Wargaming and the bad back.

[Norm]

I try to schedule a 15 minute tea break in between.

One of the many physio's that I have visited told me that the worst thing for 'anybody' is a comfy chair, because the sitter then tends NOT to move for too long. For reasons of blood circulation and overall management of joint / muscle / tendon pain, she suggested getting out of the chair (for example) every time the TV adverts come on ...... something that of itself and for its own sake seems a good thing :-)

The secret seems to be to move or take a break before any stiffness pains start.

There is some new thinking on pain that suggests that the brain knows what activities bring pain on, so the brain starts the pain earlier in an effort to avoid the very thing that brings on pain - the significance of this is that if you repeatedly do a thing to the point of pain,you in effect through memory, train the brain to bring pain on earlier, the mirror of that is to stop before pain generally starts and instead train the brain to understand that the said activity is not harmful, so lots of little sessions proves to be better than fewer longer sessions.

[Techno]

Agreed, Norm.

I DO tend to move fairly regularly when I'm pushing putty about.

With the 10mm figures, I have to mix an awful lot of small batches of green stuff, throughout the day.

Each time I have to mix up 'the next lot' I get up and either move to the PC for a few minutes, or do some other little chore.
I know I've mentioned before, that effectively, I spend one working day in the week mixing putty .....Especially with the wee men, as the putty doesn't stay 'nicely workable' at the really small scales for very long.

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Must admit, although i'm only 33, back pains start to hit more and more lately. admitted, work is to blame for most of it, as i sometimes work with pretty heavy stuff. (i'm a medium-high voltage cable preparator)

When i get in trouble, usually after a day or two of unwinding cables from cable drums, i gravitate more to boardgames and painting instead of bigger games. Helps to keep you less strained when you can sit down to play.

Good ones are memoir, the great war, d&d adventure system etc... But some wargames also lend itwself to this: deadzone, Song of blades and heroes on the smaller scale (so a 2" by 2" board)


ps:

note that by cable drum i don't mean this:




but this


Don't see me unwinding those by hand until i'm 67!!

[Techno]

That DOES look like it's a heavy job.

I wouldn't last two minutes trying to pull  cable that away from the drum. (Let alone doing anything else with it.)
Biggest 'cables' I had to deal with, when I worked for British Telecomm (a lifetime ago) were about 5mm in diameter.....and composed mostly of light plastic.

Mind you, I am almost twice your age, Peter...But take care, youth, otherwise you'll pay for it in later life.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/you-are-old-father-william/

or, with illustrations...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_Old,_Father_William

[Techno]

Go away ! 

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Mind you, I am almost twice your age, Peter...But take care, youth, otherwise you'll pay for it in later life.

Cheers - Phil

I know, that's why i go to get coffee regularly at work, that doesn't strain my back 

[Womble67]

Must admit, although i'm only 33, back pains start to hit more and more lately. admitted, work is to blame for most of it, as i sometimes work with pretty heavy stuff. (i'm a medium-high voltage cable preparator)

There's no wonder you're starting with a bad back

Take care

Andy