Do you notice a pain which starts in your lower back and tends to radiate down your leg after you’ve been sitting in your office chair for a while?
If so, welcome to the sciatica club.
We hear so much about the prevalence of lower back pain, that we don’t tend to focus on much else.The problem is, sciatica can be extremely painful and lasts long after you've finished work for the day, away from your luxury office chairs.
For a quick visual on what sciatica is, check out this useful video.
Whether you’re sitting for too long on boardroom chairs or you’re using an all singing, all dancing ergonomic chair, sitting for too long causes damage to your back, and can cause sciatica to occur. As you saw in the video, this is because of irritation and pressure on the sciatic nerve, and you should not underestimate how painful this can be.
The answer? Get up, move around, stretch, and always take your breaks!
Have you suffered from sciatica before?