15 Bad Habits Killing Your Joints – What to Do Instead:
1. Wearing high-heels.
2. Too much texting – Use voice text instead.
3. Sleeping on your stomach – our joints don’t like to be at end-range for an extended length of time. When you sleep on your stomach, your neck is at end-range for an extended length of time.
4. Not stretching enough – for stretching, do go to end-range, but not for an extended length of time.
5. Not getting enough restful sleep.
6. Smoking – smoking decreases the blood flow to the bones and the discs between the joints.
7. Not strengthening your muscles enough – when you strengthen your muscles, your bones thicken and prevents against osteoporosis as well.
8. Being overweight.
9. Always carrying a bag on the same side.
10. Poor back posture, such as a rounded-out posture. Keep the S-curve in your back.
11. Using tools that vibrates or produces a lot of stress (e.g. hand tools and garden tools, etc.), especially if you have arthritis.
12. Being on the computer too much, especially if you have poor posture.
13. Having poor form throughout the day (due to poor habits), e.g. standing on one leg, leaning on one side when sitting, or sitting on your ankle, etc.
14. Not moving enough. Joints love movement, even arthritic joints love movement.
15. Using smaller joints – avoid using your smaller joints whenever possible. e.g. a. When picking up a box, use your palms, instead of your fingers. b. Use your palm to open a jar, instead of using your fingers.