'where you been this week?'
Jul. 28th, 2011 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishMostly I've been recovering from this %&$ con-crud / post-con-crud cold. I think it's about 90% beat at this point, so I can start doing something more useful with my afternoons and evenings than "taking a nap," "working extra hours to make up for having taken an hour-long nap," or "being kinda brain-dead on account of having worked extra hours."
I'm pretty well settled in at this point. I've gotten used to being a stand-up guy, and with the addition of an extra half-inch mat I'm not even aching in my arms any more. The emergency barstool, like all flat surfaces, has turned into an emergency paper-holder. Which is a good indicator of how often it's being used for its primary function, which in turn is a good indicator of how well the standing desk is working out. Bottom line: highly recommended where feasible.
The next step of course is to see a physical therapist about my shoulder problem. My right shoulder hasn't been fully happy in a long time: the corner desk I used for a good many years kept the mouse / trackball far enough away that I had a consistent "mouse knot" around the middle of my back on the right-hand side, and then there was whatever stupid thing happened to it several years ago that had me actually seeking PT (which helped a lot but didn't fix everything, partly because it wasn't until the last session that the guy realised that hey, even though it's the shoulder that hurts, the problem's in the back muscles). And then to top it off I had six months with an uncomfortable new desk at work. Bleh. I've a recommendation for a PT who's reasonably close by, and will be looking into that next week most likely.
Now that I'm mostly done being sick I suppose I should look into getting out and running again, too. Walking everywhere and eating a little better has been good for me; I'd like to keep it that way.
I'm pretty well settled in at this point. I've gotten used to being a stand-up guy, and with the addition of an extra half-inch mat I'm not even aching in my arms any more. The emergency barstool, like all flat surfaces, has turned into an emergency paper-holder. Which is a good indicator of how often it's being used for its primary function, which in turn is a good indicator of how well the standing desk is working out. Bottom line: highly recommended where feasible.
The next step of course is to see a physical therapist about my shoulder problem. My right shoulder hasn't been fully happy in a long time: the corner desk I used for a good many years kept the mouse / trackball far enough away that I had a consistent "mouse knot" around the middle of my back on the right-hand side, and then there was whatever stupid thing happened to it several years ago that had me actually seeking PT (which helped a lot but didn't fix everything, partly because it wasn't until the last session that the guy realised that hey, even though it's the shoulder that hurts, the problem's in the back muscles). And then to top it off I had six months with an uncomfortable new desk at work. Bleh. I've a recommendation for a PT who's reasonably close by, and will be looking into that next week most likely.
Now that I'm mostly done being sick I suppose I should look into getting out and running again, too. Walking everywhere and eating a little better has been good for me; I'd like to keep it that way.
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Date: 2011-07-30 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 04:07 pm (UTC)Also, Tucker, if you ever start a band you should name it "Mouse Knot".