TOP 5 HEALTHY LIFE HACKS TO HAVE AN AWESOME MORNING
WAKE UP 5 MINUTES EARLY. What’s the power of five minutes? It can be more than you think. Spend this time doing simple breathing exercises or a quick meditation so you can get focused for the rest of the day. If that’s not your style, you can prepare a quick to-do list for your day ahead. Either way, it’s always nice to have a little extra time for yourself without losing too much sleep. START WITH GREEN TEA, THEN COFFEE. A cup of coffee at 7 a.m. can leave you burned out by 10 a.m. Try swapping it with green tea for a more gentle wake-up call. After that, you can brew your favorite coffee to keep you going strong. This practice also might help you consume less caffeine overall! TAKE A QUICK MORNING WALK — AND HAVE YOUR MEETINGS ON THE GO. Morning meetings can make us want to fall asleep again. Don’t spend all of them sitting down if you don’t have to! Not only will morning
Getting your day started with coffee isn’t always enough. Sometimes, you need to give yourself an extra boost, especially when you have little energy or trouble focusing. For an awesome start to your day, here are five tips to get you going right off the bat.
walks help you wake up, but they can also add some extra physical activity to your day.
WRITE IN YOUR JOURNAL. Who says you have to journal at the end of the day when you’re tired and ready to sleep? You can journal in the morning about what happened yesterday and the things you’re looking forward to that day. Journaling can remind you of your daily goals and motivate you to stick to your commitments. PACK YOUR LUNCH (OR SNACKS!). Staying on track with your goals starts with having the energy to do them. Plan a healthy balance of fats, vegetables, carbohydrates, and proteins. This can be as simple as assembling dips, carrots, wraps, and salads each morning.
It’s time to try these tactics to jump-start your day!
WHILE WORKING FROM HOME PREVENTING CHRONIC SORENESS
When the pandemic first hit the United States, which feels like 100 years ago, many workers started working from home and traded their ergonomic chairs and standing desks for couches, beds, and wooden kitchen chairs. Now, months later, many are still working from home with their back-to- the-office date postponed indefinitely. Working in your PJs and not worrying about someone stealing your lunch are nice perks of this new normal, but the lack of a proper office setup can encourage bad posture and lead to chronic soreness. However, by understanding what it means to have proper posture while you work, you can create a familiar, comfortable workspace in your home without the eventual pain. CHECKING YOUR POSTURE If you want to know if you have proper posture at your home work station, look for these things: feet flat on the ground, knees bent at 90-degree angles, back flush against the back of your chair, shoulders rolled back, and eyes straightforward at your computer screen. APPLYING PROPER POSTURE TO YOUR WORK STATION Depending on where you’ve decided to work when you’re at home, some of these proper posture points might be easier to hit than others. However, you can take steps to ensure you have proper posture wherever you work. For example, if you’re working on a couch, prop some extra pillows behind
you to help keep your back
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if you can find a way to bring your laptop up to eye level. If you’re working at a kitchen bar on a high barstool, try resting your feet on an ottoman to keep your feet from dangling.
In any case, however, you should always listen to your body. If one part of your body is feeling sore, adjust your posture to alleviate that discomfort. At the same time, you should take frequent breaks to get up, stretch, and walk around. And, if you’ve developed soreness that just won’t go away since you started working from home, give Campus Commons PT a call 916-927-1333 or visit our website at CampusCommonsPhysicalTherapy. com to see how we can help you!
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