Don’t go on holidays and end up in pain.

Today I wanted to give you some top tips to get relief from pain while you are away on holidays.

1^st thing is to make sure you keep up your homework. Prevention is better than cure… It is so important to keep doing your home stretches and denneroll. I know you may not feel like it because you are away and enjoying family time but its crucial to your progress. Never miss a day and its only 15-20 mins of your time.

2^nd thing is take your pillow with you. You may be camping or sleeping in a different bed. Maintaining your sleeping posture will help you stay out of pain.

3^rd Plan your travel wisely. If you are doing a long road trip, break it up and stop on the way. Sitting in a car can cause so much discomfort so why not stop a night here and there along the way.

4^th Stay mobile and active. I know this might be your time to relax but we find a lot of people need extra treatments in the Jan / Feb months because they didn’t stay active. In some cases new patients are too active and you actually do too much for example gardening water skiing surfing in because you haven’t done much of it during the year your body doesn’t like you for it.

So just Go out in the sunshine and get some fresh air, continue those gym classes. Take it easy and above all have fun… Why not, you have extra time over the holidays.

5^th those people who are still at work. Thank you the world keeps spinning while we’re on holidays however because I’m not here to help you you still need to do all your homework.

And of course if you do hurt yourself put ice on it 1^st 10 min on and 10 min off… to see if that helps do some gentle stretches to see if you can get it moving and remember will be back on 4 January so leave a message on the answering machine if you’re in emergency I will get to you as soon as we can.

But if you listen to me at the very beginning you will have already got an appointment booked in before and after Christmas because you guys are forward thinkers.

I hope this helps you stay pain free over the holidays,

hope you all have a wonderful holiday