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I have the opposite experience, if you're a fidget-y ADHD person, standing desks can be great. Sitting in a chair all day is torture.
Also invest in an anti-fatigue mat IMO.
What does work well for me is a treadmill desk. Once you get used to it (it took me a few days) you don't even notice that you're walking. I do find that I have to pause the treadmill to work on particularly difficult problems (I do both front-end and back-end on LAMP-oriented sites), but most of the time my brain can handle both.
edit to add: I work from home, which makes a big difference, I understand that a treadmill desk isn't viable for everyone.
Standing hurts my feet within 10-20 minutes, but I found a treadmill/walking desk to be something I could do all day long. It helped a lot with back pain, and as a side-effect it cured post-lunch sleepiness. Coding while walking was never a concentration problem for me, so I can only offer that as an anecdotal data point. It might be me, but maybe walking rather than standing makes it easier to concentrate? There wer…
I'm looking to buy or make a standing desk now. What desks are you using and do you have any recommendations?
http://www.thehumansolution.com/stand-up-desk-with-reclaimed...
I have an Autonomous AI desk, got it shipped to UAE paying nearly double the price due to shipping and waiting about 3 months. I consider it money well spent. I find that in long stretches of work I really need to switch between standing and sitting else I become irritated. When I work outside home I'm most productive at a specific cafe that has both standup and sit down tables.
Makes my lower back pain worse. I also can't get in the 'zone' as easily. I have a powered standing desk and sit at it 90-95% of the time.
For cramping legs, I have an officemate who uses this: https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-fidget-bar.
My final recommendation for office workers is to hit the gym with a qualified personal trainer who understands flexibility and range of motion. If you spend most of your day at a desk I will almost guarantee that you have http://www.physio-pedia.com/Low_Back_Pain_Related_to_Hyperlo... caused by your quads spending most of the day contracted leading them to be tight. Working to extend your hip range of motion and core strength will pay dividends in everything you want to do.
My sit/stand desk solved that issue and when I'm standing I feel a lot more focused. Even if in the end I'm not moving that much more than while seated, it feels like a world of difference to just be able to step around and move my legs a bit.
I started my standing experiment with an ikea hack (just a small lack table with a shelf attached for a keyboard). I liked it enough that i invested in an ergotron (I work from home, so my bought my desk setup). I made the decision to invest when I realized I had switched from "okay let me sit down and get to work" to "okay, time to work, let me stand up and get to it".
I still sit during the day, whenever I get tired or something, and when I am not at home I am unable to stand for as long - I think the foam pad makes a huge difference.