How's your breathing? Autumn can be the time of year where many of us are finding it a little more difficult to breath. A lingering chest infection, pain and discomfort from a chronic respiratory condition, stress or anxiety causing a shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. Posture can suffer while we are trying to huddle and stay warm, too much coughing may have left our muscles sore.
Does everything you hear about sound stressful? Sometimes this can just feel too overwhelming so here are ten ideas to incorporate into your days and give you a bit of a boost.
1/ Be active - exercise won't make your stress disappear, but it will reduce some of the emotional intensity that you're feeling,
How are you managing working from home? It’s been a year now and many of us have had to adapt with living spaces becoming temporary offices, some well set up and others less than ideal. Lack of space, sharing working space with other household occupants or family members plus other challenges may have led to working on beds, sofas or having lap tops perched on chairs.
A different type of treatment is beginning to emerge since massage therapists weren't able to work during lockdown. Although we have now restrated many people are looking for self-care options for the relief of pain, stress and tension, so along with the multitude of on-line options available it’s now possible to experience the therapeutic benefits of self-massage from the comfort of you own home.
Time to give some TLC to you hands, wrists and forearms, feels great especially if you have spent too much time on devices.
If stress and anxiety have been giving you tension type headaches here are a few ideas for self massage and stretching around the head, neck and shoulder area.
Are you experiencing lower back and hip pain? Here are simple some ways to ease muscular tension and reduce pain in these areas.
Springtime and we are in lockdown, judging by how difficult it was to buy seeds at the weekend it seems like a lot of you are making veggie patches. Making use of spare time and space in the garden or allowed exercise at an allorment. Physically and emotionally it’s a fantastic thing to do for yourselves, I’ve been out digging and planting, my lower back would have thanked me if I’d taken notice of the tips below.
