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[Robert Weeks <robert AT designhammer.com>]

Totally agree,

I'll be the big 4-1 next month and it definitely does get worse ;-)

When I was in High School I used to frame houses in the summer, fell 3 1/2
stories and walked away with just a broken arm. That, a couple of car
accidents when I was younger, and a pretty bad bicycle accident when I lived
in NYC are starting to catch up with me. Unfortunately the seating thing has
made all of that much worse.

I think I'm talking myself into buying a new Aeron........

Last week I registered www.middleagedguys.com ;-) Haven't done anything with
it yet, but I'm starting to get some ideas........

Robert



On 4/27/01 12:07 PM, "Austin, Roger" <rda AT rti.org> wrote:

> I don't want anyone to get the idea from my first post that I dismiss
> ergonomic issues. I'll be the big 5-0 next year which is a little more
> than most of you. I can report that it gets worse as you get older.
> Back, knees, eyes, feet, ankles ... you name the body part and it will
> get weird sounds and/or pains when you move them. (Ever listen as a hard
> drive decides to go South or the click of death from a Zip? That sound
> is similar to my knees when I get up in the morning.)
> It may not seem like an important thing when you are 25, but all those
> little things you did at that age seems to punch you in the stomach in
> another 20 years (IOW, Mom was right.) I really wish I had not played
> high school football. Now all those twisted and hammered parts make
> funny noises. 
> Roger (in RTP)
> 
> L B wrote:
>> 
>> Here here. I used to roll my eyes at discussions about good chairs and good
>> shoes. I don't anymore. I'm 32 and I've already had back surgery for a
>> ruptured a disk and a pinched nerve. My desk chair (at the time) 
>> contributed
>> to my back weakness/aggravation tremendously--to the point where every time
>> I stood up at work I'd get a shock of pain in my lower back that took my
>> breath away. Lo and behold, that's the very area that experienced the joy
>> that is a ruptured disk.
>> 
>> A year later, it still bothers me sometimes. Good chairs and good shoes
>> should be taken very seriously.
>> 
>> Companies who don't pay attention to ergonomics are doing their employees
>> and, therefore, themselves a great disservice.
> 
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