Pain Free at Your PC
by Pete Egoscue · first published 2009
100% recommend
Why HN recommends it
Practical, exercise-based guide to correcting muscular imbalances from long hours of desk sitting; its explanations of posture and body mechanics help people with RSI or desk-related pain.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
Using a computer doesn't have to hurt. Prevent or reverse repetitive stress injuries Cure carpal tunnel syndrome End chronic wrist, shoulder, and neck pain Ease eyestrain Avoid surgery, drugs, and wrist bracesUsing a computer should challenge your mind, not your body.As computers become a larger part of our daily lives both at work and at home, complaints of painful wrists, sore shoulders, stiff necks, and blurry vision associated with computer use continue to soar.But the good news is that this chronic pain can easily be prevented or cured without surgery or drugs--or expensive "ergonomic" eq
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on “Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?” ↗One of the most amazing books I've read about simple ways to correct the muscular imbalances that result from too much sitting is Pete Egoscue's Pain Free at Your PC [1]. His other book, Pain Free [2] is also extremely effective and informative. The first part of Pain Free explains how muscular imbalances form and, most insightful to me, how every human body has…
on “Simple Exercises To Help Undo the Damage of Sitting (2014)” ↗Paul Egoscue's books "Pain Free" and "Pain Free at your PC" are also very good. I'm really looking forward to Kelly Starrett's "Deskbound" to come out too.
on “One year with the Truly Ergonomic keyboard” ↗…and frequent urination. I'm not sure if the prostate thing is related but my doctors have not found any other underlying cause. I've recently found a couple of things that help: 1. A book called "Pain Free at Your PC" http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-at-Your-PC/dp/0553380524 It has special stretches, some yoga inspired, to counteract the problems developed from sitting for long-periods. 2. A got a think called a…
on “Embarrassing Story. Moral: Take Care of Your Health” ↗RSI is curable almost always! Read "Pain Free at Your PC" or "Pain Free" by Pete Egoscue. Message me and I'll gift either to you.
on “Look, no hands” ↗One of the most amazing books that I've read about simple ways to correct muscular imbalances, including those that result from too much sitting, is Pete Egoscue's Pain Free at Your PC [1]. His other book, Pain Free [2] is also extremely effective and informative. Pete’s knowledge completely rewrote the way I think about my body, pain, and imbalance. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chro...…
on “Common Muscular Weaknesses” ↗Did you heard of this book, Pain Free at Your PC? For me it's hard put into practice because of the time demand, but exercises and reasoning is quite good.
on “Novel mind-body program outperforms other treatments for chronic back pain” ↗