Dave K
Free Member
Quite apart from sciatica/pain it is a good job to stop a minimum of every 2 hours to get up and stretch your muscles and also get your circulation going ... a greater problem can be deep vein thrombosis which can develop over time ... it's not always something that happens with long-haul flights! I sometimes suffer when sitting in the passenger seat of the camper due to my legs dangling a bit and having a dog on my knee putting weight on my lap for a lot of the journey - putting something under my feet to raise them an inch or two and telling the dog to sling it's hook helps!
As for seating comfort generally, make sure you have a good posture and especially lumbar support - my hubby has a slim cushion which he uses so he doesn't have problems as the lumbar support isn't enough on its own. If you keep driving for too long you will 'settle' into the seat and this will only aggravate your condition.
That's what I've found as well, I bought a lumbar support cushion from Halfords and have found that eases some of the pain, after about an hours drive I still get pain though