foot ache

[turbocatt]

hi
owned the 2015 polo bluegt for a month.does anyone else get foot and ankle ache after about 20 minutes.
I have the dsg model,don't know if the accelerator pedal is exactly the same on the manual model.
anyone else find foot ache with the accelerator pedal.
thanks jim

[ciclo]

Please do not be angry Jim, thanks, it's a little joke.

I think the topic is very interesting and probably I'm wrong, but I never heard such symptoms after stepping on the accelerator for 20 minutes ... I hope someone will enlighten us about it.

Other symptoms related to the heart is more likely ...

[iichel]

Keeping the foot in the same position for a longer time can result in cramps. A human body is not designed to sit still and the foot is no exception.

Things to try:
- Cruise control
- Left foot braking (lol don't try, just kidding)
- Take shoe of while driving (dont forget to put in while exitting in rain)
- Change the place where you put your heel
- Change height or position of your seat and back rest, and even steering wheel

[ciclo]

Thanks iichel, I know you know a lot about these issues, but I think the ergonomics applied to Volkswagen models is sufficient to avoid aches while driving, also I think that 20 minutes is very little time to have symptoms of aches (even by driving with flip-flops ).
Perhaps, muscle tension by nerves?

[CrypticG]

Keeping the foot in the same position for a longer time can result in cramps. A human body is not designed to sit still and the foot is no exception.

Things to try:
- Cruise control
- Left foot braking (lol don't try, just kidding)
- Take shoe of while driving (dont forget to put in while exitting in rain)
- Change the place where you put your heel
- Change height or position of your seat and back rest, and even steering wheel

Left foot breaking haha! Lol

Nothing worse, I almost went through the windscreen when I was messing around one day [emoji23]


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[Doc_House]

Try adjusting the seat to a more comfortable position, I know after a driving for a while I need to move about and adjust the seat to free up my back and leg. But my body is a bit of mess in terms of nerves and muscles functioning properly.

[iichel]

Thanks iichel, I know you know a lot about these issues, but I think the ergonomics applied to Volkswagen models is sufficient to avoid aches while driving, also I think that 20 minutes is very little time to have symptoms of aches (even by driving with flip-flops ).
Perhaps, muscle tension by nerves?

It is probably a posture thing, the Polo and any other VW car is not un-ergonomic by nature but a lot of people get their sitting positing wrong or at least sub-optimal.

Nice experiment, evaluate how your co-workers are sitting at a desk.
A lot of companies are ISO 9241 certified (meaning they have good desks and adjustable seats/monitors and allow for comfort breaks etc).
But a lot of people simply do not know how to adjust it properly.

Very intersting reading http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifes ... t-20046169