Dead Butt Syndrome - Orthopedic Devices

I grabbed the trolley and headed straight for the aisle selling orthopedic devices. Enough is enough, I now needed extra-ordinary support!

Sitting for hours at my desk working on BnB admin, which encompasses way more than meets the eye - tourism registration renewals, ensuring annual certified checks are done on safety equipment like fire extinguishers, pest control, doing quotations, invoicing, marketing, month-end books for the taxman, and updating our listings on more than half a dozen booking sites, are just some of the tasks that keep me glued to my office chair. When that's all done, it's back to another magnet, Hive!

Dead Butt Syndrome...

Also known as Gluteal Amnesia.
Sedentary jobs and pastimes are bad for anyone's glutes, back, hips, and shoulders! Add to that many decades of sitting, and you'll know all about it later in life!
That desk chair equals pain.
I've had to unlearn bad habits, take a break, stretch my legs, and walk a little.

Mouse Shoulder

Have you thought about the damage you're doing to your shoulders from repetitive mouse clicking? Rotator cuff tear, and frozen shoulder are two common painful conditions, and we're doing it to ourselves!

Self-Inflicted Injuries

I'm talking about myself now! Besides hips and glutes, neck and shoulders now need intervention by professionals, but, I have to be patient! Thankfully! Going the conservative route with a compressed nerve at the C5-C6 level means just what it says.
I've started a good solid regime of twice-weekly physiotherapy sessions as prescribed by the neurosurgeon who hopes that realigning the spine will alleviate the unnerving numbness and shocks! I prefer this route, but need to learn patience, which is a characteristic I unfortunately lack!

Orthopedic Finds

Ergonomic Memory Foam Seat Cushion - hopefully will revive that dead butt!
Lumbar Support Cushion - self-descriptive...
Footrest to stop my legs from dangling.
Ergonomic Orthopedic Leg Pillow - to align back and hips and cushion legs and knees while sleeping.
Soft Cervical Collar - to be worn two hours on and two off throughout the day, stifling now it's summertime but it stops me from tilting my head back, (plus snacking), and hopefully does the job!
Resistance Bands for physio exercises - from a light-resistant yellow to a heavy-resistant green, and extra-resistant blue. I'm still on the yellow!

The Verdict

I'm sitting way more comfortably, actually managed to write this in one session, but I've learnt my lesson - took some breaks, and stretched a little.
I hope this will be the end of at least one problem, and that is dead butt syndrome!