My feet are fairly flat and doing basic deadlifts helped move my posture from knees rolling in, toes gripping the floor to my feet resting along the edges of the foot, up to the ball of the foot and my knees straightening out. It helps the lower back and the strain in neck muscles too.

Standing desks are a significant change. I got a small amount of swollen ankles the first day of standing for hours. But it works now.

This is really interesting. Why dead lifts?

It was just an idea floating around the circles I used to visit. I knew it improved posture so I tried it. I was also having lower back issues and general excessive computer use problems. Works well enough.

Deadlifts miss the muscles in the shoulder that tighten up from too much mouse + kb. I haven't found an excersize for that, which is as effective as deadlifts. Pushing your arms back in a door frame, holding your elbows above shoulder height, helps roll back each shoulder and stretch a tight muscle that goes from the top of your shoulder to the front of your chest that gets tight when hunched over a kb. That works in the short term, but it doesn't give the effective feeling of strengthening those muscles in such a way that the problem recurs much more slowly, like deadlifts do for your legs/back/neck.

I've tried hanging from a pullup bar and that certainly helps reset the shoulders/neck/head tension, but it's not a fix in the same way gaining strength is a fix.

Anecdote: Indoor rock climbing fixed my back & shoulder pain from computer work completely, as well as keep my wrists strong for typing and guitar.

Nice!

Thanks. I actually do the doorframe thing, and you’re right, it’s not enough.

Strengthening every significant postural muscle all at once is probably the kicker with deadlifts.

Do you have orthotics? If not, you should look into it.