• more about #backpain
    Poodle_Heart: i have a friend who is the super fittest person i know and she doesn't even belong to a gym; lifts light weights in her 1br apt, does spin on her stat... more »
    Sunflowercat: Now I have to run out and get a wheelbarrow to carry around my contempt for the rich and privileged. I wonder how THAT will affect my posture? more »
    atlasspanked: The benefits of exercise notwithstanding... THIS is why perfectly normal American guys will travel halfway around the world to find love and/or sex wi... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: That's not your back hurting, Plummie. That's your ego that's been trying to prop up your lack of talent that's screaming in pain there. more »
    seastar86: Okay, yeah, real annoying. But I thought the article was interesting, because she went to a ton of super-expensive doctors, none of whom could diagnos... more »
    tscheese: If I had a frillion kajillion dollars, and I had back pain, I'd probably go to whatever specialist I could afford and get all sorts of exotic cutting-... more »
    kemperboyd: I love how she solved this problem: horseriding, pilates and an assistant. I recently developed shoulder problems due to being a student who did all h... more »
    bowleserised: Oh and you can get great dictation software for considerably less than the price of compensating your assistant for her own work-related back pain. more »
    my cousin is an ape: First thought: she has enough money to own a pony and only rides twice a week? Then I smacked myself with reality and realized how absurd hiring an as... more »
    Perhaps Not: Ya know, I may be taking my life in my hands by saying this, but at least the lad mags include bearable prose. When I read Playboy (and yes, it is act... more »
    stealthird: Sure all that Pilates makes her nice and plum, but on the inside, deep down, she's a real prune. more »
    hollygirl: That caps it- Vogue- its over. more »
    bowleserised: I'm somewhat annoyed with the implication that it's more stylish and elegant to be a muscle-free weed. more »
    willwriteforfood: Here's a suggestion, Smug Sikes: Learn to sit up straight. Whining about the back pain from two-finger typing little missives about the travails of be... more »
    lalaland13: I once had a dance instructor tell me I carry a lot of tension in my shoulders. My solution was to major in something besides theatre. Now I'm at my d... more »
    sympathyforthebasementcat: This is going to be unpopular, but I like her. She really amuses me to no end. And I think she's aware of how bizarre and privileged her life is, and ... more »
    jigglyball: Hmm, my department does have a young intern this summer. Suppose I offer to buy her booze in return for typing my edits as I dictate them... more »
    ginseng_you_sing: I received my last issue of Vogue in the mail last week and I couldn't be happier! No more crappy jumping model editorials or articles like this! Good... more »
    save jinger: If you want to work your core while sitting at a desk, just get a "fitness orb" like Dwight: more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: Or you know, you could just set up your office so you aren't hunched over a computer: [www.ergonomics.ucla.edu] Not that hanging with Madonna's Pilate... more »
  • #cakeeatin

    The Plum Chronicles: Vogue Writer's Back Pain Is More Expensive Than Yours

    When someone told me that full-time oblivious person Plum Sykes had a piece in Vogue on the back pain that comes from sitting and writing all day, I thought: Oh! Something with application to the rest of us! Sadly, no. More »