Parenthood is a tough gig and can often leave you with plenty of aches and pains. This herculean 24/7 task can sometimes feel like it is never-ending but if you look after your mind and body in the right way, then it’ll become much easier to manage, especially as your children grow older. Here are a few tips that will help you to relieve the aches and pains of parenting. 

1. Yoga

Yoga can reduce the level of stress you might feel as a full-time parent but it is also a great way to increase your mobility and flexibility, helping you to stretch out those aches and pains. If your young children are keeping you up in the night, then regularly practicing yoga has been proven to help people sleep better – that is when you get the chance to! 

There are plenty more benefits that regular yoga sessions provide too, including the easing of symptoms in arthritic people as well as improving your core strength and heart health. If you can find the time to squeeze in a weekly class, then yoga will definitely help you through parenthood.

2. See A Chiropractor

If you are struggling with back pain from constantly tidying up after your kids, cleaning your home, or lugging around all their toys, then why not visit a chiropractor and get your back in order? Equally a massage could be just as beneficial and give you the rest you deserve after non-stop parenting while ridding you of those nagging aches and pains in the process. 

3. Keep Fit

Finding time to exercise is crucial to breaking up parenthood. Even just a regular run around your block can make the world of difference. Keeping fit and active is a surefire way to relieve yourself of aches and pains – often, it’s just a case of needing to run them off with a bit of physical activity. 

If your hands are often full looking after kids but you are keen to get a bit more exercise, then why not dedicated an hour a week to a new sport? You could try something like swimming, netball, or badminton and find a local club? You might even meet some other mums and make a new friend or two!

4. Eat Healthily

Complementing an active lifestyle by eating healthily is really important too. Often it can be hard to find time to cook up a healthy meal while looking after your kids – especially one that they will eat too! However, it is worth persevering and avoiding the temptation to just order in or knock together something quick and easy but without much nutritional value. 

You needn’t be snacking on salads all day but do put some considered thought into a meal plan and perhaps batch prep meals in advance to ensure you always have something healthy available to you.

Also, don’t be afraid to take a break from parenting. Book a weekend away with your partner and hand over your kids to their grandparents if it is ever getting too much!