Sciatica from Standing

Sciatica from standing is one of the many symptomatic expressions of back and leg pain. Standing is obviously not inherently painful unto itself, but still causes agony to many sciatica patients, especially after a prolonged time in one place. It is clear from research that most cases of standing sciatica are due to a psychological conditioned response and not any particular structural abnormality or anatomical issue.

Sciatica from Standing Information

Doing anything for too long can be painful even for the healthiest person on the planet. People who spend all day on their feet, standing in one place, can expect to be sore and tired by evening. This is normal. However, most patients who report feeling sciatica pain while standing typically get the symptoms after only a few minutes. This is illogical in most cases, especially when there is not a clearly defined and ironclad reason for the symptomatic expression to occur. The majority of patients I meet have clearly been psychologically conditioned to expect pain while standing, so it is of no surprise to me that pain comes to them as soon as they are standing in one place for too long.

Sciatica from Standing Conditioning

Chronic pain is usually a mindbody disorder. Conditioning is one of the most critical factors in how and when a person will experience their particular type of pain. Standing, for example, is very often a stressful situation, being that it is typically linked to work duties, waiting (impatiently) or fulfilling personal responsibilities. Stress is the ideal time for ischemia to strike, since the subconscious mind is striving to distract the consciousness from concentrating on problematic emotional concerns at that very moment. This is precisely why most patients have pain while standing, sitting, lying down or any other harmless activity. The pain simply is programmed into their behavior pattern as something which will occur whenever an activity is performed. Of course, the mind will choose to program patterns which are unavoidable and common, making the distraction work full time and recurrently.

Sciatica from Standing Advice

Standing is not bad for you. Unless you have a very rare spinal condition or have recently suffered tremendous back injury, standing should not hurt you. However, if you believe that it will, you will experience pain every time. Dr. John Sarno, and many other enlightened doctors who treat psychosomatic sciatica, write extensively about conditioning and how it relates to physical pain. Luckily, overcoming this burden is as simple as deprogramming yourself using knowledge therapy. The treatment is effective and simple for anyone to use and best of all, involves no costs or risks whatsoever. There is nothing to lose and a pain-free existence to gain!

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12/29/09