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Susan R Walter	#1 Posted on 27-03-2006 14:12
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Does anyone have any tips for coping with microscope neck? Should we start up a charitable fund in order to employ a team of peripatetic masseurs who could visit anyone who has had a hard day at the microscope? Susan


totipotent	#2 Posted on 29-03-2006 05:40
Member Location: Texas A&M University, USA Posts: 21 Joined: 10.02.06	I find that it helps if your chair's height places you vertically in line with the eyepieces. If you are sitting higher and have to bend over to view the scope then you are stressing your back out. You want to be able to just move forward a little and have the eyepiece in your face while sitting up right. Sadly I cannot do this in my lab space because all of the chairs are pretty old and don't have the vertical adjustment feature on them. I have been spending five hours blocks looking at soil samples for Nematoceran immatures the last week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finally found some Ceratopogonid pupae today!!!


Susan R Walter	#3 Posted on 30-03-2006 16:38
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	I know you are right - I was just angling for sympathy. But it looks like you are the one who needs the sympathy, really! Susan


Andy Chick	#4 Posted on 07-12-2007 12:10
Member Location: Under a pile of unidentifed flies! Posts: 58 Joined: 30.11.07	i know this is an old post but i found this article and thought it might help http://www.micros...stand.html


Susan R Walter	#5 Posted on 08-12-2007 19:41
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Thanks Andy - looks useful, although I seem to have sorted my problem for the time being by using a different chair. Susan


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 09-12-2007 11:19
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Never had "microscope neck" I find a decent gas-lift chair for me and a Yellow-Pages under the microscope helps line everything up comfortably. I also lean on one of those thick gel strips that they sell for computer users - stops me getting "microscope elbow"