Old man guitar problems

[laxu]

Well, a hollow body design might work, still Les Paul.
My friend has a 2013 Midtown , it’s like a 355 but smaller, If I couldn’t play my classic the midtown is a great guitar if you can find one.

Was about to suggest the same thing.

An ES-335 style guitar sits a bit higher so it might allow for better posture.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Maybe a solution is to do some workout/stretching and make your back stronger, more flexible?

Every bit this. And it doesn't even need *that* much time investment.
Something as little as 5 minute of back stretching exercises while brewing my morning coffee helped me to get rid of pretty much all back issues (which started to somewhat kick in rather early in my life, seems to be a genetic thing in our family).
Another one is trying to strengthen your gluteus maximus muscle. Super important when you're sitting for a long time. Myself, I'm swimming a lot, running here and there and drive my bicycle all the time.
Using a decent cushion isn't a bad idea, either.

 

[Jarick]

Time for a Strandberg?

More seriously, I've been dealing with some back pain on and off the last couple years including last week when I tweaked it. It's low back pain probably due to sitting at a desk all day. Found this video which has a couple good exercises:



In my case anyway, the pain stems from overuse and weakened muscles at the hip. So I've been doing these stretches/exercises on and off throughout the day. Basically just stand near a wall and put one hand on it for balance, then raise one knee way up and slowly move from one side to another. Then switch sides. Hurt like a mofo at first but now everything is feeling so much better.

I also got a foot rest to help take some strain off the low back while sitting but TBD if that helps at all. That Varier chair looks interesting but the stretches / exercises may be a quick and no cost solution.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Fwiw, I think you need to trey out a bunch of excersizes before finding some that actually help in your personal case. My wife has similar back problems but for her it's a pretty different set of (pretty small as well) things that seems to help best.

 

[hunter]

You can try all the chairs you want. But if you want to change the underlying issue, start yoga or pilates 3x a week. It’s hard to start and get the habit established, but … thank me later.

 

[metropolis_4]

I had the tailbone issue after knee replacement surgery. I finally found the solution was a really good drum throne. My drummer loaned me one of his Roc n Soc thrones and it was better. I found the Ahead Spinal G throne and it changed my life. I could play a 6 hour gig on this puppy. I wouldn't think a split would make that much difference but it does. Tailbone pain permanently gone. I still use it on acoustic shows and when I'm just a background fill-in guy. This throne is life changing. Best of luck to you!

Ahead Spinal G

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I know a drummer who uses this and he swears by it!

I’ve been thinking of getting a drum throne to use for gigs anyway, I might have to try one. I wish they had it with a back rest

 

[Sascha Franck]

I wish they had it with a back rest

Many drum thrones allow you to add a back rest.

 

[metropolis_4]

Many drum thrones allow you to add a back rest.

I should have looked before typing, they do offer a back rest for that one

 

[dignlivn]

I'll second a drummers throne.

 

[Guitarwiz007]

I know a drummer who uses this and he swears by it!

I’ve been thinking of getting a drum throne to use for gigs anyway, I might have to try one. I wish they had it with a back rest

And here it is. 15% off if you use the code..

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