Things to keep in mind when you’re working long hours of transcription
While the job of converting voice to text has its benefits, it comes with a few problems as well. For example, a lot of transcribers can suffer from a back pain condition called Sciatica, which can very well happen to anybody if they’re not paying attention. Sciatica is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves.
The way this can happen is if you neglect taking care of your spine and sit on bad chairs or in an awkward position, and don’t take ample breaks or do proper stretches in those breaks. For example, people sitting in the C position for too long periods often develop the problem of Sciatica, as the degenerated vertebra compresses the sciatic nerve going into the leg, and that can produce pain, numbness, irritation, tingling or muscle weakness. Sciatica is a problem which can take a long time to go away, in some cases only after years of medication, stretches and losing weight.
So, to make sure you don’t get such an annoying problem, you have to take care of your spine. I know audio transcription is a job where sometimes the money depends on how much you can work in a day, and this can be dangerous. Of course, every transcription service wants its transcribers to be hard working, fast and accurate at the same time, but nobody wants you to play with your health.
Be fast, but consistent, don’t pressure yourself too much. Take a break every 15-20 minutes, walk around, stretch, and make sure the body doesn’t remain in the same position for too long. Even if it’s a mega urgent file, you can get up every 20 minutes and just move around your chair. Nobody asks you to go out every 20 minutes and chat. 
Trust me on this, as a Sciatica patient, these little breaks will help your spine a HUGE deal. Take care of your body, don’t neglect it. Yes, this job is tough, but you have to be at the peak of your health to tackle it properly.
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Hey, this is a VERY interesting topic you wrote here !
I’m sure this applies not only to people who works for many hours in front of a computer, but also for the ones wasting their free time playing pc games for much too long hours, sometimes whole nights… as my kids do…I’m gonna show them your post, hopefully this will help, thank you