stand-up desk helpful?

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stand-up desk helpful?

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Hello all! I've been a member awhile and mostly a lurker (thank you to everyone - this group is so helpful).

I had a thought today at work: would a stand-up desk be helpful? My mornings at work are pretty consistent. Even when I'm in a full-blown flare, I have multiple trips to the bathroom, along with pain an urgency. I was wondering if standing up would be helpful, just from a standpoint of how my abdomen is compressed (yeah, I'm a sloucher).

Has anyone had some relief? Even a little?
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Post by sunny »

No personal experience but it makes sense to me...when I am sitting, it seems to put more pressure on my gut than standing.....so standing would relieve that cut in half feeling....IMHO...
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at my new workplace (the functional practitioners that have been key inputs to me getting wellness for the past 2 years) is all stand up workstations - I LOVE THEM, in that, my body is much much happier with stand up work stations.
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Sit/Stand desk

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I have a sit/stand desk which just clips onto the fixed desk. They are a lot cheaper to purchase and install. They work great. I've only been diagnosed with MC for about 5 months and have had the desk the whole time, so can't comment on whether it will help with your symptoms.
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Post by Greengoddess »

This from the Irish Times today. Note his symptoms.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty ... -1.3253919
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