I myself have been a heavy computer user most of my life. I was a hardcore computer gamer as a teenager, and for the past two decades I've been using technology up many hours a day for work and leisure. I have ended up with relentless lower back aching and pain after injuring it (disc herniation), upper back and neck pain (more disc herniations), and burning in my forearms and legs at times. Everything got much worse when I was under a lot of stress and anxiety.
I also went through the same cycle of trying everything. I've done over 200+ PT sessions, bi-weekly massages, red light therapy, dry needling, myofascial release, nerve blocks, trigger point injections, medications and eventually cervical spine surgery.
The other thing I related to is all the accommodations. I have monitor risers, laptop and phone stands, special pillows, and expensive ergonomic chairs. I've set my whole life up around avoiding pain, and I’m starting to wonder if that keeps telling my brain in this loop.
I explicitly remember my pain exploding all over my body 5 days after not being able to sleep due the burning in my neck, traps, shoulders, and upper back. In fact, I wrote this down when it happened during that time:
What encouraged me most is that she got back to life with doing everything and without fear, even after years of pain. My biggest goal is to be able work and play again without the pain in my upper and lower body.
I also went through the same cycle of trying everything. I've done over 200+ PT sessions, bi-weekly massages, red light therapy, dry needling, myofascial release, nerve blocks, trigger point injections, medications and eventually cervical spine surgery.
The other thing I related to is all the accommodations. I have monitor risers, laptop and phone stands, special pillows, and expensive ergonomic chairs. I've set my whole life up around avoiding pain, and I’m starting to wonder if that keeps telling my brain in this loop.
I explicitly remember my pain exploding all over my body 5 days after not being able to sleep due the burning in my neck, traps, shoulders, and upper back. In fact, I wrote this down when it happened during that time:
What encouraged me most is that she got back to life with doing everything and without fear, even after years of pain. My biggest goal is to be able work and play again without the pain in my upper and lower body.