Stretching Exercises: Take a Break (Without Leaving Your Desk!)

Sitting at your desk all day may get the work done, but it’s not doing any favors for your health. If you’re stuck in a cubicle most of the day, it’s important to give your body—and your mind—a break.  A few stretches and simple exercises, easily done without leaving your desk, should do the trick.

   

I found the below interesting and would like to share with you all.  Hope this helps.
More information can be found at Stretching exercises

A Couple More Things…

Take a Walk
We’re all entitled to a break once in while.  Even if you lunch at your desk, take 5 to 10 minutes to walk around the office building, up and down a flight of stairs, or even around the cubicle block. You’ll be surprised how much a short walk can clear the brain.

Give your eyes a rest!
Staring at a computer monitor all day is fatiguing and stressful on your eyes. Optometrists recommend giving your eyes a break every 20 minutes. So if you realize you’ve been staring at the screen too long, consciously look out a window at a far off object, or even a picture on your cubicle wall. Anything that allows your eyes to focus on something more distant will benefit your eye health.

Thanksgiving food for my parents

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

As my parents are here with us on thanksgiving  for the first time we made them taste Thanksgiving food. So, yesterday on thanksgiving we got food from Boston Market (restaurant).

The Thanksgiving food included Turkey with gravy, chicken, corn, mashed potato, vegetable stuffing, sweet potato, mac and cheese, apple pie, browne and peccan pie.

My mom and dad both liked the food but my mom ....later told me that the Turkey meat if would have been prepared in Indian style would have tasted better :D  :))))

mom will be mom......

My struggle with Sinus

I always had sinus problem since I was in school. If you have/had sinus problem you can understand the pain- headache, tiredness, pressure near ears eyes etc.

I was always dependent on medicine. In India I use to take Sinerest. Its a strong and drowsey medicine. If I would to take the medicine in empty stomach I would end up throwing. But it use to help. I had to almost take the medicine every alternate days.
Showed my problem to a Doctor. She told me that I have something called deviated septum and it needs surgery and that the surgery sometimes doesn't help with sinus. She then again gave me more medicine and also a nasal spray.

I came to US and the sinus problem lingered. Here I tried all sort of medication Sudated Sinus, DayQuil Sinux, NightQuil Sinux and Tylenol Sinus. All worked but then the medicines became a regular. I started getting worried about the amount of medicine I was taking. 
I showed to ENT specialist here and was told the same about having deviated septum and also cold allergy. The surgery will not work due to the allergy. It will aggravate more as after surgery there will more space in my nasal passage for my sinuses to swell.

I then tried natural remedy like netipot(use to rinse nasel passage using water).  It works for most of the people but for me it use to make my problem worse. I tried homeopathy, but I couldn't complete the course.

Finally, I found few things that working for me:

• Vapours- Now we all know about Vapours. I tried it before it never worked. Then I read somewhere one need to take vapours for 10 min. So now anytime I feel I am going to get sinus, I take vapors the first thing. I take vapours in my nose, ears and near my cheeks. I have bought a conair vapourizer and now I seriously take it with me for any vacation.

• Shower- In shower , I would let hot water( the maximum I can tolerate without burning myself) run over my back of the neck and shoulders. This helps.

• Vicks vapourizer- This I rub on my nose and forehead while sleeping.

• Nasal Strip- This is my must have for sleeping at night. There are many kinds available in drugstore. I use the Breath Right one. It opens my nasal passage and helps me to get good sleep. I don't use it regularly but  only when needed badly.

• Acupressure- There are few points (on our forehead, cheeks, near our nasal opening) in our face which when pressed helps in reducing sinus pressure. For more information check the video Acupressure for sinus relief

Few lifestyle changes I had to make due to cold allergy are:

• I make it a point to dry my hair after a hair wash with a dryer every time. Air drying although good for hair is absolute no no for me. I wash my hair twice a week. 

• If I go outside I always carry a light cardigan and a scarf. I use them if there is a breeze. I know it sucks.

If the above information helps do leave a comment. If something different works for you do share in comments below. Thankyou.