Returning to work after sustaining an injury, especially one suffered for some time, can often be somewhat of a renewed shock to the system. It’s easy to forget the usual pace of your working life when you have been apart from it for some time, especially if you have been working hard in jobs since you left school. For some people, this is absolutely the case. When forcibly taking a break, it can often take some time to adapt to the quietness and slow-paced nature of each day. However, the reverse can often be true also, and in this situation, it’s likely you have experienced that for yourself.
Adapting to work after an injury can often be quite hard if you haven’t taken steps to prepare for it. Here are some tips to do just that:
Occupational Therapy The absolute best requirement for getting back to work in the most complete and sustaining way possible is to visit an occupational therapist, preferably with highly qualified staff, using services such as Motus Rehabilitation. Occupational therapy helps you slowly work towards your new normal, helping to mediate lack of mobilities and the physical stress of conducting work. Even in office jobs, you may be surprised at just how much physical ability you take for granted during periods of wellness.
Occupational therapy is here to help you find and resolve the challenges that you face, and overcome them all, or at least help you manage. Without this, it can be quite easy to fall to inefficient methods of healing or to find the burden of your responsibilities quite a difficult physical challenge each day. Taking the time to work with these professionals, no matter how difficult, can lend you that extra second wind you may just need.
Sleep Sleep is the most restorative habit we know of, meaning that getting back into work will require plenty of it. Just like starting a new exercise regiment, the mental, spiritual, emotional and physical cost can be quite a shock to the system when you try to adapt to this new, or perhaps old way of doing things. Ensure you get enough sleep each night, and that you wake at a reasonable time each morning. Help yourself wake up full of energy, organized and aware, as this will help lessen the blow of a hard day of work.
Exercise Exercise may not be a great idea in your current state right now, but it can often help you begin to gain some of your stamina. You may try a small walk before or after work, perhaps even walking a short distance to your work. You could try and purchase resistance bands to help you stretch during breaks at your job, helping you slowly rehabilitate yourself and follow the advice of your occupational therapist. You may even visit the gym after hours and walk on the treadmill, or slowly begin to swim (one of the best exercises as it suspends you in water, just be sure not to exceed a depth you may not be able to deal with.)
Exercise is extremely important to help you slowly regain your strength, but be sure to follow the guidance of your Doctor strictly in this case. Still, if allowed in some quantity, it can help train your body against the physical and mental demands of your job.
Arrangements Head on regular breaks, and never ask for more work than you can perform. Take it easy. Take it step by step. No one expects you to work overtime for a 14-hour total shift each day right now. Just be honest about what you can offer your employer and your goals for healing and coming back to work in a full capacity. If you have an understanding boss, it’s likely you’ll be able to make arrangements to help you come back to work in a sequence that makes the most sense for you. For example, you might negotiate that you come back to work for a few days a week, or perhaps on a half-day basis. This is just to help you settle into things, to catch up on what you missed, and to begin your routine once more. Not all bosses will allow this to happen, but some might. It can’t hurt to ask. It might just be the thing you need to sustain yourself back into the work schedule once again.
With these tips, adapting to work after a recovering from an injury will be that little bit easier, perhaps just the amount of easier you need.
I went to the mall just to see if anything was on sale. Would you believe the leaves are already falling; even though it been extremely hot. I noticed that all the mannequins were very thin and statuesque. It made me think that women are all shapes and sizes and I wonder when will retailers get that in their heads. The website simplybe.co.uk gets it in a huge way. For example, jeans can be hard to fit if you are fuller in the waist and in the hips. I want to let the women out to know that the term “plus size” is a beautiful woman and you never forget that. Whether you wear a single digit size like me or a double-digit size, we are all beautiful women and that we all should have beautiful clothes to accentuate our bodies.
Simple Be offer sizes 10 – 32 (UK).
On simply be. about page the words speak to all women. I include them below.
“WE ARE NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL. AND WE ARE NOT A FAD.
CURVE IS NOT A TREND OR A HOT TOPIC. IT’S NOT AN ADD-ON OR AN AFTERTHOUGHT. IT’S AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. IT’S WHY WE EXIST.
WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE.
AND WE’RE STILL LEADING THE WAY.
WE DEMAND STYLE. WE DEMAND FIT.
AND WE HATE COMPROMISE.
WE ARE SIMPLY BE.
WE ARE CURVES.”
One of my top three favorite jeans on the site is the Joss Corset Front Crop Wide Leg Jean (picture below). The jeans remind me of culottes and the shredding on the hem is so attractive with those heels the model is wearing. The shredding is a great way to update the classic look of the culottes. Even though the jean is corset laced in the front, there is a zipper in the back to get in and out of the jeans. The jeans are machine washable and are 78% Cotton, 13% Tencel, 7% Polyester, 2% Elastane. The price is £35.00 (about $45).
Joss Crop Wide Leg Jean With Corset Front
It’s summer and it has been extremely hot here. My second favorite is the Soft Tencel Denim Wide Leg Culotte. The fabric is super lightweight so you don’t have to worry about anything sticking to you because it will breath keeping you cool. When it is hot and sticky, that is last thing I want to think about is if my clothing with sticking I know you could work these cullottes to work or to a laid-back backyard barbecue party. The cullottes could be work with sandals, wedges, or heels. The culotte cost is £30.00 – (about $40)
Soft Tencel Denim Wide Leg Culotte
Oh La La
The fashion commandment we hear over and over is that a wide leg jean will make you look smaller. Well, the wide leg jean will make you look smaller only if you balance out the upper half of your body so you see dimension and shape. Take a look at the picture below of the Pixie Wide Leg Jeans. The fab T-shirt is tucked in to give definition that the model has a waist, a belt could even be added to this outfit as another look. And, do you also notice denim with denim which is so on trend now? The dark denim jean gives off a more formal look with the stonewashed denim jacket. The jeans are 98% Cotton, 2% Elastane. and fit relaxed through the hip and thigh. The cost is £28.00 (almost $28).
Pixie Wide Leg Jean
The Simple Be website offers a jean wardrobe that will never make you look like you wore the same jean twice. And the bonus is that the prices are affordable. You say, is that possible? Yes, it is. All women deserve the opportunity to wear cute attractive clothes no matter what size they may be at any point in time. Simply Be is based in the United Kingdom, but ship around the world, including to the United States.
This is a collaborative post and the opinions are honest from Bubblingwitheleganceandgrace.com.
When you shop online, it is important to understand what to look for from the experience. These days more and more people are looking at the world of online shopping as a more convenient alternative to the world of high street shopping. It’s pretty clear that online shopping has changed the way we buy things as consumers, and it has also altered what we look for.
As customers, we judge the online shopping experience differently to the high street shopping experience. It is important to find this a fun and fulfilling experience, and you have to make sure you are focused on improving your adventure online. So, these are some of the things you need to make sure you look out for when you are online shopping.
Range of Products Having a great range of products is so important because it gives us more choice as consumers. We like to have a diverse range to choose from, and many of us have different interests and tastes. Whether you are looking for the ultimate pair of headphones or a three-piece suit, you need to have a range of products to choose from. This is something that is definitely going to help you moving forward, and it is essential for the shopping experience.
Security One of the most important things, when you are a customer, is ensuring that the company or business you are buying from prioritises security. You have to make sure your information is protected, and that the business is trustworthy. Businesses that make you verify and complete your contact data using Netverify are the kinds of businesses you want to be getting involved with.
Fast and Efficient Buying Experience When you buy a product online, the last thing you want is to be waiting around for ages for the buying process to complete. As consumers, we are very focused on efficiency, and the more efficient a store or business can be online, the more likely we are to come back and use them. This is why so many people think about this when they are actually enjoying online shopping.
Great Deals Another thing we always look for as consumers is the sites that offer the best deals. We want a range of products to choose from, but we also want to be sure that we are getting our money’s worth going forward as well. This is something you have to think hard about because it is going to help you a lot when it comes to improving your experience.
Online shopping and e-commerce is pretty excellent when it comes to improving and boosting the experience of shopping. You have to make sure you come up with some ideas that are going to help you make the most of the online shopping experience. There are so many different things to keep in mind when you are buying things online, and this is something you have to keep in mind moving forward.
Are you in the market to upgrade your current phone?
Maybe your current smart phone is a couple of years old and is beginning to show signs of slowing down. Maybe you have a child leaving for college in a few weeks and it is time for their first ‘big kid’ phone. Maybe you have decided to forgo your home’s landline and need a phone that can do it all.
With a crowded market fighting for your next purchase, it is hard to know which smart phone is the right one for you. You may want to consider the newest from Samsung, who continues to be an industry leader and pushes its technology to the edge with the Galaxy S9.
Samsung Galaxy S9
For myself, I have been using a Samsung Galaxy S6 smart phone for just over three years. I didn’t expect there would be much difference the S6 and the S9. However, Samsung implemented multiple upgrades, including the screen, the camera and the battery. Samsung has taken the smart phone experience to the edge with the S9.
To the Edge The first and most obvious change that I noticed was the larger screen of the S9. The overall size of the S9 is about the same as the S6. However, the S9 has a greater viewable and useable portion of the screen, literally taking it to the edge of the phone itself. Instead of having space wasted on the phone dedicated to a button that you do not always use, Samsung has decided that it is better to swipe up from the bottom, or down from the top. This allows for quicker access to the apps and getting to information stored on your phone. With just a touch of the phone’s edge, a pre-selected group of apps is at your fingertips. Another swipe of the edge will pull up people from your contact list. This edge feature is handy and provides more flexible and ease-of-use. One word of caution, if you have not used this feature before, it will take a little bit of practice to get familiar with it. In the beginning, I often had to repeat the process to get it right. But after a few days, it was a familiar process and it worked very well for me.
Photo and Video Quality
My wife and I recently traveled to Michigan and Canada to celebrate her birthday. Since we were staying on the shores of the Great Lakes, we wanted to capture those memories and produce a few videos for our YouTube channels. The Samsung S9 proved to be highly capable of capturing those moments when our DSLR camera failed. When in the video mode, our DSLR camera could not adjust the focus well enough to get a quality image. Instead of the sharp quality that I was used to, be were left with a video that was too bright to be of any good use. However, we we used the Galaxy S9, the camera was able to make the adjustments and provide us with good quality. You can view the video here:
Battery Life
For me, one of the most important feature of any smart phone is the battery. The whole point of a having a wireless phone is to be wireless and not be locked into a charing cord or station. The battery in my Galaxy S6 quickly drains and will not last the entire day without being recharged. Samsung has made some improvements to the S9 battery. While it is a noticeable upgrade, it still not in the same league as other smart phones that I have used. But Samsung is definitely moving in the right direction.
FTC Disclaimer: Bubbling With Elegance And Gracehad an opportunity to try the Samsung Galaxy S9 for 30 days, courtesy of Verizon Wireless. The purpose of this demo was to share our experiences and write this review. At the end of the 30 days, the phone was returned back to Verizon.
Words cannot say how I feel right now. Tears are streaming down my face as I write this post because I have lost my little buddy, my fur baby, and a part of my family. Gio went to heaven on Monday. If you are not an animal lover, you wouldn’t understand. And that’s okay because you don’t have to.
Gio
I celebrate his life. He had the energy of an Energizer bunny — very playful. He brought so much joy to everyone who met him. He is and will always be a family member.
This is a joyful post because he always made me laugh. He made everyone laugh and brought so much love to our family. Gio was a rescue dog. He came into our lives by the way of a colleague at work giving me a flyer with his picture on it (I still have that poster of him). When I saw it, my heart melted. I know that my hubby grew up with beagles on a farm so when he saw him he thought he was cute and wanted to bring him home. The story the family told us was that they had three beagles of their own and the female was trying to attack Gio because she didn’t like him getting too close to their child. And the female beagle would not stop, so if no one took him, they were going to have to take him to the local dog pound. Well we wouldn’t let that happen.
We brought him home and it took some time for him to know that we really loved him. We don’t know his past so we respected that and continued to love on him. And when he knew the love he gave so much love to us in return. That unconditional love he gave us is priceless. Our veterinarian said that he was 2 years old when we got him so he was fourteen, and we had 12 years of Gio being part of our family.
Gio
My sweet Gio we love you, miss you, and you will be in our hearts forever.
We learned so much from Gio about life that we wanted to share it with you in future blog posts.
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Bubbling with Elegance and Grace started out as an outlet for my passion for fashion but has evolved into a place for me to teach, collaborate, and inspire. My hubby has since joined the team and we have been digital creators for 13 years. We are thankful for those who believed in us from the beginning and those who have just started riding with us on this lovely journey.
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