Repetitive stress injuries are also known as RSI or cumulative trauma disorders or overuse syndrome. RSI is a term used for injuries in muscles, nerves and tendons caused by repetitive movement and/or overuse. RSI can affect almost any joint, muscle, tendon or ligament of the human body. RSIs are associated with repetitive actions, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression, and sustained or awkward positions ....
There are quite a few physical pains and challenges that come with being a mum starting from your pregnancy to the early years of motherhood. Mums with younger kids tend to have their hands full when they are at home, along with long working hours, meetings, work related travel etc. All of these can lead to neck pains or aggravate existing neck pains. Sometimes mums tend to learn to live with the pain but these neck pains can be managed better with some simple and easy solutions.
We will discuss the common reasons for neck pain followed by these simple solutions to manage them better ....
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Do you wake up with stiffness in your back in the mornings?
If yes, consider this scenario: You don’t have any stiffness during the day or when you get to your bed and you sleep well but when you wake up in the morning especially as you are getting out of bed your back feels stiff. You feel the stiffness subsiding once you have been up and about for a while or after you have stretched and moved your body.
Does this sound familiar to you? Something seems to have caused the stiffness between going to bed and waking up. You have not been sitting in a chair or standing up at night. You are just simply sleeping. The only probable explanations are either a poor sleeping posture or the stresses that have built up through the night due to the static position of your spine, causing you to wake up with pain and/or stiffness in your back.
Lets look at three simple solutions to address your morning back stiffness .....
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Have you ever been to the doctor for back or joint pain and he has advised that go for a scans, i.e. MRI or CT scan or X rays back? The scan results come back and they do not coincide with your pain levels. Maybe you have excruciating pain but all your scans show are some minor degenerative changes. Or there are extensive changes in your scans but you don’t have any major pain symptoms.
It can also happen that you have had some recent changes in pain levels but your scans don’t reflect this or you have major changes in your scans but you don’t have any additional pain or symptoms.
These discrepancies between your pain levels and scan results are normal .......
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A commonly asked question is how to tell if people are drinking enough water during outdoor activities.
Read further for two easy checks that you can do to make sure that you are well hydrated during outdoor activities and the three important features to look out for when choosing a hydration pack ....
Read more...Read further for two easy checks that you can do to make sure that you are well hydrated during outdoor activities and the three important features to look out for when choosing a hydration pack ....
