If sitting down for long periods is bad for us, then why is walking or standing up all day cause lower back pain?

Question

If sitting down for long periods is bad for us, then why is walking or standing up all day cause lower back pain?

In: Biology

Answer 1

We’re not ‘designed’ (not a super great word but you get what I mean) to do *anything* for long periods of time.

Standing, sitting, walking, running, jumping, climbing, standing on our heads, rolling over and over and over.

We can do all of these things. But if we do them repeatedly, it’s bad for us. The key is *moderation and variety*, just like in nutrition.

Interestingly enough, walking with correct posture is actually what we can tolerate the most of. Humans are great at walking. We can out-walk anything on the planet. But eventually, even we need to switch it up.