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is4junk comments on Lifehack Ideas January 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: is4junk 01 January 2015 09:07:45PM *  2 points [-]

For several years I had lower back pain reoccurring regularly - pulled muscle. I tried the standing desks and it helped but not that much. Then I heard it was due to weak core muscles. Once I started doing the exercises it helped quite a bit. I just did the ones where I was on my back and I did them in bed.

But once I stopped having back pain as often then I stopped doing the exercises. Mainly because the exercises are boring and easy to skip. For the last year I have had luck using the slendertone waist band. It seems to work. I play video games to take my mind off the 30 minutes of discomfort - plus it is positive reinforcement .

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Comment author: Antiochus 02 January 2015 10:12:20PM 0 points [-]

I once had the same problem with a weak core. Fencing cured it for me within a few months, though for the first two months I ended the classes with pain in that area.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 02 January 2015 10:53:40PM *  2 points [-]

Fencing is extremely bad for your knees :(. -- An ex-foilist.

Comment author: Antiochus 05 January 2015 06:15:58PM 0 points [-]

I've heard that. I suppose it's for the best that I moved into a style less lunge-happy (German and Italian longsword.)