When at home leave your shoes by the door
Walking around bare foot strengthens the arches of the foot, allowing them to more effectively absorb shock. This protects your joints from excessive stress as well as your bones, reducing the risk of lower limb fractures. Directly touching the earth (or any conducive material touching the earth) known as grounding, speeds up tissue recovery, helps sync the bodies circadian rhythm (leading to improved sleep and daytime wakefulness), reduced stress and anxiety (immediately shifting brain waves), improved mood, relaxes muscles and improves cardiovascular and immune system function.
Stand tall
Maintaining good posture is as easy as imagining a string attached to the top of your head pulling upward. Good posture impacts both physical and mental health. An upright posture reduces the pressure on the intervertebral discs, the strain on the postural muscles of the spine and allows the cardiovascular system to more effectively transport vital nutrients to our tissues. Maintaining good posture has also demonstrated significant positive impacts on mood.
Reap the benefits of blood donation
Donating blood regularly not only provides vitally important life saving aid to the community but has significant benefits to the health of the donor. Regular blood donation effectively reduces your risks of heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes! This is achieved through a reduction in blood viscosity, total and LDL cholesterol, platelets (reducing clotting risk) and a reduction in chronic inflammation. Blood donation takes only 30 minutes from start to finish and can be done every 2 months.
Surprising strategies that significantly reduce your risk of sports injuries
Participating in more than one sport
Practicing regular stress management techniques (eg CBT)
Engaging in explosive exercises
Move!
Sitting for long periods of time reduces blood flow to the brain, reducing our ability to think and concentrate. Standing up for a brief walk (literally up and down the office will do) every 30 minutes, prevents this decrease in blood flow to the brain, as well as boosting circulation thought-out the body.
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