Working from home brought me a disease - herniated disk

People are adaptable by nature. There is no situation to which we cannot adapt, although this sometimes seems difficult and perhaps impossible. Due to the great challenges imposed on a global level, we had no choice, but to adapt. And we adapted to a new way of life. It turned out to be possible. Anything is possible when you have no choice.

When the first case of a person infected with the Covid-19 virus was declared in my country, my company organized incredibly quickly so that every employee gets their own laptop and starts working from home. We thought it was the only danger we needed to watch out for and everything else became less important.

In a very short time, the mindset of the whole world began to recognize only one priority - to protect oneself from the Covid-19 virus. We began to neglect our health and to worry only about the symptoms that could indicate a virus infection. When there were no such symptoms, we felt safe and happy to be given the chance to work from home.

And here I am now. I am happy that I was not infected with the virus and that I worked safely from home in an uncomfortable dining chair in conditions that are not adapted to the eight-hour working hours on the laptop. But I can't move. I feel strong pain in my lower back and every movement is very painful and almost impossible.

What actually happened? Eight hours of sitting in an incorrect position of the spine, on a hard wooden dining chair, led me to suffer from one disease. This disease is called herniated disk. A herniated disk refers to a problem with one of the disks that sit between the bones, that make our spine. My herniated disk is in my lower back and I also have pain in my legs. The situation is very uncomfortable because one wrong move can put you in a state of complete immobility. I had physical therapies after which I felt a little better, and exercises were recommended to me.

The pandemic will end one day. But after all, when the pandemic passes, I will be left with this disease that I will have to live with for the rest of my life. When you get this disease, you can never be completely healed, but with exercise and physical therapy you can improve your condition so that you do not have to have surgery.

Never forget to adapt the conditions to everything you do, not just adapt yourself to the conditions. Provide conditions that will suit you, that will not endanger your health. If the job requires you to work from home, provide an adequate comfortable chair and desk, as you would in an office. Take breaks. Get up to walk. Breathe in some fresh air and come back. Constantly sitting in the same position can be very dangerous even though we rarely think about it.

Thank you very much for reading. Take care of yourself.

Article and photo are original and mine.

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