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sorry to hear that. I think the consensus is that neither standing / sitting for long amounts of time is preferable - avoid static positions.

For me a standing desk decreases "friction" to move around. I find myself bouncing from foot to foot, pacing back and forth, etc.

A chair OTOH makes it too easy to be motionless for longer period of time.

That being said, an electric standing desk makes it easy to swap between sitting / standing.

you definitely don't want to stand the whole time at least - teachers and cashier's who go a whole shift standing have issues with joint pain and I think it's bad on the ankles?

Sitting on a Swiss ball hurts me less than a chair. For the first few days it even enforced perfect posture, but that effect went away pretty quickly.

The best pose is the next pose.