stand up!
so, i've been having intermittent back problems since last november, when i bent over to toss the hairtrap into the bathtub drain and stood up to muscle spasms, the pain of which i had never experienced before in my life.
fast forward to a month ago, where every monday through thursday, some time between 1:30 and 4, my left arm and leg would start tingling. the only thing that seemed to relieve it was to stand up and walk around. it is/was not really painful, just really annoying. a quick google search narrowed down my ailment to one of three things: an aneurysm, fibromyalgia, or spinal misalignment/sciatica. i opted for the last one and went off to the chiropractor. it doesn't seem to be helping... but it does get me outta work 30 minutes early once a week.
since standing up is the quickest-acting remedy i've found, i asked the responsible parties at work to raise my desk; this was finished yesterday with positive results. it's at a height that i can stand or sit in a tall chair, without straining anything, and i'm happy to report that there was no tingling yesterday until i got into the car to come home. and that only lasted a couple seconds.