if the pain progresses over the next few days (indicating that my on-the-ball posture sucks) or if it gets better (indicating that I’m actually working some core muscles that I didn’t know existed). Most of the pain (a dull ache, to be fair) is in the middle of my back, and part of that could be because I tend to be reaching forward more - I have to roll myself closer to the desk since the ball doesn’t slide like a chair would.
I remember talking to someone about this a year or two ago - she said she thought it would help her posture, but after a day or two, she learned to slouch on a ball effectively. As a champion sloucher, I’m not worried about my posture one way or another, but I’ve got to say - an inflatable seat is way comfy.
One thing’s for sure though - I probably shouldn’t have started this trial while hopped up on Nyquil.
Or I should have brought a helmet.
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