Health blog Category: Healthy Tips
Setting Fitness Goals in the New Year
A new decade, a new set of goals to achieve. At LSTC, we’re all about helping people reach their physical goals. In fact, some of the goals we helped people reach last year were:
- Back to golfing
- Picking up a baby without pain
- Back to running
- Completing triathlons and the like…
- Sleeping comfortably
- Doing necessary household chores without wincing
- Managing concussions and getting students back to school and sports
- Dancing again without pain
- Taking trips out of the country pain free
- And so much more…
So what are your goals for the new year?
Read full blogTips to Avoid Injuries While Shoveling Snow
As the temperature starts to drop again, and the chance of snow could arise we want to be sure you are prepared to clear your sidewalk and driveways without sustaining and injury. Believe it or not, shoveling is a common task that our community members do that leads to an injury. Here are 7 things to do to help avoid and injury…
- Warm up with dynamic or static stretching (CLICK HERE to learn more)
- Do not twist through your back-instead turn your whole body (WATCH this video!)
- Do not throw snow over shoulder
- Push snow instead of lifting and don’t overload- if lifting is required bend and lift through
legs not back.
Top 5 Things to do to Start Your Year Off Right
The New Year is here which means we are planning our resolutions and setting goals. Here are 5 things you should do to start your year off right!
Get Moving
Even if you just go on a short walk, try to get moving everyday. Exercise is not only good for your physical health, but it plays a huge role in mental health as well. When you exercise, your brain releases happy chemicals that improve mood.
Read full blogSeasonal Injuries for Fall or Winter
With the gorgeous seasons comes seasonal injuries, due to outdoor responsibilities like:
- Raking leaves
- Bagging leaves
- Shoveling snow
- Cleaning snow off our vehicles
How often have you or someone you care about moved the wrong way or lifted something and all of the sudden had significant back pain that was never there before?
Many people have a tendency to push things like this aside until they negatively affect our activities of daily living.
Read full blogWhat is Ergonomics?
To start, Ergonomics is the study of individuals in their workplace in which workplaces are designed to fit individuals who use them. This aims to improve the environment to minimize the risk of injury.
Since the pandemic, many more individuals around the world began working from home and at desks/computers not realizing they have been sitting in a poor position for several hours a day and multiple days a week. Walking around and standing up in a typical office setting has decreased due to being in the comfort of our homes.
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Whether you’re going to the beach, out West, to another country, or even only a few miles away to visit friends and family, these traveling tips can help you avoid lower back and neck pain!
Try to not remain in the same position for long periods of time.
Stiffness and soreness tend to occur the most after not moving out of one position for extended periods of time.
Driving to your destination?
- Stop at rest stops when you start feeling stiff to take a few minutes to stretch out.
Common Rock Climbing Injuries
Rock Climbing, whether indoor or outdoor, is tough on your body. It takes a great amount of strength to perform as well as to prevent injuries. Injuries can range from acute, traumatic injuries to chronic, overuse injuries. Below are some of the common injuries rock climbers are susceptible to.
- Shoulder impingement. Shoulder impingement is an injury that is caused by repetitive motions, especially with a lot of overhead or reaching activities.
4 Tips for Working at a Desk
A lot of us spend most of our day occupied by work. Some are working in an office, and some are working from home. Many are stuck in front of a computer at a desk for most of the day so it is important to make sure that we set ourselves up for success when we are stuck in one spot for a long period of time.
- Make sure your workspace is set up in an ergonomic way.
4 Tips to Prevent Injuries While Spring Cleaning
We made it through the cold, dark days of winter and spring is finally here! This is the time of year when we like to get a good spring cleaning in the house and start getting back to yard work. That means it’s the time of year where we see a lot of new injuries and aches start to pop up. Here are a few tips to help prevent any injuries as you get your house and yard warm weather ready!
Read full blogWays to Keep Moving if You Work From Home
Working from home can be hard to have a work life balance or even have the power to step away from the computer since that is your life now. If this sounds like you, don’t panic! There are solutions to help you get moving and have a better relationship with your new reality of working from home.
Walk it out
Now that you are at home all the time, chances are your step count is significantly lower than it was when you were in the office.
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