The has arrived in St Peters. All of us St Peters chiropractors, teachers, parents, workers, and employees are experiencing the holiday stress. Let’s all make a vow to better cope this year! Here are 5 tools Old Mill Chiropractic offers:

1. A Grateful Attitude
• Be grateful. Gratitude leads to joy which is what the holiday season is all about!
2. Good Food
• Eat well particularly on the days between your parties.
• Mix in fruits and vegetables.
• Enjoy the sweets, and keep them under control. Extraneous sugar for immediate energy turns into fat. Fat will simply add to your back pain!
• Stay hydrated. Start a new water drinking routine. Eight glasses of water a day is a fine start! Old Mill Chiropractic encourages water consumption for your bone, skin, spinal disc, bowel, mind, and appetite! (1)
3. Movement
• Just move. Walk more.
• Schedule a workout or a yoga class (2) or a walk at the gym or on the treadmill.
• Start a new routine of waking to motion with a simple exercise you can do while in bed even: knee-chest and hamstring stretch.
4. Self-Care
• Don’t ignore signs of back pain or neck pain. All that St Peters shopping and gift wrapping (There's no ideal position to get this job done!) may strain your spine. Plan a visit to your St Peters chiropractor - your back pain specialist - sooner than later.  Old Mill Chiropractic is here for you!
• Breathe. Focus on the breath when too many decisions have to be made, too many cookies have to be baked, too many gifts have to be wrapped. Just breathe. It's amazing what 6 even breaths in and out will do.
• Visualize calm. When "too much" comes your way, visualize yourself in your favorite location: a beach, a snow capped mountain, a hot tub, a lounge chair in front of a fire. Ahhh.
• Close your eyes. Not while you're actually driving to grandmother's house, but close your eyes for a moment while sitting at your desk or in your car. Closing your eyes shuts out all the stimuli if only for a moment.
• Soak in the sun whenever possible. Its Vitamin D does wonders for your bones and immunity and spirit! (3)
• Enjoy some St Peters chiropractic care!
5. Sleep
• Sleep gives your mind and body a rest to be ready for more! (4)

The holidays are so busy. The time is so short. The demands – self imposed or family imposed or work imposed or society imposed – are high. Your St Peters chiropractor and all the staff at Old Mill Chiropractic feel it, too. Let’s support each other this year! Old Mill Chiropractic looks forward to your relaxing, re-energizing, pain-relieving holiday St Peters chiropractic visit! Contact us today. Happy Holidays!