I currently drive a 2010 Subaru Legacy. I used to work at home 4 days a week and then one day a week I would drive 156 miles (2 1/2 hours) from my home in Syracuse, NY to my employer's office in Buffalo, NY in time for a 10 a.m. staff meeting, and then return home at the end of the day. But since September I've been driving 50 miles (about 1 hour) each way every work day to work as an onsite contractor at a customer's facility.
I'm having surgery Monday 1/23, so will obviously be out for a while, but when I am able to return to work, I'm wondering what the issues with driving might be. I'm uncomfortable in the driver's seat of the 2010 Subaru Legacy; I have been since the very beginning. Some of my coping mechanisms while driving include (1) leaning forward to flex my back as often as possible when safe to do so, (2) periodic use of a BackJoy Core, aka a "butt" orthotic -- I always used it when driving to Buffalo, but rarely use it when driving to Rome, (3) lidoderm patches, and occasionally (4) an ice pack strapped around my back -- I used it all the time when going to Buffalo, but haven't used it yet going to Rome.
I've read on a Subaru forum that many people are uncomfortable in that driver's seat, so it's not just me. Driver's seats are in general uncomfortable for me, because either I can't get the seat back as close to vertical as I would like (my husband is practically laying down when he drives -- I feel like I'm going to fall backwards if I get in after he's driven the car), or the head rest is too far forward and pushes my neck down so that I'm staring at my feet instead of out the window. In the Subaru, in order to work around the head rest that otherwise pushes my neck down, I have to recline the seat further than I would like it to be.
What do other people do to get comfortable while driving? Given the nature of my job, this is a critical issue for me. I don't really want to have to go so far as to buy a new car (my husband bought the car I drive now to replace a much older car that wouldn't have been trustworthy for so much driving, especially in the snow). Any suggestions?
-- Thanks,
Mary
I'm having surgery Monday 1/23, so will obviously be out for a while, but when I am able to return to work, I'm wondering what the issues with driving might be. I'm uncomfortable in the driver's seat of the 2010 Subaru Legacy; I have been since the very beginning. Some of my coping mechanisms while driving include (1) leaning forward to flex my back as often as possible when safe to do so, (2) periodic use of a BackJoy Core, aka a "butt" orthotic -- I always used it when driving to Buffalo, but rarely use it when driving to Rome, (3) lidoderm patches, and occasionally (4) an ice pack strapped around my back -- I used it all the time when going to Buffalo, but haven't used it yet going to Rome.
I've read on a Subaru forum that many people are uncomfortable in that driver's seat, so it's not just me. Driver's seats are in general uncomfortable for me, because either I can't get the seat back as close to vertical as I would like (my husband is practically laying down when he drives -- I feel like I'm going to fall backwards if I get in after he's driven the car), or the head rest is too far forward and pushes my neck down so that I'm staring at my feet instead of out the window. In the Subaru, in order to work around the head rest that otherwise pushes my neck down, I have to recline the seat further than I would like it to be.
What do other people do to get comfortable while driving? Given the nature of my job, this is a critical issue for me. I don't really want to have to go so far as to buy a new car (my husband bought the car I drive now to replace a much older car that wouldn't have been trustworthy for so much driving, especially in the snow). Any suggestions?
-- Thanks,
Mary
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