[CQ-Contest] Posture for contests

[Joe]

Has anyone ever tried one of the "Varidesk"'
https://youtu.be/nZJKUR7NerM

You can use it sitting and then in 5 seconds be using it standing. or 
back to sitting as often as you want.

Who wants to be a Guinea Pig? Get one just before the next big 48 hour 
contest and try it. The commercial says you can try it for free no risk 
for 30 days.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/29/2016 11:25 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
> Altho I have a high tech posture chair, Steelcase cost a fortune, this WPX
> gave me a sore lower back.
>
> I replicated my listening posture and I had pressed my head forward and
> down.... toward the rig... like I was trying to hear and the closer to my
> rig, the better.  Of course, that was totally not true because, like a real
> ham, I always wear headphones and attached mic.
>
> Regardless, I found that making the effort to hear difficult signals, I had
> established a muscle set or strained posture which caused back pain below
> the waist but likely starting in the middle of my backbone.  The pain
> radiated down my left leg to my foot sometimes.  Of course, the only "cure"
> is proper posture all the time and Tylenol.
>
> So, the right chair is a good beginning, but not the only one.  73, Charly
>