Sore Neck from Typing - Is This Common?

homeriscool

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Hi all, I write on my laptop while sitting on the sofa.....but I'm a little worried this is starting to take it's toll on my neck.

Does anyone else have this problem?

What is the best way to combat it?

 

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Yes, sitting on the sofa while working on your laptop is a terrible posture.
Here is an image with the pressure on your neck per angle.

Very common to get a sore neck, as the muscles will be overactive.

Soreness itself is not really a bad thing, but try to work in a correct posture on a table or what I like is a setup with an external monitor on good height and a seperate keyboard + mouse.
Laptops by itself such for proper ergonomics.

 

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homeriscool said:

I write on my laptop while sitting on the sofa

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Very poor choice of work setup. I used to do this long back and it fucked my neck up as well. Change your sitting setup and posture asap.

 

Starblazer

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Humans will evolve into Pangolins after centuries of neck bending

(And then the Dolphins will smuggle us)

 

Crazycam727

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Get a standing desk.

In fact, it can be an “adapter”.

Here’s my setup:

 

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Called text neck, due to the angle your neck is at while working at typing/texting etc.

Get a stand for your laptop and then use a plug in keyboard at the desk level, this keeps your screen at the eye level you need .

 

slighty

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Crazycam727 said:

Get a standing desk.

In fact, it can be an “adapter”.

Here’s my setup:

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Your arms must be killing you, get a keyboard and mouse setup. Having the screen that high is nice for standing, but holding the arms that high is not cool, speaking from experience

 

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slighty said:

Your arms must be killing you, get a keyboard and mouse setup. Having the screen that high is nice for standing, but holding the arms that high is not cool, speaking from experience

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I’ve actually only had it for a week or so. I haven’t noticed that yet!

But, I’ll dig out my old external keyboard now. Thanks!

 

homeriscool

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Thanks for your replies everyone.

Text neck....never heard of that until now.

That image of the weight on your neck doesn't look too good

I like the stand up desk. I get so restless too....maybe this will help.

Cheers everyone.

 

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homeriscool said:

What is the best way to combat it?

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Get a standing desk, stretching + bodyweight training.