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Don't stand on your heels! You don't have to completely move over to digitigrade locomotion, but... standing flat footed for long periods of time seems like it could be painful. Keep a bit more weight on your forefoot. Your knees will thank you (more stability now comes from your ankle, which bends left/right much more effectively) and your calves/quads will do a lot more work. Of course, it is useful to note that if…
So, wear high-heels then?
I thought it was me, I've been working at my standing desk at home for about >3 months now and my right foot (my left knee is a mess so my bad standing posture puts all weight on the right leg) is in a real pain.
I'm wondering if a wobble board can help? http://goo.gl/36ZCb
If you're not familiar with sciatica, it starts with a numbing of the right leg usually, and can develop into an all out debilitatingly painful burning sensation that can flare up at any relatively small stress on the legs. Well, I got that, and it's not fun. I had to get some orthotics to help mitigate the pain, but to this day I still get pretty bad flare ups if I do any kind of stationary standing that totals more than 20mins in a day without the orthotics; the numbness begins closer to the 10min mark though, so all out debility is easier to prevent. Walking for long periods of time is fine, it's just standing that's painful. And I stopped working at that standing job over 4 years ago now, with no other noticeable constant stressors going on since. So yeah, no standing desks for me unfortunately. Makes going to some concerts a pain on the ass too, which sucks, but that's another story.
I thought that it was obvious that if you stand for 8+ hours, you'll want to be wearing proper footwear and/or have a standing mat. Your entire body weight is borne by your feet - treat them nicely! Folks with weight problems or diabetes tend to have foot issues as well - exaggerated pronation/supination, plantar fasciitis, and swelling to name a few. There are solutions for nearly all of these problems and are highl…
If you're standing, please do yourself a favor and get a standing mat. My ex runs a video store and spends ~8-12 hours per shift on her feet; until they bought and installed standing mats, she had terrible plantar fasciitis.
Check out MoonMats: http://www.themoonmat.com We bought a couple of them for a standing work area and they are great.
Don't stand on your heels! You don't have to completely move over to digitigrade locomotion, but... standing flat footed for long periods of time seems like it could be painful. Keep a bit more weight on your forefoot. Your knees will thank you (more stability now comes from your ankle, which bends left/right much more effectively) and your calves/quads will do a lot more work. Of course, it is useful to note that if…