Are you leaving or just returning from vacation?
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Here are some tips to make your trips more enjoyable and pain free.
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1. If you have to drive more than two hours to visit friends and relatives, take a break; get out of your vehicle and stretch to restore your normal posture/prevent neck or low back conditions.
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2. When loading your vehicle for the trip, organize your luggage and packages into smaller loads, as opposed to one large suitcase/cardboard box/carrying case.
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3. Wear your seatbelt. Adjust vehicle headrests so that they are no more than two inches behind the centre of the back of the head. Research shows that many of the estimated 20 million car accident victims suffering whiplash injuries in North America could have prevented much of the injury had their vehicle seat headrests been adjusted properly.
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4. Don’t slouch on the sofa and don’t fall asleep on the recliner, as two or three vertebrae in the spine can assume a sharp angle. When you sit up, the normal movement isn’t restored.
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5. Avoid bending directly over the oven door to lift out the turkey. Crouch down, pull out the oven shelf, and use your legs for better balance/reduce the sharp leverage on the lower spine.
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Make it a great day!
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Contact us for injury management or online health/coaching/training/nutrition plans.
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www.endurance8health.com.