Sitting all day is wrecking your back
The back that aches by afternoon, the stiffness getting up, the neck and shoulders knotted from a day hunched at a desk. Your work keeps you sitting for hours, and your body is paying the price in a low, daily pain that's becoming just how you feel now.
Bodies are built to move, and a day spent mostly still, folded into a chair, is genuinely hard on the back and everything around it — the pain you feel is a reasonable response to an unreasonable amount of sitting. If it's severe, persistent, or comes with other symptoms (numbness, leg pain, weakness), see a doctor; don't just cope. But so much desk-body pain responds well to practical changes — moving more, setting up your space better, and gently strengthening the body so it tolerates sitting. Your back isn't broken; it's under-moved and over-loaded in one position, and that we can work with.
What changes unlock by starting
- You move more and break up the sitting
- You've set up your space to support your body
- You strengthen the body that has to sit
- You address daily pain instead of just pushing through it