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The answer is, my back is much better but it's an ongoing battle to manage and care for it.
One part of this is that I am careful not to sit for more than an hour at a time. If I'm working, I just stand-up and keep working with my nifty stand-up desk.
This year, my back is sore but no problems. Of course, it's only March. I've skied and biked and swam a lot. I'm hoping to go do tri sprints again this summer but this means that I need to start running again. I've run about a mile and a half three times this year and each one took a lot more than I expected and left me pretty sore for most of a week.
My last real back spasm was in Sept 2015 when, feeling pretty good in the morning, I did some squats but for some reason, I did it while holding my little dog over and in front of my head. This turns out to be really stressful on the back and it triggered a pretty bad spasm. That spasm was the day of the SOFL Edcamp which I managed to get thru by using the back brace and some drugs.
A bigger spasm was in March 2015 when Carmen was in Cuba. I triggered it by playing way too much tennis on a Sunday and then, when I tried to do situps on Tuesday am, my back when into a full spasm making it almost impossible to get off the floor or move. This one took about two weeks in the back brace before I could move again.
So that's the status, I'm writing this both to promote the standing desk and also, I'm trying to keep better records about my back status. So, to help me keep track, I'm listing the previous posts on this topic.
Previous posts related to ergonomics and desks and back problems:
BB at 57 - Status Report - May 2015
Staying Fit Over Fifty, Recent Challenges - Nov 2013
Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Back Problems March 2013
By Back Strategy - Sept 2011
BBat50 is on the comeback trail! April 2011
Resolving Nagging Back Problems - March 2011
Training for training - Jan 2009
More Back Problems - Nov 2008
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