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Neck Problems and Beer

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I’ve been having some serious headaches lately…it’s been baffling to me because I don’t know what causes them. I keep pounding beer and ibuprofen, which helps temporarily…but it’s just a bandaid. A good friend of mine is a San Diego chiropractor..I’ve been doing a trade out with him; he gives me adjustments, I help him build a teahouse that he bought in Bali. Somehow I feel like my end of the bargain is more labor intensive…which probably doesn’t help my neck problems. Now that I think of it, he seems to have gotten me into a perpetual state of needing his chiropractic care, which means that he will have free labor until the teahouse is built. Hmmmm!!!

My chiropractor said that my neck problems are most likely caused by my many hours of sitting at a desk and staring at a computer. He gave me some weird bowling ball analogy to try and describe my neck problems…it made a little bit of sense, so I started sitting up straighter at work. It also got me thinking about outfitting my office to be more ergonomically sound. So, naturally, I did a search on Google for ergonomic office products…I came across a shitload of sites (most of them sucked and seemed expensive). I came across one site that was really well done; www.ergoware.com. I actually bought a keyboard tray system from them. I’m probably going to buy an ergonomic chair and a monitor arm from them, as well.

So, I’ve been seeing a chiropractor and buying new ergonomic stuff…but I still don’t feel great. Certainly not as good as when I’ve pounded 8 Sam Adams in a two-hour timeframe. Maybe beer is the end-all cure-all. Maybe I should just get a job at a brewery…I can eliminate the “staring at the computer” diagnosis and I can self medicate while I work. Schlameel, Schlamazel…Hosenpepper Incorporated.