[Gllug] OT Spinal injuries and computer working positions

[will]

M.Blackmore wrote:
> Anyone else got rather bad spinal injuries? I damaged spinal bones in
> two places in my late teens (building site mishap) and then was well and
> truly whiplashed (ooh err, but not like that, alas).
> 
> Now, at 50, I have a lot of trouble indeed with scar tissue and fibrotic
> muscles and trapped nerves. Painful and debilitating, sleep disruptive,
> and make sitting at a normal desk for any time difficult.

Is standing uncomfortable?  If not you could give it a go as someone at 
Pixar seems to have done (a few photos down, somewhat unrelated article):

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19658#1

Also, I saw a blog post a few weeks ago about a cartoonist with back 
problems who made himself a support for his chest and shoulders to allow 
him to lie on his front on the floor with his chest raised from the 
ground.  Can't find the link though, sorry.
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