Been doing the standing breaks and neck rolls for about 9 days now, and they help, but I kept noticing the real issue only shows up once I sit back down and look at the screen. My neck was tilting down the whole day, not just during calls.
So last Sunday I grabbed 3 old cookbooks from the kitchen and stacked them under the monitor until the top of the screen lined up with my eyes. Felt a little silly doing it with cookbooks instead of an actual stand, but it’s what was in the house.
6 days in and my evenings are noticeably better, maybe 4 out of 6 so far. The neck rolls still matter, not dropping those, this just took care of a different piece of it. Shoulders are a slower fix I think, still working on that part.
First thing I’d tell anyone trying this – get the height right before worrying about the chair. Second thing – it doesn’t have to look nice, it just has to work.
Sorry this got long, everyone.