Jakarta (ANTARA) – Head of the Medical Rehabilitation Installation (IRM) M. Ridwan Meuraksa Hospital, dr. Saad Budiyono SpKFR shared tips on how to avoid or cope with muscle and joint pain that many people have complained about lately.
(WFH) or work from home.
“When we use joints and muscles, it must be adjusted to age and activity. Don’t overdo it, don’t overuse it. Don’t go beyond our capacity. It’s also important to remember that joints and muscles shouldn’t be moved for too long. with his capacity,” said doctor Saad, sharing one way for sufferers of muscle and joint pain to reduce the potential for this disease in an online event, Thursday.
In recent times, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, complaints of muscle and joint pain seem to be increasing, especially from young people who during the pandemic have to work from home.
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Whereas before the pandemic, muscle and joint pain was identical to the disease of the elderly who did experience degeneration so that the performance of the joints and muscles was no longer optimal.
In order to ensure that the muscles and joints work optimally, Dr. Saad also said that when doing activities, it is better for people not to rely on one position only.
For example, when your work position requires you to sit all day, it’s a good idea to change positions every two hours.
Changing positions in doing an activity, apparently can reduce pressure or compression on one part of the body that can potentially cause pain in the muscles or joints that bear the burden of the body.
In addition, to prevent muscle and joint pain you can also do light exercise but with regular intensity.
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“The easiest way is walking, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour. It can be accompanied by raising our hands while practicing breathing. Ideally it should be done three to five times a week. The point is according to age,” said doctor Saad.
He also added, in order to avoid pain in muscles and joints, it is better to warm up and cool down for people who like to do strenuous sports such as swimming, playing soccer, to cycling.
Not only from activities that involve muscles that need attention, the last way so that the muscles and themselves don’t experience pain also needs to be considered from nutritious intake.
With a high intake of calcium and support muscle mass, it will certainly be better than fast food which is high in cholesterol and has a bad impact on the body.
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