No one expects to be injured through accidents or bad choices. Even more, a person does not expect to suffer an injury due to the negligence of someone else. However, injuries happen every day. If you are injured through the actions of an individual or business, don't forget it and move on. Check with injury lawyers McDonough to see if you have a case that will ease the financial problems caused by the injury.
When injured, you want to get healthy again as soon as possible. Here are five ways to speed up your recovery.
Take Time to Rest
While you may want to keep working out, walking or doing your exercise routine, you do not want to further injure yourself by keeping to your usual schedule. An injury always takes more toll on your body than expected. In order to give yourself proper time to heal, plan to rest.
This means not staying up late at night playing video games, texting or talking with friends. Plan your schedule around a full night's sleep. Make this a habit until the injury is fully healed. If the injury is severe, lie down for a while during the day as well to rest. Rest allows the body to heal itself.
Eat Right
Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet will help your body to heal. Keep the diet low on sugar and high in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Add protein to the diet, starting with breakfast. Protein provides the nutrients necessary for the body to rebuild muscle tissue. Protein early in the day reduces those food craving later in the day.
Milk adds calcium to build up the body. Fruit juices, such as tart cherry juice, reduces swelling and pain, giving the body what it needs to recover from injury.
Hold the Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages are not part of a healthy, well-balanced diet. More than two drinks may decrease the body's ability to heal. Also, since alcohol lowers inhibitions, you might try to do too much and cause further damage to the injury. While in recovery mode, for faster recovery, say "not now" to alcohol.
Use Anti-inflammatory Products
An injury often includes swelling and pain. Both pain and swelling often keeps the injured person from doing enough with the muscles or joints to keep them mobile. Some anti-inflammatory herbs and medications decrease swelling and pain, allowing the injury to heal more quickly.
With patience and these common sense precautions, you can speed up your recovery from an injury.