Tips to reduce fatigue in the car

 Whether you’re a driver or a passenger, long car journeys are hard on your back. It is a new test that modernity imposes on ordinary people. Apart from the tortures of the galleys or slave ships, the experience of sitting in a space as compressed as an automobile, for such long hours and so often, has been imposed on few humans.

Before the twentieth century, trips were long, but they were rare. In the eighteenth century, you didn’t make a living selling beaver pelts in trading posts in Montreal if you lived in Pointe-des-Cascades. If we lived in Pointe-des-Cascades, we worked in Pointe-des-Cascades. Paradoxically, it was the century of speed that invented the long hours lost in traffic jams.

LOWER BACK BURNING

Prisoner of your car prisoner of traffic, sometimes you stand straight, sometimes you bend your back or you crash on the lower back. Your arms and legs are also showing signs of fatigue and poor posture. They get heavy. You no longer know how to hold the steering wheel. Very often you feel a form of burning in the lower back. Be careful, these discomforts can reduce your vigilance on the road.

Here is a simple and easy trick that can relieve you: bring with you a towel or a small blanket for the hollow behind your back: at a low price, you get the comfort of a state-of-the-art ergonomic Volvo.

EMERGENCY BACK TOWEL TECHNIQUE IN THE CAR

Objective of the technique

Compensate for the lack of lumbar support when sitting in a vehicle to reduce strain on the lower back.

CONTEXT OF USE

By car, plane, or train, in any vehicle where one is forced to remain seated for long hours.

Target customers

All travelers.

NECESSARY MATERIAL

A medium-sized towel, a small blanket, small airplane pillows or a nice fluffy sweater.

TOOL DESCRIPTION

The cushion formed by the material described above frees you from back tension and improves your overall sitting posture. When the back is comfortable, stabilized and well-aligned, the rest of the body follows, so it will be easier to continue your journey by car and reduce the fatigue normally associated with your travels.

To optimize the effect of the cushion, adjust your seat so that your back is supported and your legs are relaxed and slightly bent.

If you are a driver, keep your shoulders in neutral and both hands on the wheel, left hand at 10:00 a.m., right at 2:00 a.m. It is necessary to eliminate the tension which spreads to the neck.

Paying attention to your posture and planning regular stops also means reducing the risk of hitting nails: it’s simply giving yourself the chance to get where you’re going.

Good road to all.