<story><title>Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer&apos;s Priorities</title><url>http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BrainBytesBackBunsTheProgrammersPriorities.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScottHanselman+%28Scott+Hanselman+-+ComputerZen.com%29</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tyrannosaurs</author><text>You had me right up to chiropractic.&lt;p&gt;Studies have shown chiropractic to be no better than placebo for pretty much all conditions other than lower back pain. For lower back pain it is better than placebo but not massively and given the associated risks (please tell me you don&apos;t let him near your neck) you&apos;d be better off with more conventional remedies.&lt;p&gt;Don&apos;t get me wrong, if it makes you feel better then that&apos;s fine (though you should be aware of the risks). Most Chiropractors are nice, well meaning people, but medically it is unfortunately largely bunkum.&lt;p&gt;(Incidentally as far as I can tell there is no good evidence to support chiropractic in the treatment of scoliosis, though I&apos;m sure your chiropractor has a different opinion.)&lt;p&gt;100% agree though with looking after your body though.</text></item><item><author>edw519</author><text>I&apos;d like to add one more &quot;B&quot; to OP&apos;s title: Body.&lt;p&gt;I have found after many years of programming that how I take care of my body &lt;i&gt;before&lt;/i&gt; I ever sit down is much more important than the environment I sit down to.  I have sat in over 100 offices of every possible condition (some you wouldn&apos;t believe) and have figured out that there&apos;s a &quot;time warp&quot; involved here... If I&apos;ve taken care of myself, then I can function quite well in the worst client dump. If I haven&apos;t taken care of myself, then the most expensive of everything won&apos;t help much.&lt;p&gt;I have had scoliosis my whole life, so I&apos;ve had to learn how to take care of myself or I never would have made it this far. Some of the things I always do:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  - jogging (3-4x per week)
  - body weight exercises (I love Hindu squats and push-ups.)
  - stair climbing
  - proper eating (a whole subject itself)  
  - monthly chiropractic visits
  - getting out of my chair every hour (a must for ANY chair)
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Oddly, I have never really followed most of OP&apos;s advice because I never thought it was very important. Most other programmers can&apos;t believe me, but here is my typical arrangement:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  - cheapest chair from yard sale
  - cheapest (disposable) laptop (currently $350 Lenova)
  - one monitor (I can&apos;t stand &amp;#62; 1; I lose my focus.)
  - good keyboard &amp;#38; mouse (the only things I don&apos;t skimp on)
  - any work surface, as long as it&apos;s lower than 29&quot;
  - at least one feline companion
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
OP brings up some good points, but the most important thing is to find out what will work for you for years. It&apos;s a marathon, not a sprint.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>disgruntledphd2</author><text>Dude, how do you double blind a chiropractic treatment? It&apos;s very very difficult. What is the placebo for this trial? Again, this is a tricky ariiea and most current options are rrelatively poor. I research placebo and the only areas where we have good enough processes to disentangle placebo and real treatment is with pills freaks and injections. Anything else is pretty hit or miss. I&apos;m not saying that chiropracty works, just that we have no good way of seperating the expectation effects from the &apos;real&apos; effects.</text></comment>
<story><title>Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer&apos;s Priorities</title><url>http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BrainBytesBackBunsTheProgrammersPriorities.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScottHanselman+%28Scott+Hanselman+-+ComputerZen.com%29</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tyrannosaurs</author><text>You had me right up to chiropractic.&lt;p&gt;Studies have shown chiropractic to be no better than placebo for pretty much all conditions other than lower back pain. For lower back pain it is better than placebo but not massively and given the associated risks (please tell me you don&apos;t let him near your neck) you&apos;d be better off with more conventional remedies.&lt;p&gt;Don&apos;t get me wrong, if it makes you feel better then that&apos;s fine (though you should be aware of the risks). Most Chiropractors are nice, well meaning people, but medically it is unfortunately largely bunkum.&lt;p&gt;(Incidentally as far as I can tell there is no good evidence to support chiropractic in the treatment of scoliosis, though I&apos;m sure your chiropractor has a different opinion.)&lt;p&gt;100% agree though with looking after your body though.</text></item><item><author>edw519</author><text>I&apos;d like to add one more &quot;B&quot; to OP&apos;s title: Body.&lt;p&gt;I have found after many years of programming that how I take care of my body &lt;i&gt;before&lt;/i&gt; I ever sit down is much more important than the environment I sit down to.  I have sat in over 100 offices of every possible condition (some you wouldn&apos;t believe) and have figured out that there&apos;s a &quot;time warp&quot; involved here... If I&apos;ve taken care of myself, then I can function quite well in the worst client dump. If I haven&apos;t taken care of myself, then the most expensive of everything won&apos;t help much.&lt;p&gt;I have had scoliosis my whole life, so I&apos;ve had to learn how to take care of myself or I never would have made it this far. Some of the things I always do:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  - jogging (3-4x per week)
  - body weight exercises (I love Hindu squats and push-ups.)
  - stair climbing
  - proper eating (a whole subject itself)  
  - monthly chiropractic visits
  - getting out of my chair every hour (a must for ANY chair)
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Oddly, I have never really followed most of OP&apos;s advice because I never thought it was very important. Most other programmers can&apos;t believe me, but here is my typical arrangement:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  - cheapest chair from yard sale
  - cheapest (disposable) laptop (currently $350 Lenova)
  - one monitor (I can&apos;t stand &amp;#62; 1; I lose my focus.)
  - good keyboard &amp;#38; mouse (the only things I don&apos;t skimp on)
  - any work surface, as long as it&apos;s lower than 29&quot;
  - at least one feline companion
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
OP brings up some good points, but the most important thing is to find out what will work for you for years. It&apos;s a marathon, not a sprint.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Natsu</author><text>I would assume he&apos;s using them to get a massage, rather than to do something ridiculous, like having them treat a medical condition.</text></comment>