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Cleaning and Other Housework with chronic pain


Basic household cleaning can stress both your brain and your body when you have chronic illness and chronic pain. These simple tips might help to alleviate some of the problems, leaving you more time and energy for what you love.

GENERAL CLEANING and HOUSEHOLD TIPS

  • Pacing is so important but how do you start? Think 'What can you do in 5 minutes?' Pick out a chore you want to tackle, set a timer, and go! Stop when the timer goes off to prevent over exertion; if you feel pretty good after a brief rest, set it for another 5 minutes and start over.
  • Even on a blustery day, opening your windows for a few minutes will make your home (and your body!) feel fresher, even if you don't have the time or energy to clean.
help when you have fibromyalgia

8 comments:

  1. Glad you found what you were looking for. I love the tips at The Practical Fibromite's blog

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  2. Nice thought Admin, Dividing your work into small tasks is always better and saves lot of time and energy. I've tried it and the result I've seen is amazing, now I've much time to go out with family, friends and even I stay full of energy while managing all other works. Sharing good thoughts is really helpful, thanks for sharing a good post.

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    1. Anonymous11:55 AM

      Yes exactly what I do!

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  3. It's true that you can't be able to get everything done in one day. There are many companies which providing cleaning services

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    1. Thanks for commenting. That's well and true but only if you can afford a cleaning service and many people with Fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses already have reduced income as they cannot work for very long anymore.

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  4. Anna Alba7:25 AM

    Aww a lady can't handle cleaning with chronic pain!

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  5. Nice thinking admin thanks for sharing this sort of information and this type of valuable suggestions

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  6. This is great tips! I really enjoyed this post. Nice post!! these tips about general cleaning service may help Great post. Thanks so much for a detailed post! It is very helpful for. Your post is helpful to avoid the mistakes.

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