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Don’t Shop ‘Til You Drop This Holiday Season

by | Dec 1, 2015 | Health Articles

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Can you hear the sleigh bells ringing? That’s because the holidays have arrived! However with this season’s good cheer,  in comes the stress which may lead to tears, neck pain, shoulder pain, and headaches.  This is especially the case during the Christmas season. The combination of the wrong food, too much alcohol, late nights, rushing around carrying heavy bags, and, let’s face it, family stress, can all lead to physical overload, taxing not only our physical bodies but our immune systems too.   Let’s be prepared  this season to tackle the holidays and be in great shape for the new year!

Here are some great tips to keep you in tip-top condition for anything this holiday throws you like…

Long Days Shopping in Santa’s Workshop

  • Stay well-hydrated. Drink eight to ten 8-ounce glasses of water every day, and do not substitute any of that with coffee, tea, soft drinks and alcohol, because those are diuretics and will end up robbing you of water.
  • Stretch both before and after a long day of finding goodies for the whole family. Shopping can be stressful and your muscles need all the help they can get to stay relaxed.
  • Choose your shopping shoes for their comfort, not style. You need plenty of cushioning to counteract those endless hours on your feet.
  • Wear comfortable clothing as well, and, if it’s cold out, have a few layers so you can peel them off and pile them on as you move from the streets to the warm shop interiors and back out again.
  • Wear a fanny pack (aka bumbag) rather than carrying a shoulder bag, and try to keep its contents to the bare minimum.
  • Any slight aches and pains you feel after a day out shopping, grab an ice pack and apply to the affected area for 20 minutes, before removing for at least two hours. Repeat several times over a day or two until you feel better.

Finding Time to Relax

  • When having a serious shopping day, take a break every 45 minutes, or more often if you feel the need.
  • In a mall or a shopping area where lockers are provided, use one to store your shopping bags as you acquire them. Or if you can park close by, drop the bags in the trunk every so often.
  • If you’re hungry, eat something light or you’ll feel very sluggish when you resume shopping. It can also be dangerous to burden your system then continue with what can amount to physical exercise.
  • Coffee may seem like a good idea as a quick boost, but it adds extra stress to the system. As for soda, that’s also not a good idea…ever. Stick with water.

Shopping With Children

  • Children and extended shopping trips don’t go together. Not only will they tire before you do and want to go home, they will want to buy everything in every shop. That’s a double whammy of whining that’s going to stress you out. Try and get someone to look after them instead.

Wrap It Up With A Bow

  • When you have a mound of gifts to wrap, make sure you don’t sit or stand in one position for too long, or you’ll start to ache. Vary your position, but avoid wrapping while sitting on the floor, even when carpeted, as this is very bad for your posture.
  • It may sound a little OTT, but stretch before and after wrapping your gifts.

Let Us Be Helpful Elves this Season!

Here at our practice, our expert team is ready to make sure your spine and body is in tip top condition to not only to have the physical stamina to endure the season but to be able to battle the bustling crowds.  Turbo boosting your immune system is a great added bonus!

Schedule a Quick and Easy Spinal Check-Up Today and Have Your Health Wrapped up for the Holidays!

Fast Track Your Recovery in New Fairfield

by | Oct 13, 2015 | Health Articles

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For most, recovering from an injury is an exercise in itself. For an athlete, being told that you have to reduce or halt all activity in order to let the bone or muscle heal is equivalent to torture. However, there are a few things you can do to help speed the healing process so you...

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Sweep In the Benefits of No Back Pain

by | Sep 15, 2015 | Health Articles

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The excitement of fall is here!  Our senses come alive again as many of us are beginning to enjoy the beautiful and majestic colors displayed on our trees this autumn season.   As we know, this beauty is brief for the trees soon lose their leaves and decorate our lawns with piles of wonderful and less exciting dead debris.  That beauty also comes at a price for our back, neck, and shoulders as we sweep, gather, and dispose of the leaves more than once this season.  So if your home is subjected to leaves falling each year, follow these helpful tips and avoid the consequences of leaf-raking on the body, including strain and pain in the neck, the upper and lower back, and the shoulders.

Top Notch Lawn Care Tips:

  • Stretch before you commence work, and throughout, performing knee-to-chest stretches, trunk rotations, and side bends with hands above the head, palms up and fingers weaved.  Spend 10 to 15 minutes all together on your stretching. Intersperse the work with a short walk to get the circulation going throughout the body, and do the same stretches as a cool-down once you have finished.
  • As you rake, stand erect with your head held up.
  • Use a “scissors” stance when raking; that is, keep one foot forward for a few minutes, then swap and put the back foot forwards.
  • When bending to pick up leaves or any other trash, bend at the knees not the waist.
  • When mowing the lawn, put your whole body into the pushing, not just your arms and back.
  • When starting a mower with a pull cord, bend at the knees and extend up in a smooth motion.  Do not twist at the waist or yank at the cord.
  • Keep well-hydrated by drinking plenty of water, and wear a hat in the sun.  Always wear shoes and protective glasses, and use gloves if your hands are likely to receive rough treatment that might raise blisters.  When using loud machinery, employ ear-protectors, and if you suffer from asthma or allergies, use a mask.
  • Try to use ergonomically-friendly tools that help take the strain from your muscles and joints.
  • An ice-pack can be used to ease any discomfort you feel following raking or other outdoor work.

Pile in the Benefits!

Enjoy the season but remember to follow the tips to rake in the benefits!  If your discomfort does not dissipate within two to three days please contact our expert team.

Tools for School – Avoiding Low Back Pain

by | Sep 8, 2015 | Health Articles

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Fall is here!  The first days of school have come and gone.  Now the once excited kids bend over or strain shoulders to hold the overly heavy backpacks that contain their school books and folders.  Unfortunately these over filled backpacks are heading our future generations into early back pain, neck pain, headaches and disease processes.  According to...

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Precision Navigation to Solving Back and Neck Pain

by | Jun 16, 2015 | Health Articles

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Scary how technology has become a savior but also freakishly aware as we type back pain or neck pain into Google's intelligent search bar.  It not only auto fills our requests but gives us the closest locations that match our keyword searches. Today with the ease of navigation our health and quality of life should...

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