Programmer’s Health Guide

preface

I believe that everyone here more or less must have several occupational diseases: neck pain, wrist pain, waist pain, butt pain… I didn’t make much money for two years, but I got a lot of occupational disease. If anyone says programmer is not a physical work, I am sure and he urgent. But I can’t help it. Every time I say I need to get up and do some exercise, I just look at the code all afternoon and night. I can’t remember the exercise at all. Since we can’t avoid it, let’s try to improve it. Disclaimer: there is no advertisement for this article, and I will not link to it. It is a summary of my own personal experience and painful experience.

Grip the ball

I don’t know if you have this problem. After holding the mouse for a day, your wrist is very stiff. It hurts when you turn it, and it is not flexible when you turn it. I tried many methods: sticking plasters, looking for massage videos on the Internet, but the results were not significant. The pain often lasted for a week or two and then recurred after a week or two. It was so painful that I could barely hold a pen and write. But! Got this grip ball from my classmate… After shaking for the first time, I had a different feeling before. I bought a direct addiction, and the effect was remarkable. Now I use it from time to time, and my wrist trouble never recur. It is now discovered that the main reason for wrist pain may be the lack of movement of the wrist, which has been kept in one position. Highly recommended for wrist pain.

Reference price: 40~100 RMB

Computer support

The main cause of cervical spondylosis is neck leaning forward or bow. Most of the time we’re unconsciously ducking or leaning forward! Only in the neck pain can not stand after suddenly realized, I tm into the bow clan, next time must pay attention to… Then keep lowering your head. There’s only one way to improve the problem: hold the computer up to your eye level. That’s when you need a way to make your computer taller. That’s when you need a computer stand! If you can afford it, it would be better to buy a desk. I’m sure this is standard for every programmer, but a word of caution for those who don’t.

What? Spending money again?


You can use a shoebox instead

Reference price: 0~80 RMB

Cervical spine massager

A qualified programmer can not be without cervical spondylosis! (Just kidding)

Cervical spondylosis may not be full, but neck stiffness and pain should be every programmer will face a problem. Online tutorials to see a lot, nothing more than two kinds:

A career change

This method needless to say, the ability to change careers will not read this article.

Rotate or move your neck every once in a while

My tm code is knocking all afternoon will not notice a moment ah! Set the alarm clock? Halfway through, an alarm clock takes you back to the days before liberation.

The method on the net basically does not depend on the line, be like me this kind of lazy person that affirmation is to want automatic thing just go, and must save time, had better be to do not disturb oneself rest or work still can massage the neck of the thing.

Highly recommended for neck pain!

Reference price: 300~700 RMB

Mechanical keyboard

Do you still use your laptop’s built-in keyboard? Are you still using a plastic chocolate keyboard? Are you still using a $20 membrane keyboard? It’s too expensive. There’s no need. I just type code. I want a keyboard. Wrong wrong wrong… Don’t be reluctant to spend money on yourself, sharpening the knife does not mistakenly cut wood workers, eat the guy to make you get twice the result with half the effort. The most also have to buy a two or three hundred domestic mechanical keyboard, typing experience really rose more than a grade, for your fingers and work efficiency, still with ordinary keyboard partners quickly change a bar. Keyboard expensive and cheap really bad a lot of, the choice is also a lot of, see each of your own economic conditions, I do not put a map. Typing recommended use: 1. Green axis, if it is a quiet environment or not recommended to use (not afraid of colleagues beat it doesn’t matter) 2. Tea shaft: suitable for quiet environment

Reference price: 200~ not capped

Ergonomic mouse

You’ve probably heard of Microsoft’s big bun, and it’s the only one I’ve put a real brand on. But in case others say that I play advertising you or their own Taobao jingdong bar.

It was awkward at first, because unlike a traditional mouse, it’s not supported by your wrist. It is really very helpful to prevent and control the mouse hand. (Note: The wrist pain mentioned above is not the mouse hand)

Note: Can’t play games! In addition to the card game (Hearthstone)

Reference price: 240~260 RMB

Arm bracket

Always puzzled before why shoulder always can be very stiff, typing with the mouse is obviously the thing of the arm, why shoulder can ache hard to bear? Long illness into a good doctor, ah, after inquiring baidu know, when the elbow under the wrist, the muscle of the shoulder will send force! Can you imagine if your muscles have been tense all day… You can’t escape the muscle aches. So all we have to do is raise the elbow above the wrist. We have two options: 1. If you don’t use the mouse very often and have developed the vim habit, my advice is to put the mouse directly on a stool (provided there is a spacious stool).

2. If you’re a mouse user like me, invest in an arm brace.

Reference price: 30~100 RMB

Small dumbbell

Protecting your body ultimately depends on your own exercise! Those above in the final analysis can only cure the symptoms, if you want to really cure the root cause or rely on their own action. Why choose dumbbell, because my shoulder is really hard very hard very hard ah!! I really fidget when I’m sore. The pain of which only the same shoulder pain can understand it. The male compatriot suggests buying a pair of 4~ 5kg small dumbbell, the female compatriot buys a pair of 2kg. Cooperate the course that some EEP goes up, exercise the muscle of upper body shoulder, can exercise the body again can cure a disease, not beautiful zai!

Reference price: 50~100 RMB

Finally: I hope we can protect the body, the body is the capital of the revolution, do not like me to have experienced these first to know the importance of health. After all, if you make money, you have to spend it.

The above.