<p>Hello all. While son#3 was home, he created an elevated platform for my desk, so I am actually standing as I type. It feels great, and may help you live longer! Of course, I don’t plan to log in more than 2 hours at any one time and I must now buy a rubber mat to stand on, and possibly a stool, but I thought I would share this healthy idea with you. My son in prison seems great. I saw him the other day, for those who may be curious.</p>
<p>My business partner has used one for over a year. Loves it. Though I do not sit in one spot for longer than 30 minutes, I might try to make it happen in my smallish awkward office. When we set up our digs, I opted for the large windows, while he got the larger windowless office. Thanks for the reminder.</p>
<p>I have a lot of back problems, so I am always checking out the latest ergonomic office stuff and ideas. I could not do this one! I am okay to stand and walk around all day but standing in one place for more than a minute or two makes the vertebrae in my low back feel frozen together and I start getting back spasms. You can imagine what I am like standing in line at the store. Part of my problem is that one leg is longer than the other and my hips tend to work themselves out of alignment, and I just imagine myself shifting from foot to foot after trying to stand for two hours and aggravating my hips even more… you can really stand square for two hours at a time? </p>
<p>I do like the bouncy exercise balls as chairs. It seems to take a lot of pressure off my hips and low back, and forces me not to curl my legs up and sit on my feet, which all us ladies at work seem to love to do. 
We’re terrible.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with curling up your legs and sitting on your feet? Not for eight hours, but is there a problem with 10 or 15 minutes?</p>
<p>I would assume not, but we do it the entire day. I have bad knees and they are sore when I catch myself and put my feet down, but then I notice they are back up a few minutes later. Eventually one of us will break an ankle from getting up to use the restroom with feet that are asleep from being sat on for hours.</p>
<p>I can see how that would be bad. I sit with my legs folded under me and lean forward in order to stretch my back, for maybe five minutes at a time.</p>
<p>My employer provides each employee in remodeled work spaces those work tables that we can adjust up or down with a push of a button. I have two, one for home and one in my office. I stand and sit all day, and also is one that does not sit for long periods of time.</p>
<p>Glad to hear about your son, Fauxmaven.</p>