How about if you hook your computer up to a projector and use a wireless keyboard? It might be more comfortable than being stuck in one place peering into a monitor.
If my back's bothering me I pull a reclining easy chair up to my desk, put on my glasses (myopic) because I'm farther away from the screen, and put the keyboard in my lap.
I recently got an Aeron chair. It has made all the difference in the world. I am 5' 8" and 190 - I got the size B with all the adjustments. My biggest problem wasn't my back - it was the side of my cheeks, around the pelvic area, would start to hurt. This chair breathes well, and has plenty of support. They recently introduced a new gizmo that will give you more back support... http://www.hermanmiller.com/CDA/product/0,,c201-pss1-p8,00.html nitro
Check out www.egoscue.com. If you suffer from any kind of structural pain it almost always has to do with body alignment. I have had personal experience with Pete Egoscues method. My wife had pain such that she couldn't sit in a car for more than 15-30 minutes without being in extreme pain. She did the Egoscue excersises, and the pain has not returned in over a year. The person that lead me to Egoscue was in a bad car wreck, tried chiropractors, herbs, etc. etc. This went on for months of continuous pain. Egoscue has elimanated his pain.
Go to a "Relax the Back" store. Pony up and get their top of the line chair. It's rather steep, about $3000, but damn is it sweet. I have fallen asleep in it on slow days. Dr. Zhivodka
Take Pilates exercise lessons. Very good for the back. Many dancer babes go for these. Should be pleasant company.
recently my sciatica has been getting worse.... even a microdiscectomy on l5-s1 didnt even help that much... any new info for traders with bad backs??
I had been interested in buying an Aeron chair for years, but always was reluctant to spend 700 dollars or so on a chair, because I am extremely cheap. Finally, one day when my back pain was getting really bad, I went to the Healthy Back store to buy an Aeron chair about 2 years ago. The salesman actually convinced me to buy a CXO chair for 800 dollars instead. I'm not sure if it's better or not, but it is pretty good. It has made all the difference. It is rare that I get back pain now. Putting off buying a good chair probably ranks among one of the bigger mistakes of my life. A few years before I got my chair, I ruptured a disk in my back, and had to get surgery. Considering how great my back has been since I got this chair, I am convinced that if I had just bought myself a good chair earlier I never would have ruptured the disk. The money I would have saved on surgery would have paid for the chair many times over....and who knows what saving myself a couple of months of excruciating pain and immobilization is worth. I literally couldn't get out of bed for most of the time that I waited for my surgery. Oh and when I say a "good chair". I mean it. The chairs I was using before weren't extremely cheap chairs. They were always around a couple hundred dollars, which apparently wasn't enough to buy a chair that doesn't hurt my back.
I do an ab routine to strengthen my back(Abs of Steel, or something like it, should work). Three times a week, for about five or six minutes, is all it takes. When I do it consistently I forget about my back. When I go a couple of weeks without doing it, sitting in a chair can be quite painful, and sciatic pain often returns. Give it a try. Good luck. Alan
For those that value a good deal, and still demand quality. I just recently recieved this chair. I was torn between the mesh and the leather, but went for the leather. Glad I did , doesn't look cheap. As for the comfort, full lumbar support, head rest, the actual seat slides forward and back, arms move up and swivel.. Since I got this chair my back pain is gone. I highly recomend it. http://www.seatingzone.com/product/EUR-LE9ERG#