A coworker with back problems swears by her therapy ball as a seat at her vanity table. I have a lot of trouble with the seat I use at the computer desk, including that Haiku thinks it is hers, and sometimes cries so plaintively when I am in it. She convinces me she wants something, and she does. When I get up to see what she wants, she gets on the chair!
Therapy balls are not very expensive, and they come with their own hand or foot pump, so I bought one tonight. The jury is still out. I bought the one for my height, but I had trouble inflating it to 22" diameter. I got up to 19" several times, then lost air. With me not sitting on it, it is higher than my desk chair. But it squishes down. I am thinking I may need a larger ball, but for now, I will see how this does. I think it is comfortable, but I may be a little low for the desk surface. But it seems to be a good angle for my hips and knees. That being said, it will relieve some of my back and hip pain, but it might bother my shoulder.
Immediately when I took it out of the box, Haiku and Taki were INTERESTED! They watched when I inflated it and followed me back to the computer when I moved the chair and replaced it with the ball. I could see Haiku sitting on the tray near the computer contemplating jumping on it. And Taki is just staring at it. I have been very stern with them about leaving it alone. While I do not want to ruin it, my biggest concern is if one of them pops it and in the process is injured, not to mention horribly frightened. I am not sure where I will store it, probably in the closet in the computer room.
I am adjusting well, but when I first started keystroking, I was bouncing around and made some typos. In 30 minutes or so, that has already improved quite a bit.
This is an experiment, and not an expensive one. We shall see what happens with it.
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