I am sure that after a hard day’s work, returning home and relaxing can be another hard experience in an already tough day. Same thing over and over and you finally opt to see the doctor and it is the same last resort of a bunch of drug medications you have to keep up with. Some times you eve have to drop certain important activities because your prescription doesn’t allow you to engage in them.
You don’t have to bother anymore; all it takes is some time and dedication on your side to put these aches behind.
1. Get a fitness activity schedule: This is a major secret of most of your untiring, arduous and energetic colleagues. It does not have to be cumbersome. It only has to be something that put more of the nerves and muscles in your body to function on a moderate scale since you spend most of your time sitting all day in the office and all week long, consequently generating strains of pain along your body as you over stress a particular muscle in a particular activity that it is not familiar with. When you develop such workout routines, your body will resist at first but consistency will ensure you that you have endurance and an added advantage of a boost in cognitive ability. You may choose to engage in a daily or weekly physical routine. It could be a weekend of tennis, football, swimming. It’d be very helpful.
2. If you are always sitting at your workstation, try something else for a change: Try working while standing at timely intervals. Statistics show that people who work while sitting over 6 hours of every day, for years end up having certain aches, numbness and complications which results from hindrance of blood flow or availability in the lower limb; worse case scenario diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease or cancer. As you sit down working for long periods of time, carried away by the toll of office activities, your body metabolism is functioning at a sub-optimal level, an unhealthy practice which if uncontrolled may lead to severe penalties at old age. A research conducted by Dr. James Levine of Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, America, suggested that the sedentary lifestyle of sitting long periods of time in the office places or at home is detrimental to health. They have even resorted to having a multi-flexible work unit called sit-to-stand desk; and it’s now being used in workplaces. Some companies in a few countries have embraced this method including USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, China and some European countries . The desk allows you to raise it so that you can work while standing; it is also possible to raise your chair too.
3. Check your diet: If you are going to work for a long period of time and you take something that will make you puffed up from indigestion then you should change your diet. An alternative to that may be available, since your diet is responsible for your office performance and well-being. Your diet can revolve around light mealtimes for breakfast and brunch, then lunch. Heavy breakfast is also possible for some people but if you don’t do this normally and you just decide to do it on a whim, you might have a long day facing digestion complexes and possibly mental fatigue may easily set in. It is most adviceable to choose a good meal preference that suites you. Preferably, stick to your regular practice.
4. Pay attention to your mental uprightness: Therapy of the mind is a practice that we mostly ignore because most of us don’t see why it could ever be important. This is because activities, engagements, schedules and business have occupied our minds. The fact is that the importance of mind development has been known by the Indians and the Chinese for a long time before western schools realised how important it is. Psychology schools now preach mindfulness as if it is recently discovered knowledge. So when you do have some time on your hands, opt for some privacy and reflect on your journey so far as an entity with life and not as a ghost or a zombie who always has to make ends meet at every point in time. Take some time to reflect a bit. It is important for your mental health to develop a mindfulness. One that make you conscious of yourself, your family and friends and folks you even deal with on a daily basis. Meditate a bit.
5. Keep a good habit of hydrating daily: Ensure you have your daily 8 glasses of water to stay metabolically, physically and mentally healthy. Soda or beer can quench thirst but not as well as water. Especially for people in high temperate regions, a sensation of thirst can trigger a stream of chemical reactions in the body especially in strong cases when you might be having intense headaches, confusion, weakness, and unstable internal body metabolic activities. Mind your water intake.
Remember, health is wealth.
About the Writer: Bello Muhammad is a graduate of Biological Sciences. He is passionate about education and personal development. He is also a lover of chess who has featured in the West African University Games for his institution. You can contact him via Google+ and email: slimophobia@gmail.com, phone 08152501891 and Twitter @Slimanic.
