Hands up!
Who all decided to embark on a New Year, New You fitness drive and went all in?
You might have emptied your cupboards of junk, stopped eating carbohydrates and signed up for the gym, where you have given your all.
And now, as we near the end of February, the weight loss has slowed down, you are hangry and you are sore.
For moving more comes at a price (especially if you normally sit hunched over a keyboard for most of your day), even if the rewards are well worth the cost. You are using muscles that you might have previously underutilised and you are putting extra load onto your joints.
Now, while I do not subscribe to the “No Pain, No Gain” approach, there is something appealing and reassuring about waking up stiff (oi you lot with the dirty minds) following a good workout (not that kind).
It can make walking down stairs almost a mission impossible and doing simple things like lifting jars and opening doors a stretch
And quite often, having a post exercise stretch can help, alongside a warm down.
Far too often, we (I am guilty as charged) ignore the need to warm down and ignore the benefits. It can reduce the pooling of blood (helps prevent you from fainting), the buildup of lactic acid and also helps your heart rate and blood pressure to recover (1).
It also helps to treat your body to the occasional massage and while this will not prevent delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), it can help you relax and recover from soreness and injury while it can make you feel a lot better too.
I have medical insurance that allows me to have regular massage treatments, but what if you do not or what if time is a factor?
While it can never replace the sensation of a masseuse’s skilled hands (will you filthy lot give it a rest?), a good alternative is a home massage machine. Now, I know many of you will have wasted money on inferior and relatively useless massage machines in the past, but I have been conducting some testing.
And in Naipo, I have discovered https://healthylivinguk.org/2017/02/28/viagra-from-canada-without-prescription-online-drugstore/ some massage tools that really hit the spot and really help alleviate my aches and pains.
The first is the heated Naipo Back and Neck massager which has been a godsend for my very tight shoulders and upper back (bad posture and months of stress will not have helped).
Not ME!
While it (and acupressure) is effective (2), it is quite bulky and needs mains supply to power it, so when Naipo told me about their cordless and very comfortable heated shiatsu massage cushion, I thought of everyone driving to work or sitting in an office or at home with aching bodies and I did what I often do best.
I blagged
But not for myself, I already have a great Naipo massager, so I managed to convince them to do two things.
Firstly, I asked them not to send me one to test and to instead send one to one of you.
That’s right, you can win one of these Naipo Cordless Shiatsu Massage Cushions by simply commenting on why you need this Naipo Massage Cushion. Everyone who does so will be entered into a random pick generator and one of you will be sent one of these cushions that have an RRP of £99.99 by Naipo.
Also, everyone will be able to buy doxycycline one of these for £33.74 using the code SARH5VZQ at this AMAZON LINK (not affiliate).
I say everyone, but there is one condition. This competition and offer is only open to those resident in the UK,US,Spain,France,Italy and Canada. If this competitions prove popular, I can and will be able to run more Naipo giveaways.
THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING PART. THE WINNER WAS ALLISON ROSS
References
- Warm Down : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588693/
- Shiatsu & Acupressure: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200172/
30 comments
I would absolutely love one! 9 months pregnant and desperately looking for an after labour treat. This would be perfect for feeding!
Good luck, Ruth
Would love this! I do a lot of walking, but spend my working day at the dreaded pc
Would be ideal for that time spent sitting. Good luck
Currently aching with all-over DOMS after playing 80 minutes of rugby for the first time in 16 years yesterday! And yes, it was wet, and cold, and warming down was the last thing I wanted to do when the clubhouse was calling. Exercise can be so exhilarating, but it has its downsides… Naipo could ease my pain and get me back in the scrum in much better shape, so fingers crossed!
I am frequently experiencing DOMS and other pain from my workouts and after playing hockey! Would be great to get some relief!
I suffer from fibromyalgia and my back and shoulders ache. This would help relieve the pain
Good luck Helen. With all the shovelling of snow lately, I know that I have found relief in using mine
Done too much sledging and snow shovelling. Desperately need it : )
Wait…you were charging £5 for the shovelling. Surely you can buy one lol?
I’d love to win this for my girlfriend, as she get’s pretty bad back pain and my hands could do with a rest from all the massaging I give her 🙂
Always nice to gift something to someone else. Good luck
I have to do a lot of driving for work and always feel sore after a long drive, so would be nice to be able to sit down and have a heated massage whenever I wanted!
The Naipo cushion is cordless, so you might even decide to use it while working
I’m an archaeologist, so have to work outside in all conditions and it’s quite a physical job so have all the aches and pains that comes along with it. Having a massage cushion for when I’m back in from the cold and snow would be fab
Well, I am an old fossil so I know about thsoe aches and pains. Good luck and thanks for entering
Being a taxi driver I would love one of these as my shoulders (left one especially) seize up due to the sedentary nature of my job.
David, I think that I need to find you four of them for all of your aches
I would love the chance to win this for the other half. He was in a car accident a few years ago and has had bad lower back pain ever since. This could be an alternative to the hot water bottle.
Sorry to hear about your other half and his back pain. Good luck
To enjoy myself with my family after sledging clearing battlefield primary from snow and walking the dog I’d love my family to get of our technology and ly down relax chat and have a good time and release stress and pain :):):)
Good luck everyone:)
This at your back, a coffee in your hands and family around you. If that doesn’t relax you, what will?
Also I get a back pain quite often
I would love to win this as I have just gotten out of a cast after months and starting rehab and gym again and the physio is hurting so much it would really help my muscles after all this time of no use.
Good luck Jennifer . This would help ease your DOMS
Being an office worker and confined to a desk all day other than a 1 hour walk at lunch recently I have been suffering from back pain which has curtailed my exercise regime which in turn has slowed my WeightLoss down
This looks like it might be able to help me
Keiran, look out for one of my future blogs written for you in mind, but good luck
I’d love to win one for my husband so I don’t need to massage his aches and pains which in turn leaves me with aches and pains and I’m upping my exercise so this would come in handy for both of us
Good luck Allison