The Jobs & Sports Most Likely To Injure You

In my experience there are 12 jobs and sports that carry a higher risk of picking up a long-term repetitive stress type injury.

In no particular order, the 8 jobs are:

• Hairdresser
• Massage therapist
• Dental hygienist
• Dancer
• Group fitness instructor
• Equine groom
• Nurse
• Care worker

The 4 sports are:

• Running
• Golf
• Tennis
• Horse riding

What Injuries Are You Likely To Get Doing These Jobs & Sports?

I've worked as an equine sports massage therapist, equine groom and, currently, as a group fitness instructor. I've also ridden horses since the age of 7 years. These are the injuries I've encountered most often and been asked for advice to manage by class members.

Are you doing any of these jobs and sports? What's been your injury experience so far?

How To Reduce Your Risk of Getting Injured

• Pay attention to your stability and balance, especially how your feet interact with the ground
• Maintain the balance between the front and back of your body. Reset regularly.
• Regularly check and reset the balance between the right and left sides of your body
• Maintain hip mobility, especially in external and internal rotation, and the function of your lumbo-pelvis-sacral system
• Keep your scapular rhythm functioning well (this is the communication between the ribs, shoulder blade and arm)
• Check that your head is centrally balanced on your neck (ie. not tilting forward / backwards / to the right or left)
• Work with your muscles - use dynamic movement explorations and pandiculation type stretches to release held muscle tension, rather than traditional static stretches
• Have a short 5 to 15 mins maintenance home routine that you can do whenever you feel tension or pain building in your body. This will lower the risk of held muscle tension leading to a long-term repetitive stress injury or chronic pain. This routine should include 2 to 5 exercises that you know will quickly release tension and re-balance your body, ideally within 5 to 15 mins. 

NEXT STEPS

1) Have you got your free copy of my new E-guide "How To Get Relief From Back Pain & Muscle Tension in Just 10 mins a Day"? You'll get access to 2x video tutorials that will show you how to re-balance the front and back of your body to bring instant relief from lower back pain and persistent muscle tension. 

Get your copy HERE.

2) Get on the early bird wait list for my brand new weekend workshop retreats: EARLY BIRD LIST 

.Over 2 half days you will learn the knowledge and skills to be able to

- find stability, balance and safety in your body to reduce joint wear and tear, lower your risk of getting injured by falling and increase your resilience to injury

- reduce pain and release muscle tension quickly in the comfort of your home without expensive kit or waiting for an emergency appointment

- move with ease and freedom so you can stay active and live life as you want without pain slowing you down.

The workshop retreats will be a deeply relaxing, fully immersive mind-body experience with a restorative movement practice, guided meditation and a sound bath at the end of each day.

As well as the weekend workshop retreat you'll also have 30 days of 1:1 support with me to help you build your own home care movement routine that works for your body - no cookie cutter, one size fits all approach here! 

There are just 6 spaces for each weekend workshop retreat. This first one kicks off in February 2024.

Get on the early bird list here to receive all the details first:

EARLY BIRD LIST 

3) You can also:

• Book into a Stretch, Yoga or Pilates class with me - these are a good introduction to The BYB Method and take the first steps to your pain-free body.
• Attend a mind-body retreat - these are deeply relaxing, fun, social small group experiences typically held in various locations within easy reach of Worthing, West Sussex. The next retreats are "Rest & Reflect" half-day winter retreat on Sunday 3rd December (FULL) and "Sun & Moon" mini retreat on Sunday 17th December (last 4x spaces left). Click HERE to read more about them,
• Subscribe HERE to receive "The Movement Chronicle", a weekly e-newsletter delivering mobility and pain reduction tips directly into your inbox every Monday morning,

If you would like help with managing pain or an injury please reach out to me on any of these channels:

• Email at norma.pearson1@ntlworld.com
• DM me on Facebook Messenger 
• WhatsApp message to 07801 867361.