How to manage the aftermath of the holiday after the holiday?
Sep 20, 2024
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After the holiday, physical and mental stress different from usual accumulates, and immunity, chronic fatigue, and sleep disorders are likely to appear. In particular, if the body is overworked due to housework such as food preparation or long driving, fatigue accumulates in the joints and spine. Symptoms such as stiffness, swelling, and muscle weakness can usually occur along with pain.
`It is easy to suffer pain in the joints and spine, but it is likely that it was caused by excessive use or incorrect posture during the holiday season,' said Jin Ho-seon, head of the orthopedic surgery hospital at Gangbuk Himchan Hospital. `If physical therapy or poultice is applied before suffering from the holiday after-effects due to tired muscles and strained joints due to more housework than usual, it is effective in improving symptoms.'
◇Recovering pain and fatigue accumulated in joints and vertebrae, stretching and poultice
The joints and spine are directly burdened by the body during the holidays. Housewives who shop more than usual are more likely to suffer from pain in their wrists, knees, and back.
Repeatedly bending and bending down to set up a holiday table, lifting heavy objects or cooking more food than usual causes back and wrist strain. In addition, squatting for a long time to make food can cause pain in the knees and back. It is easy to suffer from acute low back pain during or after the holiday due to a lot of fatigue in the back muscles and ligaments compared to usual, and in the case of the wrist, the damage may gradually accumulate due to overuse, resulting in wrist tendinitis.
Driving for a long time is also one of the main causes of fatigue and pain in the body after the holidays. In many cases, they are behind the wheel for a few hours or more than 10 hours. In terms of round-trip, he/she spent a fairly long time in a narrow driver's seat and drove in a tense state, and during this process, the fatigue of the intervertebral disc supporting the upper body accumulates, making the back stiff and painful. The pain can be greater if your body's balance collapses while driving long distances, so you sit sideways or come in a position with your hips out of the driver's seat.
Most of the temporary pain caused by housework or driving after the holiday is caused by more frequent use than usual, so taking painkillers and getting enough rest will mostly improve. Back pain can be relieved by relaxing the lumped muscles by repeating stretching to keep the knee pulled toward the chest and bent back for several seconds while lying down.
If there is swelling or heat in the pain area, a cold compress can help relieve the pain. Pain caused by excessive use of shoulders and wrists is good to relax muscles and facilitate blood circulation with a warm compress. If pain persists even after sufficient rest, poultice, and stretching, it is necessary to visit a hospital for accurate diagnosis and treatment. Joint pain may recur even after recovery, and if left unattended for a long time, it can lead to chronic pain.
◇Careful of the re-spreading COVID-19 hygiene management
If you have spent a lot of time together or traveled abroad during the holiday season, you need to be careful about the COVID-19 infection that is spreading again around the world. In the case of Korea, a year after the end-demic was officially declared last year, the trend is again nationwide, and although it varies from individual to individual, there are many cases that the pain is more severe than the existing symptoms.
Typical symptoms include fever and cough of 37.5 degrees or higher, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, shortness of breath, loss of smell and taste, and symptoms usually appear after an incubation period of 1 to 14 days, so if you have these symptoms after the holiday, you should visit a hospital immediately. It is necessary to closely check the symptoms because it can be mistaken for fatigue accumulated by travel, cooling diseases caused by indoor and external temperature differences, and colds. In particular, children with weak immune systems, the elderly, and chronically ill patients should be treated immediately if symptoms are found because they can be easily infected and severely worsened.
Jang Jun-yong, director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, said, "Since family and relatives gather frequently during the holiday season, and the number of overseas travelers increases, the risk of spreading infectious diseases after the holiday increases, so if you have any suspicious symptoms, you should visit a medical institution immediately," and added, "To prevent reinfection and spread of COVID-19, you should frequently ventilate indoors and pay attention to personal hygiene management such as wearing a mask and washing your hands."
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