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Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mental-health-beyond-repair dept.

jonasj writes "A doctor and former programmer has written a good article on common geek health problems. From the article: 'If I were to go and try to run a few miles this weekend, I would not be able to easily do so. [...] However, if you take one of the these college basketball athletes, any of them would be able to run miles without even breathing heavy. However, if you made them sit down and try to learn Java for 12 hours a day, most of them would be asleep at their desk before lunch. The typical geek trains their brain to be heavily focused while multitasking day after day. Is it surprising that this same brain does not do well when forced to isolate down to one task?'"

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  1. Geek Health by DisprinDirect · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gee! reading this hurts my head

  2. I don't need to run. by celardore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why on Earth would I need to run miles?

    I buy my groceries online.

  3. Sometimes I feel like exercising.. by trailerparkcassanova · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    then I lay down until it goes away...

  4. mod me down for ignorance by KanSer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone please mod me down for fucking up my tags.

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    • MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward Wednesday April 20, @4:20
  5. I so wish... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I so wish things were always that easy. Been a skinny geek all my life, and a relatively healthy one (although I didn't eat so well before). But after being in a MVA I'm now stuck with a half dozen bad discs/vertebraes in my cervical spine... Tried everything - over 100h of physio, a couple chiros, seen all kinds of doctors and specialists including a orthpedic surgeon, a neurologist who tried botox injections on my back muscles, also had nerve blocks done, been to two pain clinics - you name it, I've tried it. Some of it has helped and still does to some extent, but my main way to cope with pain is still morphine (120mg+ a day). It sucks (being stuck on heavy narcs/pain 24x7/the weight gain/lower self-esteem/other health problems/whatever - all of it). I've gained a lot of weight since then, even if I'm eating far healthier now (trying to get the kids to eat right and I'm single parent). Just because I can't do too much exercise, it just lowers your metabolism a lot. Basically the only thing I can do that won't increase pain too much is walking, and that's rather time consuming (again, I'm single parent).