How to Handle Your Desk Job and Back Pain

Dealing with a desk job and back pain is basically a rite of passage for office workers these days, but it really shouldn't be. We spend eight, nine, sometimes ten hours a day hunched over a glowing screen, and then we wonder why our lower back feels like it's being squeezed by a pair of pliers by 3:00 PM. It's a literal pain in the neck—and the spine, and the hips. The reality is that our bodies just weren't designed to stay in a seated L-shape for forty hours a week. ...

May 21, 2026 · 6 min · Helene Tromelin