Today I chose to ask my friend Ryan a series of questions about what I taught him through my blog over the last 19 posts. Surprisingly, he did a very good job of reciting the information I gave in my posts. Thank you Ryan for sticking it out and reading all of my posts so far, I appreciate it!
Friday, November 20, 2015
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Cooping Mechanisms
APS is hard to conqueror, but with the right tools you can take back control of your life!
I have several things that help me day to day with my APS. The most helpful one for me is my neck pillow, I use it whenever I am in pain to help keep my neck aligned.
I also like my bean bag neck pillow because I can warm it up or put it in the freezer!
A great tool to help me out when I am stretching because I am sore is a resistance band!
Another great tool is desensitization techniques that require tools such as the ones below. These little blocks allow patients to tap or rub a pained area to work on their desensitization process.
Now you all know more about a few things that help cooping with the APS recovery process!
I have several things that help me day to day with my APS. The most helpful one for me is my neck pillow, I use it whenever I am in pain to help keep my neck aligned.
This pillow is from Walmart for $9.99 |
Bed Buddy from Carex for $12.59 |
This is from Walmart for $10 |
https://www.mvppt.com/services/hand-therapy/ |
Flair Ups
APS isn't curable but you can work hard and keep your pain away, and once you start slacking your pain can come back.
I tend to have flair ups when I get busy with life and I start to slack off from working out, it always comes back to bit me in the butt. I can start to feel an outset of pain and that's when I know it's time to start working out more!
I have actually been dealing with being sick so all I want to do is sleep my days away, and by laying in bed a lot my body gets stiff and uncomfortable.
Warning: Naps are addicting, so limit yourself.
I tend to have flair ups when I get busy with life and I start to slack off from working out, it always comes back to bit me in the butt. I can start to feel an outset of pain and that's when I know it's time to start working out more!
I have actually been dealing with being sick so all I want to do is sleep my days away, and by laying in bed a lot my body gets stiff and uncomfortable.
Warning: Naps are addicting, so limit yourself.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
When Stress Arises
Stress plays a big role in APS because naturally when we start to stress out our bodies tend to tense up.
I am a perfectionist when it comes to every aspect in my life, so when things don't go my way I might freak out. I cause myself more stress than need be, but that makes me who I am today.
I have learned to accept that I get stressed a lot, but I have had to learn how to keep it in control for my APS. What helps me the most is I like to keep an agenda with every assignment, it's due date, meetings, and anything major going on in my life. If I lost my agenda I would be completely lost.
Even if you don't have APS, it's always a good idea to maintain your stress levels because it is actually unhealthy. Which is funny in a dry sense of humor, because I am in college and it seems like every student is constantly stressing out.
We all have to just remember to take a deep breath every once in a while to keep us in check of our crazy lives.
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