5 Top Tips to Survive the Festive Season This Year

Avoid prolonged sitting

With long car journeys and lots of functions coming up, many of us find ourselves sitting for hours, flaring up pain either at the time of the next car.  Try to pick seats where your hips are slightly higher than your knees.  Try to sit well in your seat and not spend too long leaning forward talking, or crossing legs. Keep getting up regularly.  At Physiologix we sell ‘Pressure Relief Cushions’ ideal if the pressure of the seat is what you feel the problem in. ‘Wedge Cushions’ are another wonderful way of helping to sit keeping your hips higher than your knees. Cushions are cheap, can go anywhere, and can help reduce hours of pain – well worth trying out!

Stand on a mat

Many of you spend hours standing in the kitchen prepping. Standing on a mat is a cheap, easy way of helping anything from back pain down. Just be careful you don’t trip on the mat!!!

Don’t stop moving

You might have your routine totally turned on its head and be no-where near your usual exercise location. But don’t stop moving. Being static is one of the worst things for us humans – we are born to move and our body loves us for it.  Our physios can set you up with an exercise program on physi-app that you can take anywhere with you and access at any time. This is ideal for keeping niggling injuries in check. Keep walking, jump in the pool and get moving. Every little bit is better than nothing!

Plan ahead

If you have family and friends descending on you, make a plan of house and garden chores to slowly work through over the few weeks before.  Pacing help prevent injuries from flaring up.  If they do it will be to a lesser extent than if you had done everything at once. Just one visit to the physio/massage therapist should see you back on track.

Sleep well

It sounds ridiculous, but the research says differently. Sleep helps everything from stress, to anxiety, to pain, to healing.  Don’t let sleep loss become an issue. An hour earlier to bed can make the world of difference.

From all of us at Physiologix, our physios, massage therapists and clinical pilates instructors, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a fantastic healthy and happy 2023!