So, lately I’ve been having a lot of pain in my leg, foot and bum caused by the fact that I sit with my left foot tucked under my right knee. The pressure of that, when sitting for hours and hours a day has obviously become too much and something is breaking, nerves are being squashed or something else, equally nasty is going on.
I’ve tried to stop sitting like it but I can’t so, after reading a lot about them, I decided to try a standing desk.
Rather than buy something, or hack up an existing piece of furniture I’ve gone the Blue Peter route and customised my desk with cardboard boxes and sticky-back plastic. 
. Admittedly it’s not the prettiest thing and I’m loath to place my 27″ iMac on top of a box and carpet tiles but in the experimental stages, that’s what I’ve done.
The plan is, if all goes well, to make a custom desk myself. Something in oak would be nice but we’ll see.
So far (day 3), so good. My feet ache but don’t hurt and I’ve had no pain in my legs as previously so standing is doing what I wanted it to.
I’ve noticed that I’m much more fidgety though and I’ve not worked through a stressful day to check whether or not my productivity has changed. Only time will tell…