I was having few lifestyle disorders myself. Purely because of the activities I did daily. I am a normal person like any other IT professional performing all necessary tasks like travelling to office, sitting in front of the computer for 8 to 9 hours and working, returning to home. Meanwhile I did not put much focus on what I eat and how am I sleeping.
First one was that I faced was Repeated Stress Syndrome. It is a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain in some parts accompanied by fatigue. It is caused due to repeated stress on certain parts due to performing activities like driving, stress, sedentary lifestyle, improper ergonomics etc.
My left shoulder plate and my left quadricep just above the knee were affected. First it started with shoulder. My doctor diagnosed this problem and suspected that I might be affected due to regular driving with wrong posture and may be due to stress as well. So at that time the doctor prescribed me some pain killers and physio therapy. Nothing has helped me. Just to put things in perspective, at that time I was not into health and fitness stuff. I was not going to gym or playing any sport regularly. So my lifestyle was basically going to office and travelling to home by 2 wheeler for more than 2 hours daily. I can say I was largely sedentary with average eating habits.
Nothing has helped me. It continued for a while and then my right thigh was affected with Fibromyalgia. Then I again went to a different Orthopedist. This time the doctor has simply asked me to take rest and gave me some pain killers. I did not go to office for a week and nothing improved.
I basically got frustrated as it was interfering with my normal life. I was not able to continue with work or going out with friends or doing anything. It was irritating as I cannot sit for long or stand for long.
One day I was researching about this disorder and most of the articles said that it cannot be completely cured. We can alleviate the pain and suffering by going to physio therapy, massage therapy, exercising, taking healthy food. After giving it a good thought, I realized that two common recommendations that I can achieve are exercising and changing diet.
So I did some research on some strengthening exercises for shoulder, neck and legs which I can do at home itself as I was not going to gym. I also had a healthy diet as much as I could. This started showing results and there was a reduction in pain. Basically my condition improved.
Now I would like to move on to one the most common and biggest problem of all men today. It is hair fall and white or grey hair. So I don’t know why but at almost the same time, I started having white and grey hair. You people know of many reasons for hair fall or white hair, it could stress, improper lifestyle, no exercise, unhealthy food, vitamin imbalance, it could be also genetics and age dependent as well. Not to the extent that one can notice that I have white hair but one can notice if you are close enough. At least my close ones were able to notice these white hairs. I did not worry much about them and left it that way. Hang on to this point and I will come to this part later.
Next I would like to touch upon some minor respiratory issues. By birth I have a deviated septum in nose. This results in breathing issues like most of the times one of the nostrils could be closed, I could easily fall prey to respiratory allergies and infections like common cold. And due to Bangalore’s worsening air quality, from past 2 years I am experiencing Bronchitis may once or twice an year.
I believe that all of the problems I mentioned above are basically lifestyle issues rather than blaming them on external uncontrollable factors. And I am sure that these are all a result of my decisions and my way of living. To cut the chase, my repeated stress syndrome is completely cured. No sign of it now. My shoulder and quadriceps are stronger than ever now. No medication used.
I do not have a single white hair now. All white hair turned black. At a certain stage my close ones noticed it and was amazed to see few white hair turning black from hair follicle.
Next my respiratory system is stronger than ever now. I can feel the general improvement in my immunity. Me getting infected by common cold and Bronchitis has been reduced for sure. Even if I get them, I would recover from them quicker.
I realized our body and its systems are completely dependent on our lifestyle choices and our daily habits. Just by having some physical activity or exercise, eating healthy most of the times, getting enough rest – just by following best practices in these 3 areas of life itself can have a huge positive impact on our overall health. Along with this if we take appropriate dosage of supplements like multivitamins, Omega 3, Vitamin D3, K2, B12 then we optimize of physical and mental well being naturally to higher standard.
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