I love my Aeron and so does my arse.
I love my Aeron and so does my arse.
But as the back pain kept getting worse, I finally decided to give the standing desk thing a try about 3 weeks ago. I expected my back to start feeling better, and it did -- great! But the unexpected benefit has been vastly increased focus: I somehow feel much more motivated standing than sitting. There's something that feels incredibly silly about watching YouTube or reading Hacker News while standing, and so I just don't do it. I've been more productive these last 3 weeks than I've been in a long, long time.
Perhaps it's just the novelty of a new situation; who knows. But I'm going to stick with it, for now.
What sort of strength training are you doing?
Squats, deads, lunges, back hypers, good mornings, and GHRs will do a lot more for your lower back strength than any amount of fiddling with your chair.
Not all at once, of course, but start light and work up.
Muscle is gained when it's subjected to progressive overload. It's lost when no demands are made on it. For most people, sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) starts becoming pronounced in the 30s. Strength training turns this around.
You'll also find that proper lift posture does a lot for back health -- musculature and spine.
Getting up and walking around through the day helps, of course. But it's not the total solution either.
I suspect you'll get over it.
I had the same trouble ironically. Blamed my desk and chair for ages. Then I sold my car and it went away. The thing I didn't realise was that the car whilst having the perception of being infinitely more comfortable turned out to cause all sorts of muscle strains.