7 injury mistakes that you are making daily
These are all things that can contribute to imbalance through uneven stress on the body. Identifying the issues is part of making a positive change. Overuse of muscles can cause for these to become stressed and strained whilst other weaker underused muscles to become even weaker. As a result, we try to overcompensate in compromised movement patterns. These motor patterns become trained in the brain and perpetuate further.
1. Holding your phone with your neck: Cradling your phone between your shoulder and neck might free up your arms for other activities, but research from the USA has found considerable risk placed on health as a result of this very practice. Think of the major arteries and veins that link to your brain that you could be compromising. Consider instead speakerphone (when in private or using headsets).
2. Holding your phone at waist level: You might be holding your phone under the table or double screening when watching tv. Regardless of the situation you might be creating undue strain in your neck. Aim to hold the phone at a higher level, and take breaks frequently. Try also checking longer tasks, like email, on a larger screen. 3. Sleeping exactly the same position on one side every night: Isn’t it strange how we gradually acclimatize to being on one side rather than another each night? You
It might be unrealistic to expect to be able to be completely balanced all of the time, and whilst we all have unique movement patterns, these steps can help you to prevent injuries or nagging pains and irritations. Reducing how often you do these can help alleviate common niggles and nagging injuries. If in doubt, however, do make time to see a physiotherapist who can assist in the monitoring and rehabilitation of any nagging pains or injuries. You can also check my post on what to do when yo
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