Posted by Emme on August 9, 2004, at 14:23:46
In reply to Diabetes question again, posted by Dinah on August 8, 2004, at 15:37:31
Hmmm....any chance anyone in your office could help you work on fixing your layout to help you out? I'll bet other people have ergonomic issues. Maybe the office manager could help you research or come up with some creative ideas? And also research exercises? My last place used to post articles with such info. I worked one place where someone had back problems that made it hard for her to sit for too long. So they simply mounted a shelf in her office so that she could stand and work when she wanted.
Also - and this is waay high on the eccentric scale perhaps, so please don't think I'm nuts - but is there a workout room there, or some obscure
unused space? Can you safely do exercises that invert (you can't if you have high blood pressure. I dunno about diabetes)? I had a door at my last job, and once in a while I'd take five minutes and do some yoga poses. The shoulder stand is nice because it empties blood out of your legs and feet. Or similarly, lying down and putting your legs straight up against a wall would do it. Again, high on the weird list, but if you can sneak off somewhere, it might get you a couple of hours of comfort.
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