Trouble with posture while drawing: tips and tricks
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Alberto Grubessi
Hi everyone, i think that this topic could be interesting for a lot of us. I've started drawing in 2017 and since then posture while drawing and in general it's been a big issue, i'm a univesity student and for this reason i sit for long periods of time and this brought me pain in the neck and often headache that don't allow me to draw as much as i would want. So if you have some tips and tricks that would help me or our community in general please reply to this topic. Bye :D
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Amanda Rutledge
It’s inevitable that at some point any posture will become a problem if you stay in it for hours at a time. I’d recommend, as the others have, to change positions/take breaks. I know that sometimes I am in the zone and don’t want to stop but I make it point to or it can become a worse issue. Just stepping back every 30 minutes or so to lie on the floor for 5 minutes, do some abdominal bracing things like vacuums or pelvic tilts, or stretch/foam roll makes a huge difference. Or if you sit a lot, you can stand and grab a light resistance band to do some pull-aparts or something just to get blood flowing. I also have a stick/PVC pipe in which I’ll do pull-throughs (also called pass throughs). Also, resistance training or some sort of physical activity is obviously beneficial. I see you’ve said you partake in some type of sport so that’s great! Hope some of that helps and best of luck
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Konstantinos Christofi
You should do some research on "ergonomics". Its the study of injury prevention caused by continuous repetitive minor strain (e.g carpal tunnel from constant keyboard use etc). For me the most helpful thing was to divide my hour in 45 minutes of sitting and drawing and 15 minutes of walking around and looking out the window (this also helps with eye fatigue and headache). I also found that whenever I sat on the chair for more than one continuous hour the pain and damage was becoming worse by the minute after that, so I would suggest to avoid it. Hope it helps.
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Serena Marenco
I even suffer from cervical arthrosis! Choose an office chair, one that's comfortable - it's made for sitting all day. In some cases you can put a small cushion behind your pelvis. Get up often and go for a walk: get a glass of water, go to the window, whatever you want, just don't sit all the time. Avoid draughts, if necessary put something around your neck. Stock up on painkillers!!! (no, just kidding! Maybe... :p )
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Isaac Cottrell
Having a 30sec break to stand and stretch every now and then and also look at things of different distance to help eye strain.
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Sonja Müller
Hi, the obvious answer is stay active, do sports regularly, practice a healthy posture for desk work. But well, I am myself definitely guilty of not managing to do all that. My live completely happens around a desk. So you find many genral tipps, good ones, online. But here is what helped me. For the posture I think first find the most healthy base position but after that, change you sitting position a lot, dont freeze in one angle. And stand up from time to time, stretch. But for me the turning point was actually starting Yoga. The good thing with Yoga is, you will soon find some practices that are really good for your individual situation and you can do small intervalls of that every day for some minutes, you don't have to go out for that, plan 2 hours of time ect. It really helped me, but if you are not experienced with sports, I would advise to do a official course so you do it right.
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Alberto Grubessi
i do actually do sport, and this helped a lot but as you said the main problem is the base position, i will try to stand up more often and do some yoga for flexibilty. Thank you :D
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