How active are you in the summer?
We are a fairly active family, especially during the summer when we tend to spend more time outdoors. While the kids are riding their bicycles or playing basketball, my husband and I enjoy long walks, and gardening.
Because I work at a desk most of the day, my muscles tend to tighten up. Taking frequent breaks, and keeping my body moving is crucial to help with long-lasting muscle pain. I’ll get in a workout at the gym, or go for a power walk in the neighbourhood. But there are times when the muscle aches and pains are unbearable! I find myself making more frequent trips to the massage therapist and chiropractor.
I hate the idea that I’m getting older, but the truth is, my body doesn’t bounce back as quickly from physical activity as it used to! However I’m not ready to stop doing the things I enjoy because of the aches and pains.
“Long-lasting body pain may be more common as we get older, but it shouldn’t stop us from enjoying life and accomplishing all we want to,” says Dr. Jeff Habert, a family physician in Thornhill, Ontario. “Research has found that a combination of treatment methods, including physiotherapy, massage therapy and medications, show good results when managing long-lasting pain.”
Often I need to take a pain reliever to manage the pain, and just one Advil® 12 Hour pill provides fast-acting plus long-lasting relief of muscle, back, joint and arthritis pain for up to 12 hours.
This summer, don’t let long-lasting body pain interfere with your ability to stay active or accomplish the things you want to! These three simple tips can help relieve your pain:
Advil 12 Hour “Keep Moving This Summer” Tips
Stay Active: Body pain may lead you to avoid physical activity. But low-impact activities like walking, stretching or light exercises can actually help manage pain and even increase strength and flexibility.
Get Relief: To help relieve your pain so you can accomplish everything you want to, try a non-prescription pain reliever. Just one Advil 12 Hour keeps working throughout the day for up to 12 hours.
Hot and Cold: Direct heat from hot packs or a warm bath can help relax tight muscles, while ice packs can help reduce inflammation and ease pain.
These tips are suggestions and do not replace medical advice. Please speak with your healthcare provider for medical advice.
Ibuprofen, the active ingredient in all Advil products, has been clinically proven to relieve pain from inflammation. Canadians trust the effectiveness of Advil as a non-prescription pain reliever. Advil 12 Hour’s effective immediate release/extended release formula works to relieve pain with a quick-dissolving layer for pain relief that’s fast and an extended release layer for relief that lasts.
Look for Advil 12 Hour in your local pharmacy, and also read and follow the label or speak with your doctor to ensure Advil 12 Hour is right for you!
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This post was sponsored by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Canada, but the opinions shared are my own.
156 Comments
I wish I was more active. I always find excuses . I really need some motivation. I would love to walk more, especially with fall approaching!
I wish I could ride my bike more. Poor back doesn’t like it. Advil is Def my go-to pain reliever.
what a great contest. I defintily sleep better when my feet and knees aren’t aching. We all know the world is a better place with better sleep
Oh I would be more active, more gardening, more biking, more everything!
I would go for a bike ride with the kids then take the dog for an extra long walk.
I would go for a hike out in the mountains or bike around town enjoying the weather and eating ice cream.
Omg! I love being outside I’d spend each day differently but I would definitely include hiking and horseback riding again.
Currently I can swim, which I absolutely love so I’m really glad I can still do it. I just need to heel so I can also rollerblade and waterski more. Please pick me ?☀️?
I would finally get a chance to pull all of the weeds out of my garden. I try and keep up, but my back pain only lets me bend over for so long.
Definitely would spend the day at the beach! Sure burns a lot of calories getting on and off. 🙂
I would spend an active summer day hiking on local trails.
I would love to get back to bike riding
I’d love to go to Gros Morne park to go on a hike
I would go for longer hikes or run a little further!
I wish I could ride my bike more
I would spend the day playing tennis and bike riding.
I used to bike all the time so I think I would get back into that for sure!
I would definitely be more active outdoors.
Migraine pain has not been my friend this summer…so i would be making the most of my days. I would be headed on a long bike ride through the trails with my family and having a picnic. Also we love kayaking and canoeing so that would be fun.
I would go for a nice long hike!
I would do cartwheels with the kids at the park!
I’d play with my girls ♡
I would love to spend the day kayaking sown the river. Enjoying the beautiful scenery and above all the peace and quiet is some =thing that I miss. It hurts my back too much if I kayak for too long.
I would like to try stand up paddle boarding but my back bothers me
I would play in an ultimate tournament which I haven’t been able to do in years!
I would go hiking – it’s so peaceful and a great way to stay active and surround yourself with nature
Long hours bouncing on our trampoline! It’s so much fun and a great workout but I can’t go as long as I’d like to.
I would be hiking uphill and maybe even climb mountains.
Spend the day full of activities. Start with walking, biking, hiking and maybe some volleyball.
if pain was not holding me back I would spend the day in the garden, I hate to quit gardening due to athritis and nerve pain
I would go for a hike and practice yoga!!
There is so much I want to do! Play tag with my grandchildren, go hiking, and hoe the weeds in my garden. I used to do everything, but arthritis pain holds me back. I can still ride my bicycle though.
I would head to the park with the kids and dog and just play
I would love to start spinning classes 🙂
I would go run a few miles and ride my bike.
Golfing
I’d be hiking somewhere beautiful!
Hiking around Ontario’s parks and routes!
If pain wasn’t a factor, I would spend it out on the water kayaking and maybe attemping wakeboarding with my husband.
I would go for an extra long hike outdoors.
I wish that my chronic pain didn’t prevent me from playing soccer and riding bikes with my kids.
I would spend more time out there riding the atv trails!
I would go for longer hikes it I never had a knee problem.
If pain wasn’t a problem I would spend more time swimming, but really pay for it the next day.
I would spend it all day on the tennis courts
I would love to spend the day training in high park – stairs, a long walk + boot camp abs!
Hiking for sure.
I would go hiking or take kids to an amusement park if pain was not holding me back on a summer day.
I would go hiking in the mountains around me but pain has been holding me back big time.
I would spend a pain free day at an amusement park, riding all of the rides!
I would spend the day hiking the trails near my house with the kids, they are so neautiful, we love it when we get the chance to explore them