Completing tasks easier is the name of the game when your aching from pain. Less stress on common household duties means less flare-ups for those who suffer from fibromyalgia. There are so many little things you can do to make your day go a bit easier. Check out some of these tips below.
Every little bit of energy saved, means more useful energy later. Be on the look out to make your day easier.
- When cooking vegetables in a pot, place them in a metal colander. This way, when they are cooked, you can just lift out the colander saving you energy from lifting that heavy pan to the strainer.
- Try filling your kettle with a lightweight plastic jug with just enough water for your needs.
- Sit on a kitchen stool when preparing meals.
- Long handled sponges help washing dishes and mugs.
- Kitchen gadgets such as a rubber cap gripper, kitchen knives and vegetable peelers with padded handles, electric tin can opener, and food processor makes kitchen duties easier.
- Lightweight mugs, pans, kettles, and crockery should be on your scope when purchasing new kitchen items.
- Long-handled tools with gripping mechanism, known as "reachers" help retrieve out-of-the-way items with ease. Also, a long handled stick with a rubber end is great for pushing buttons on an out of reach microwave.
- A feather duster for hard-to-reach cleaning spaces.
- A lightweight, hand-held vaccum cleaner to clean your rugs.
- Fitted sheets that don't need to be tucked in.
- A trolley to move from room to room with supplies.
- Place shampoo and conditioner in empty soap dispensers for easy retrieval.
Every little bit of energy saved, means more useful energy later. Be on the look out to make your day easier.
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