Writing’s a dangerous bid’niz.
Sitting there on your rumpus for long stretches of time… letting your legs form dangerous (life ending) blood clots, and wreaking havoc on your entire nervous system — which all can lead to some really NASTY pain.
Leg pain.
Neck pain.
Shoulder pain.
Elbow pain.
Wrist pain.
And, especially BACK pain.
In fact, I knew this one copywriter who was spending sometimes 8-10 hours straight in front of his computer in a small “closet like” office — writing copy, editing video/audio, messing around with website design etc, who was always in excruciating back pain.
Every movement hurt like hell.
Every shift in his seat like white fire up his spine.
Every turn of his neck agony.
He suffered like this silently for months, but figured it’d just go away on its own.
It didn’t.
It actually got worse.
In fact, it spread to his assimus and then down into his hamstrings making running (something he loved doing) impossible, and even walking to the kitchen from his office was exhausting and excruciating. Even sleeping was fitful at best as he had to lay in just the right position (and not move) in order to keep the sharp, “dagger like” pain away.
Eventually he sought help.
Doctors.
Orthopedic surgeons.
Chiropractors.
Acupuncturists.
None were any help.
(One of these doctors even said it was just “phantom pain” and sent him on his merry way with a bottle of pain killers…)
All his tests — MRI, EMG, X-rays — came up negative.
Yet, the pain was getting worse.
And his livelihood (writing) was at stake.
One of the doctors said whatever the problem is, it could be permanent if he didn’t figure it out soon… and to see a neurologist who told him there was nothing they could do and that humans are not built to sit for long stretches of time like that (and he was lucky he hadn’t developed any blood clots…)
Anyway, the point?
Writing for a living really CAN be dangerous.
To your health.
To your sense of well being.
Even, to your life…
But, fear ye not.
There’s a solution to this.
Something I’ve been doing for weeks now.
And, the link below explains it.
Ben Settle
