Another month, another favourites post! My dissertation is well and truly underway
now as planned, with less than a month to go until hand in day, yikes! These are the things that have seen me
through the busy month this time round – this month
they are more activity based.
Foam
Rolling
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve
probably seen me complaining about my sore neck, sore back and sore shoulders a
fair handful of times. It was so bad
that I was taking pain medication on a daily basis to get me through the day,
which is not what you want to be doing, especially when they only worked for a
few hours before the pain would become unbearable again. Foam rolling has really helped me with the
pain that I have been experiencing, and its really simple to do too. You can pick up a really decent foam roller
from Amazon for around £15, and then you’re good
to go from the comfort of your own home.
The idea is that you just roll your sore muscles over the foam roller
until they start to loosen up – it’s
painful, yes, but so good! For some
reason my hamstrings were crazy tight, and that was with me doing stretches
every single day to ease them off. I
spent the best part of a week using the foam roller to correct this, and today
I no longer have that achy pain. It’s so satisfying reaching those tricky achy spots on your
back with the foam roller, and it gives you nearly instant pain relief if you
do it properly – amazing! I’d recommend
watching some tutorials online to make sure that you’re
doing it right before you start, but be sure to let me know how you get on!
The Chiropractor
Normally I wouldn’t splash out on
expensive treatments for myself, but seeing as my neck, back and shoulder pain
was so sever, I finally decided to take the plunge and get myself seen by the
chiropractor. Rather expensive, but
worth every single penny… honestly! During my first session I received an
acupuncture treatment, which was absolutely amazing (the woman actually told me
the knots in my shoulders were some of the most impressive she’d
seen in a looong time, now that’s saying
something!) All of the tensions I felt
were almost instantly lifted, and although I was pretty tender in the area for
a few days afterwards, it was nothing compared to the pain I had been having
before. I’ve
been in to see them three times now, and each time I’ve
been sent home with new stretches to try out to maintain the treatments that
they’ve carried out on me! I’m still sore, some
days a lot worse than others, but the improvement in the area that I’ve been experiencing the pain in is incredible – I’d highly recommend a trip to your
local chiropractor for any aches and pains that you might be experiencing.
Yoga
Maintaining the theme of pain, aches and general discomfort,
I’ve taken to yoga to stretch out my body and to have a little bit of me time
at the end of the day. I’ve been loving
this one 15 minute session on YouTube called “Yoga for Sore Muscles” – it’s
pretty easy on the exercise front, but every single time I’m finished the
session I feel relaxed, calm and most importantly – stretched! It feels so good on my achy body, and I can’t
wait to try out loads of the other various sessions that are online so that I
can incorporate yoga into my daily routine as exercise, and not just pain
relief! Let me know if there is a
program or session you would recommend below!
So that’s everything, a bit of a different favourites post
for me, but I thought it would be good to share round about now seeing as a lot
of us student are probably slumped over our computer screens typing away at
coursework and giving ourselves nasty aches without even realising it.
What have you been loving this month?
Until the next one,
