Traveling Without Back Pain
When you travel, you’re often doing it for rest and relaxation. So you don’t want to have to deal with back pain on your trip. Here’s how you can help yourself (and your family) enjoy your time away from home.
Keep in mind how much time you’ll be spending in a car or plane. Before you start your travels, keep up on your exercise and stretching routine.
During your travels, be sure to stand from time to time so your body doesn’t stay crouched in a tight space for too long. Upon arrival to your destination, avoid too much lifting, bending and twisting—after all, you should be relaxing!
If you’ve suffered from back pain in the past or want to get ahead of pain before it starts, consider scheduling an appointment before you embark on your travels and immediately upon your return.
Hydration Strategies
It’s an essential building block for life and something we need to keep us going—yet so many people across the world don’t drink even half of the daily recommended amount of water to keep dehydration at bay. Why is water so important? It helps our bodies function better in nearly every way. And as chiropractors, we care about how your body performs day in and day out. Here are three simple ways that you can help your body take in more water each day:
1. Drink water through a straw. Why? Taking in water through a straw allows you to drink larger amounts in a shorter time.
2. Add fruits and veggies to your diet like watermelon, pineapple and tomato—all of which are more than 90% water.
3. Add ice to non-water drinks. This adds water to your beverage and keeps it cool.
Sep 03, 2019 at 5:40 PM
Here are two more environmentally friendly ways: 1. Take a glass of water to bed with you and drink it before getting out of bed the next morning (this ensures you start your day with a glass of water). 2. Most places in the UK have potable water from all taps, kitchen and bathroom; every time you go to the toilet, take a sip of water from the tap (AFTER washing your hands); this ensures you take in water throughout the day.