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IT recently convinced HR to purchase adjustable platforms for our monitors and keys/mice. I now stand at my desk the whole day, outside of meetings (and sometime inside 'em), in my socks. I thought I'd hate it, but I've never felt better at work than now. Highly recommended.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I had head ache (severe), Low BP, Low blood circulation, obesity. After started doing Yoga-Asanas, everything was gone. For people like us who sit all before computer and stare the PC, blood circulation gets low day by day. Daily 1 hour of asanas are must for any sitting job. It's a bit of pain everyday to do this asanas, but it keeps us healthy and saves our hospital bills.
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Yes, I do feel by practicing Yoga Asanas one can stay not only physically but mentally fit also.
In today's kind of busy schedule we need to take out some time for Yoga.
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Working day and night, had terrible problems with my knees. The knees made noises like an old rusty door. Had muscle reductions and who knows what else. That really hurts guys. Now I am standing up every hour doing some movements. At least getting myself a new cup of coffee.
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Yea,
i'm just 18 and i have
- Back / neck problems
- Shoulder / Elbow joint problems
- Forearm / wrist / hand (including carpel tunnel)
- Vision / eye problems
yes, between 8 an 14 hours per day since i'm 13 have left traces 
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Addicted since 2005.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Working at a computer can certainly contribute to a health problem, but I can't think of any that are actually caused by it. Even carpal tunnel syndrome afflicted people long before computers existed.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Probably the 80 hours/week spent gaming is a much bigger problem than the (less than) 40 people spend working 
Disclaimer: no offense to those who spend 80 hours working and don't game
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I won't necessarily pinpoint being in front of the computer causing issues.. I'll say its a catalyst.. In my younger days, as an aspiring network admin, I just had a more active lifestyle, living the typical college age single male city life.. As I started to "grow up" I got the opportunity to move out of systems and into the software side of things.. That inherently required more time in front of the keyboard. Then I had kids.. Going out with the guys to play some football or street hockey was pretty much done.. I had to stay home those first few years, so naturally work took over.
Years later, I find myself with aches, stiffness, in poor fitness, and just generally without energy. I've realized the last 10 years of 10+ hours a day at my desk has apparently taken a toll. I'd like to say it's age.. But I'm 32. The answer is better time management and to get off my butt. I've just never had worry about making time and consciously forcing myself get up and go. And I've made strides over the last year to do so.
Oh the other thing is I've been riding my motorcycle for the last 6 years which does a number on neck, back, and other joints on its own. So might not be the desk job at all.
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... even if it's not visible to any conventional medical tests?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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That goes under mental health.
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I think that would depend on whether the self-suckiness was a result of self-sucking, or being sucked by others, or sucking others.
“Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.” Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
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But it wasn't listed on the options, so no issues for me!
-- RP
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... but it sure seems to make these problems worse, especially those relating to age.
I have to see my optometrist every year or so to have my reading glasses adjusted. He'd like me to have a separate pair of glasses for computer use, but I'm not willing to wrangle three pair of glasses all day long.
I've got an ergonomic keyboard tray attached to my desk that helps with wrist/carpal tunnel issues, but I do have to fiddle with it fairly often to stay comfortable. The same goes for my desk chair.
Getting old sucks  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Recently from reading everything on line, when I finally got a real book to read I was having trouble seeing the print.
Just by reading several regular printed books I’ve noticed my eyes have gotten stronger and the books are not blurry anymore.
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That means your eyes have become more adept at focusing, which is a trainable thing for some people. Unfortunately for me, my eyes are as trained as they're going to get, since I've been a lifelong dead tree media consumer.
Software Zen: delete this;
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well so much for that Idea then. 
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That's due to age.
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In our university we have a room still using CRT monitors. Even at high monitor frequency (85Hz) looking at them for 45 minutes causing troubles.
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Say to your university donate their old CTR for treat cancer
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The reasons for most of the problems are not the computers but the working environment. Bad design of my chair, mismatched heights of the chair and desk, bad lighting, lack of space in the room, messy surroundings, noises generated by other electrical devices all over the day and people are the main reasons for the problems that have been occurred while I was working at computers.
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But I was looking for a way out anyway.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I think working the longer hours because I was just enjoying things too much helped end my first marriage. I am now remarried and while I am a bit more aware of needing to be at home my wife notices that I enjoy what I do and just kind of goes with it at times.
Only one time did she have to drop some hints about working too many hours. My favorite hint was when I got a phone call from another company that had received my resume. I never remembered sending them my resume so I figured they got it from a recruiter or whatever and so I went along with the interview.
Found out after the interview that she had sent them my resume and was starting to send my resume out to other companies because she wasn't liking the long hours. haha
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Your wife is a smart person who would have thought of doing something like that?
My problem wasn't only the long hours but constantly on the road. But as I said it was a self inflicted wound I wanted out!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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That's great. I wish my wife would find me another job whenever I worked extra hours 
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