{"id":3677,"date":"2019-12-16T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/2019\/12\/16\/how-to-avoid-these-common-winter-injuries\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T13:15:03","slug":"how-to-avoid-these-common-winter-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/2019\/12\/16\/how-to-avoid-these-common-winter-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Avoid These Common Winter Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-919 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/slip-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>The snow and ice that accompany the winter season in most of the country can complicate your life in a few ways. Unfortunately, one of those is an increased risk of wintertime slips and falls.\u00a0\u00a0 Emergency Rooms around the country confirm what most of us know intuitively.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re more likely to get hurt during the long, cold winter months. The good news is that there are a few simple things you can do to minimize your risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here they are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dress appropriately<\/strong>\u2013 This is about much more than simply bundling up (which you should absolutely do) when it\u2019s cold outside. What we\u2019re really talking about here is the need to pay special attention to your footwear, selecting shoes or boots that will provide better traction on slippery surfaces, minimizing your risk of a fall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stretching<\/strong> \u2013 The cold weather makes our muscles protest when we start using them. To counter that, be sure you perform some light warm ups and thorough stretching before you undertake any physical activity in cold weather.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased Mindfulness<\/strong> \u2013 This, more than anything else, will minimize your risk of injury, no matter the time of year. Increased mindfulness really comes down to tactical and situational awareness which has the effect of drastically reducing the chances that you\u2019ll find yourself in a situation where physics is likely to get the better of you. Watch where you\u2019re stepping, look for ice, and don\u2019t take risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s no such thing as a magic bullet, so none of these tips will reduce your risk to absolute zero. However, if you adopt them all, you\u2019ll be miles ahead of the game. It\u2019s quite likely you\u2019ll get through the holiday season this year without an incident. That will give you more time to focus on enjoying the festivities that come with this time of year, and that\u2019s good stuff indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-919 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/slip-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>The snow and ice that accompany the winter season in most of the country can complicate your life in a few ways. Unfortunately, one of those is an increased risk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3679,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}