Entry bubble Droppin' from Shoppin'

By: Nancy | December 13, 2007 | Category: Health

You did it, didn't you? You shopped til you dropped. tired woman with packages

Literally.

Your feet. Your back. Your knees. And that pounding head. You fought the crowds, scored the prezzies and now you've got the battle wounds to prove it. Congratulations, and I'm sorry.

Seems to me that you, my friend, have earned a break. So put your tootsies up and take a tour with me through some government sites with great information on caring for those achy, breaky parts.

 

Head

I'm prone to headaches when I fight the crowds at the mall, and was interested in the National Institutes of Health Medline Plus online medical encyclopedia's information on the types of headaches and how to treat them. I get different kinds of headaches and never know which kind is which. This illustrated chart will help me tell quickly what type of headache I'm experiencing.


And Shoulders

My friend Sofie told me this morning that her biggest shopping pain this year was her shoulder. Sof tends to drag around a bag roughly half her size and weight but after a recent romp at the mall, she returned to the office wincing from the pain, and carrying a much more modest bag to give her shoulder a rest. She also recommended this booklet on shoulder problems.

After she shops, my mom really feels her back--a combination of arthritis and spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column that puts pressure on the nerves and spinal cord. I found some publications from the online home of the Consumer Information Catalog that I want to share with her about her back problems and arthritis. I'm especially interested in seeing if the exercises in the back pain publication will bring her some relief.

 

Knees

Do your knees feel as rusty as the Tin Man's after a lap around the shopping center? Old sports injury or not, knee problems are common, and can be really debilitating. Questions and Answers About Knee Problems explains the effects of different types of knee injuries and what medicine is doing to help people cope with knee pain.

 

And Toes

If those feet of yours are killing you after your day of shopping (and you were being good and didn't even wear cute shoes), I found some help for you--a terrific, basic guide to common foot problems, from a fact sheet from the state of Massachusetts. 

Thanks for taking your shopping break with me. Hope you get some relief from your shopping aches and pains. And the next time you venture to the store, may you find a parking space close to the entrance and short lines at the register.

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