Originally Posted by PolarBear

My physical therapist shared with me that when sitting at your sewing machine, your elbows should be at a 90 degree angle to the sewing surface on your machine. Not to the table surface your machine is setting on, where the needle actually goes down into the bobbin case!
Also pot a small board, or whatever you can make work, under the back side of your machine to tilt it forward. On most models this will make it easier to see the needle without being humped over.
I did both, it has helped me!