subject: Find sciatic relief [print this page] Standing on floors which are hard can be damaging to your sciatic nerve. You can experience a great deal of discomfort if you are on a hard floor such as concrete for too long. If you cannot escape having to walk or stand on concrete or the like, you should make sure that you are not on these hard surfaces for too long at a time. A good surface to be on for sciatic pain is carpet. It is soft as cushions you as you move around.