I can certainly attest to the "strengthening" argument. I had been working standing for about 6 months after a back injury. No matter what I did it hurt for th

I can certainly attest to the "strengthening" argument. I had been working standing for about 6 months after a back injury. No matter what I did it hurt for the first month or so, but eventually I got used to it. I just got home from 3 months working in Sydney at a sitting desk, and now I'm back almost to square one. It's amazing how quickly you lose conditioning just by not standing all day. As with anything, movement is the important part, not the standing part. And 100% do not wear shoes if you're working standing. Your body is smarter than shoe designers. In time your body get's back to working they way it was designed (or evolved) to work.