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95. Training for Disney: Prepping Your Body for Vacation (Hub Episode) · Mom Street USA

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  Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
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  My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama.
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  And joining me for this hub episode is our good friend
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  Stevie AKA Starship Stevie. And today's episode is all about
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  planning for your Disney trip, but it's a little bit different
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  because we are going to be talking about training for
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  Disney down. Don't let that worry you.
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  We're not here to put you through a workout regiment, but
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  we are here to give you some tips and some insight on things
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  that you can do to prepare your body for your Disney vacation.
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  So that is the plan for today. Stevie, how are you doing today?
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  I'm here. Such a mood.
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  We had a little bit of chaos prior to recording, but we're
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  here and we are ready to get this train on the track
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  hopefully and give you guys some good advice for your upcoming
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  Disney trip. We are here.
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  We have No Fear we're going to get your body into.
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  Gear, yes, I love it so. Improvise that.
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  Perfect. It's amazing.
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  So what do you have for us to start for today, Stevie?
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  Of course. So there's a lot that goes into
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  planning a Disney trip. I think that if you are familiar
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  with this podcast, you're well aware of that fact.
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  But there's one consistent thing that I think I hear from people
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  that have maybe never been to Disney or don't go often or
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  haven't been in a long time, and that's how much ground you cover
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  on a Disney vacation. So like if you're able bodied
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  and in a position where you're not using like a wheelchair or a
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  scooter, like you're probably gonna hit a new personal record
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  for steps and how many steps you take in a day.
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  And so even if you are in like a wheelchair or scooter, there's
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  still a lot of ground to cover. I did one trip with a family
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  member that used a wheelchair and it still involved a lot of
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  pushing, either from somebody in your party or self navigating.
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  And it's, it's still often a much longer stretch of distance
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  than you're used to. It's it's a lot.
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  It's a lot. Yeah, I think on my last trip I
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  looked, you know, for our notes here for this episode, we
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  average anywhere from 5 1/2 miles on our like resort days
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  where we weren't doing a ton of walking all the way up to like
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  10 1/2 miles on the days that we were like in the parks a lot.
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  So my steps were easily over 10,000 a day even on our those
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  resort days. And so I thought this was fun.
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  Just to put this in perspective a little bit, if you're familiar
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  with the Disney parks and familiar with Epcot, the loop
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  that you take, whether you go Canada or Mexico around World
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  Showcase in Epcot is approximately a mile.
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  So imagine looping World Showcase anywhere from 5 to 10
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  times in a day and that is going to be on average what you are
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  likely to walk on your Disney vacation every day, every single
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  day. So The Walking adds up quickly.
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  So preparing yourself for that is always a good idea.
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  And I would do it again without question.
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  I don't care how tired I get. And I mean, if you're like me,
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  you also have chronic pain. And that chronic pain can also
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  get worse on a Disney trip because of that amount of
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  physical activity. But I don't think that it should
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  keep you from going on a Disney trip altogether.
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  I just think that if you take a couple small steps, a couple,
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  like change a couple habits, even if it's not about exercise,
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  even it's just about like pain management and you're mindful of
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  that, it can drastically change, you know, your mood from
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  day-to-day. And I, I just, I, these are the
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  things that I do to prepare my body and some things that we
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  found on the Internet. But before we get into that, I
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  do want to preface this by saying we're talking about like
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  medical and medical adjacent things.
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  We are not doctors. I was an English major, Jackie
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  was a music major. Please follow the advice.
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  Please follow the advice of your doctor.
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  First and foremost. We are not medical
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  professionals. These are just things that we
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  have found personally helpful or other people that we know have
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  found personally helpful. And I wanted to share this in
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  case somebody else was in a position to be helped by this
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  advice. I know that a lot of times
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  doctors provide that advice for management.
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  So if this sounds like it be, it could be something that is
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  helpful for you, that's wonderful.
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  And that is absolutely what we are here to do to kind of crowd
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  source this information so you can more pain free or maybe
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  reduce your pain and enjoy your Disney trip.
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  So we definitely want you to start by talking to your doctor
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  about concerns or like suggestions that they have
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  because everybody is different, right?
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  We are going to give some very generalized advice today.
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  So that's definitely a good base to start with.
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  But you'll even hear Stevie and I mentioned today, like you may
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  need to Google a couple things or you to check with your doctor
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  about that, if you have specific options or things are going to
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  be more beneficial to you depending on your personal
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  needs. So listen to what we have to say
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  for sure, but definitely jot some things down.
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  Check with your doctor, get their advice before you try
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  anything for your pain or for your, you know, physical
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  activity levels, all that, all that type of.
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  Stuff the goal is to get you to think about what you might need
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  in this scenario and give you a starting point for how to
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  brainstorm because your body is different.
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  So the hope is that something that we say might be like, hey,
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  you know it is happens to me sometimes with a lot of physical
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  activity. I should prepare because the
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  thing that I hear, like I said before, is people are excited
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  about his Disney trip and realize that there's a lot of
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  walking, but don't think about the cause and effect of that
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  until afterwards. And so this is a like a learn
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  from your mistake, you know, or you know, learn from our
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  mistakes or learn from the things that we've tried.
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  And, and the best way to start is to think about that before
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  your trip like you are now if you're listening to this
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  episode. Good for you, you did it.
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  And I think the easiest thing that you can do before your trip
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  at any point in time before the trip starts is to go on walks,
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  even if you just do it on a Saturday or two before you go,
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  if you get your body more accustomed to walking, you're in
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  the habit of it already before you get there.
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  And I want to say that something is better than nothing.
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  It doesn't have to be. You don't need to hit some kind
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  of like, I mean, you can set goals if you wish to, but you
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  don't need to like look at average step count and say, I'm
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  going to hit this, you know, these many days.
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  No, no, no, something is better than nothing.
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  If you go for 10 minutes, 10 minute walks every single day or
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  just like a couple days, you're doing more than you did before.
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  And that's going to help your body kind of build up that
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  durance for the trip itself. Yeah, absolutely.
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  And I've seen a lot of fun like TikTok videos or things online
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  where people will like use like track length or of their
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  favorite Disney ride or wait times of a Disney attraction to
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  determine how long or how far they want to try to walk.
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  Just as like a fun motivating way to do that.
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  Get yourself moving. You know, I've seen people that
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  have done it where they put everything into like a wheel
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  online and you know, click it so it's randomized.
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  So there's lots of fun ways that you can do that to kind of help
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  make it on theme and motivate yourself.
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  Also having a really good soundtrack.
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  So whatever like hypes you up and whatever excites you,
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  whether that be something Disney that you can sing along to or if
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  it's, you know, different, different styles of music may
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  give you more energy to keep going further.
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  Or like making sure you have a playlist for whatever length of
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  time you're going to be walking. So if you want to go for 45
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  minutes, giving yourself 45 minutes of music to to help with
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  that is always a really good idea.
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  So I find that my walks go a lot smoother if I have something
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  good to listen to. I find that as a former band
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  kid, finding music where I can walk in step with music helps a
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  lot. I also have found audiobooks are
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  great or listening to podcasts like this one, you could listen
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  to us while you go on a walk. You're so good.
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  And there are great videos on YouTube and I think they've
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  started to add videos on Disney Plus as well that are just
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  walkers of the park. So if you're on a treadmill and
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  you're not outside and you've got your phone, you can put that
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  up and pretend that you're walking at Disney while you're
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  doing your walk on a treadmill. And there are, yeah, there are
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  playlists on Spotify that I have found that are literally like
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  treadmill mix. And they'll say like slow pace,
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  medium pace, high pace. So if you just do some Googling
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  and look around, like I've got some that are like 90's pop
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  music that I like to listen to if I'm going like a certain pace
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  because I can walk in step with them.
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  I do tend to listen to podcasts more than anything when I'm
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  walking or like live streams on TikTok or YouTube or, you know,
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  so there's so many different options of what you can listen
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  to. So pick what you think will work
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  best for you and have that ready.
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  So that way you can help motivate yourself.
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  Absolutely, whatever gets you moving, whatever keeps you
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  motivated, that's the best, that's the best tip, whatever
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  works for you. And then keep in mind after you
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  do that movement, learn what parts of your body are sore or
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  tender or hurt after you do a lot of walking.
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  And So what I tend to do is that I will literally Google like a,
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  an anatomy chart, like a physical anatomy chart.
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  So if I don't have a name for like a specific muscle, then I
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  can. OK, this is this part of my
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  shoulder hurts. That's my rotator cuff and then
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  I will search rotator cuff stretches.
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  I realized that I gestured at myself because I'm on camera
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  right now. But for those of us are
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  listening, I those of you that are listening.
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  I pointed at the top front part of my shoulder.
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  Or you can Google and search rotator cuff and you'll know
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  exactly what I'm talking about. But if it's a whole body thing,
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  I love a YouTube channel called Yoga with Adrian.
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  She has a lot of really great full body routines and isolated
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  body parts routines for varying mobility levels.
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  She's really good at providing alternatives depending on what
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  you are or are not able to do and is very shame free about
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  modifying. Like you're just you have to
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  meet your body where you're at. It's not going to be the same
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  everyday and that's OK. And there's nothing wrong with
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  that. And she provides a lot of really
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  great positive reinforcement about it too.
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  And so like, I just like singing her praises all the time.
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  I've been following her for years.
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  Yeah. Well, and I think it can be so
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  intimidating to know where to start.
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  So like having a couple suggestions and Stevie's going
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  to provide a few more for other things as we go as well can
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  always be helpful because like you go on YouTube and you search
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  yoga workout, you're going to find a million videos.
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  Absolutely so. Having something where you can
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  start like, OK, well let me try these first and then like, oh,
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  maybe I don't really like those ones as much.
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  I need to do something more fast-paced.
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  OK, well then that gives you something to go off of after
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  that. Absolutely, and it's hard to
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  find, especially if you don't know where your body's at, like
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  what kind of intensity level that you need.
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  And so like knowing that you can go into something that's going
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  to scale that movement for you is really helpful.
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  It's something that I personally find helpful because my mobility
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  range is going to vary from day-to-day with my arthritis
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  pain, for example. Right.
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  Exactly. For sure.
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  All right, what else can we look at doing before our trip?
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  Absolutely. So if you want to level up, if
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  you are already in a good walk thinking habit, or if you're
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  just like, wow, these walks are great.
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  I want to do some more. I would highly recommend doing
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  some strength training. Now that's probably going to
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  sound like a lot. I feel like I can hear people
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  groaning on the other side of their phone already.
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  But hear me out. I used to be you, but sometimes
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  not all the time. And I spoke, I've spoken at
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  length with my personal trainer about their not my personal, my
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  physical therapist about this. Sometimes the pain that we
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  experience comes from weak muscles.
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  So for example, some back pain is caused by weak core muscles,
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  which is so annoying. But I am living proof that if
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  you add more AB muscle work into your workout, like I, I added
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  more AB work into my workout routine and my back pain
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  decreased. And that's stupid.
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  Like that is so annoying that that worked.
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  I, I, and because, and because it worked, that means that I
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  have to keep doing it, which just like is, it's annoying and
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  it is sometimes it's like, it's like something like like
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  brushing your teeth, for example.
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  Like I don't enjoy doing it, but I know that I need to.
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  And that's kind of the approach that I take to strength training
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  because when I go on walks, especially when I first started,
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  I would notice like a lot of low back pain.
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  And I'm just like, what is happening here?
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  Like, why is this happening? And so that was when I started
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  to learn that like a lot of that correlates and you know it, it
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  helps to find some kind of full body system or routine.
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  So if, if you don't know, when Stevie talks about strength
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  training, that doesn't necessarily mean you're going
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  out and like lifting weights. You know, there's a ton of
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  different ways that you can do strength training and it's
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  really just isolating specific groups of muscles that you're
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  trying to increase the strength of.
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  So AB workouts and things like that.
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  Something as simple as doing, you know, some sit ups or
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  crunches or push ups can be strength training.
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  So you don't don't feel like you have to run out to, you know,
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  get these 10 LB weights to start building that muscle.
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  It can be very simple with, with no equipment at all.
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  And again, that's something you can do at home.
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  Easy peasy. Absolutely.
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  Being able to use your own body weight is is a great a great
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  search term. For example, if you're looking
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  for something or if you look for equipment free workouts, that's
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  another great place to start. I have channels that I
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  personally really love that have a lot of really great content at
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  varying mobility and ability levels that have varying
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  workouts with or without equipment that I find really
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  easy to just get snippets if there's a certain muscle group
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  that I want to work and I can kind of go from there.
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  So I really love dare to be active from LA Toma.
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  I really love mad fit That's I realized that I should maybe
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  enunciate that like mad like the emotion and put.
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  All of these in the caption or in the description so that way
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  you guys can find them and if you're watching us on YouTube
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  after the fact, we will link to their YouTube so that way you
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  guys can just click and find them to make it easier for you.
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  Mad Fit in particular has a lot of combo like stretching
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  routines and then like dance party kind of things just to
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  kind of get your body moving and with like fun like current
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  music, which I really enjoy. I also really love Abby Pollock.
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  Her channel's also called the Team Plans.
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  She posts workouts on both, but it's a lot of really great, just
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  like isolating strength training movements that you don't need a
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  lot of equipment for. You don't need to be doing too
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  much. It's really about the intensity
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  and acknowledging that like if you go faster with a lot of
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  repetitions or if you slow the repetitions down, like that's
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  also going to challenge your muscles in a different way.
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  And then the last one that I really love on Instagram is the
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  physio fix. She's a physical therapist and
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  she posts about like specific experiences that you might have
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  or if you have pain in a specific place, different things
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  that you can do to help those muscles get stronger.
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  Yeah. And as we said, we'll make sure
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  all of that is in the description so you guys can find
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  those if you're looking for them after after we have recorded
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  this and you want to listen and find where where those are all
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  at, we'll put them in the description for you guys.
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  And I will add, I know that it sounds like a lot, but again
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  like something is better than nothing.
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  A lot of these channels have like things that you can do in
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  5-10 minutes and like that alone.
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  Like especially like I will do the physio fix has some a
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  routine specifically for foot strength to help you like
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  improve your foot endurance. And that's where I have a lot of
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  my chronic pain. And so there's something called
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  like toe yoga where you lift your big toe and then you keep
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  the other four toes on the ground and then you swap.
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  And if you do that on alternating motions, that's
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  helping to engage those muscles. And it, for me, it kind of wakes
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  them up before I do anything. And I find that that's really
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  helpful. And it's something you don't
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  necessarily think about until I was falling here, I was like,
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  oh, hey, let me try that. And then when I went and saw a
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  physical therapist, like for my own health reasons, I told her
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  that I do this. And she was like, yes, I was
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  going to add that to your plan. And so I'm glad that you're
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  already doing it. Yeah, and a lot of this stuff,
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  like Stevie said, you don't have to devote 2 hours to doing this,
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  right? You know, if you are someone who
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  sits at your desk job and can do toe yoga while you're sitting at
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  at your desk at work, or you know, there's lots of different
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  ways to just squeeze a couple things in.
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  And again, anything is better than nothing.
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  So whatever you do, even if you only do it once or twice because
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  you run out of time because you're in, you know, packing
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  mode and trying to get ready for your trip, that's better.
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  Than nothing. Absolutely, absolutely.
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  And the next thing that I want to talk about is kind of related
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  to all of that and it's what you're wearing specifically your
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  shoes while you're doing all of that movement.
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  So regardless of whether or not you decide to do any movement
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  before your trip, I really need you to look at your shoes and
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  what kind of condition they're in.
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  If they're pretty walked through, you're going to be
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  doing a lot of walking. And so if you need to buy a new
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  pair, make sure that you can buy a new pair in time to break them
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  in before you go. So that way, you know, I don't
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  know, I always get like a little like blister right as I'm
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  breaking in new shoes and then it goes away as my feet are
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  accustomed to walking in them. I usually recommend Hokas or
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  Nike are usually the thing that I gravitate towards.
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  My podiatrist suggested that if you you shouldn't be able to
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  fold your shoe like in half or like bend it, it should be
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  pretty stable. And that's like the tip that I
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  use in terms of like finding enough foot support that if you
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  can hold. Through shoe stores, bending the
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  shoes. And that's what they told me to
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  do. And it's funny because I've
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  found really good employees, like at a Nike outlet store in
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  particular, that was just like, oh, I know what you're looking
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  for. These are shoes that will help
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  you. These are shoes that won't like,
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  this is what this is designed to do and what's not.
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  So if you've not done this before and you're just
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  listening, you're not watching. You're going to put one hand on
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  the heel of your shoe and then the other hand on the tip of
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  your shoe where your toes go and try to bend it together.
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  Most shoes I find that have a that like that are described as
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  supportive, that are maybe on the affordable side will only
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  bend around that toe bit you're really looking for something
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  that can't bend at all really that you can't just like fold
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  into AC or AV shape. But it's, you know, it's hard
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  out there to find affordable footwear.
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  I totally get it. I'm now of the opinion that it's
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  something that I want to like, invest in because you know, your
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  feet matter a lot and you know, it, it's it's it's terrible
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  being in foot pain. And so, you know, I realized
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  that that's something that I personally want to budget for to
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  avoid being in. So I get it.
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  Yeah. And as far as like what I
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  typically wear, my husband and I are both big Brooks fans for
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  like tennis shoes or sneakers, whatever you prefer to call
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  them. The thing that I like about them
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  is that they have a really nice quiz on their website that you
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  can take to figure out which style is best for you based on
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  like how you walk and what level of support you're looking for.
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  Which is helpful because when you go to somewhere and you're
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  looking at shoes, it's like these all have different names.
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  I don't know what any of that means.
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  Like it's very overwhelming. So make it stress free and they
• 20:02
  will give you like 5 or 6 options after you go through and
• 20:05
  do this kind of. And I think that is super
• 20:08
  helpful. I have also been pleasantly
• 20:11
  surprised about how comfortable Crocs are at Disney.
• 20:15
  And I know a lot of people have various opinions about Crocs,
• 20:19
  and that's OK. But I'm here to say that I have
• 20:23
  had very good success with all styles of Croc shoes, whether
• 20:27
  it's the standard shoes or like on my last two trips that I've
• 20:31
  gone on, I've worn two different styles of Croc sandals that have
• 20:35
  been very, very helpful for me. But I am also someone that
• 20:38
  doesn't need a ton of arch support.
• 20:41
  And so for me, that works out really well.
• 20:44
  Again, no matter what kind of shoe you're taking, you want to
• 20:47
  make sure that it works for your feet, that you're going to be
• 20:50
  comfortable in it, and that you have broken them in and trialed
• 20:53
  them on at least one decent length walk to make sure that
• 20:58
  they're good for your feet. The other thing that I always
• 21:01
  suggest is to always bring, but at least I would say depending
• 21:06
  on the length of your trip, but I would say 3 pairs of shoes
• 21:08
  minimum to rotate between 1:00 because of weather, especially
• 21:12
  in Florida. If they get drenched, chances
• 21:15
  are good they're not going to dry by the next morning or
• 21:18
  you're going to take a hair dryer to them.
• 21:19
  And nobody wants to do that when you're trying to get yourself
• 21:21
  out the door to go to the parks. So you want to make sure you
• 21:25
  have at least two good pairs of walking shoes for in the parks,
• 21:30
  whether that's tennis shoes, Crocs, whatever it may be.
• 21:32
  And then I would always say some sort of a pair of supportive
• 21:36
  sandals. So that way if you end up with
• 21:38
  blisters, you can give your feet a little bit of a break, maybe
• 21:42
  for an evening after you've taken a break in your room for
• 21:44
  the afternoon, you swap into those for the night or you know
• 21:48
  when you know that you're not going to, you're kind of done
• 21:49
  walk doing the majority of your walking for the day.
• 21:53
  But even the most comfortable pair of shoes can start to wear
• 21:56
  after two or three days because you're walking so much
• 21:59
  consistently. So I live by the rule of
• 22:03
  bringing that many pairs of shoes and not wearing the same
• 22:06
  pair two days in a row. So I am the person that likes to
• 22:10
  plan my outfits out all the way down to the shoes.
• 22:13
  So I will rotate through my outfits to make sure that I'm
• 22:16
  not planning to wear the same pair of shoes to park days in a
• 22:20
  row. Same.
• 22:21
  I will literally pick out like if I know, OK, I'm going to wear
• 22:24
  my, I'll be on the people mover shirt at Magic Kingdom and we're
• 22:28
  going to Magic Kingdom on this day.
• 22:30
  It's like, OK, what shoes do I want to wear with that outfit?
• 22:32
  OK, now, now I know that the days before and after I have to
• 22:36
  wear different shoes. So what outfits match with those
• 22:39
  shoes? So I'm absolutely with you.
• 22:41
  I do really love my Hoka's sandals.
• 22:44
  I was really surprised I'd not done a Disney trip with them.
• 22:48
  And I had really bad blisters that were just like rubbing on
• 22:51
  my toes in the same spot after all of The Walking.
• 22:53
  And I was just like, I can't put another pair of like shoes on.
• 22:56
  And I was like, you know what, I'm just going to risk it
• 22:59
  because I feel like if I am in pain insane those, it will be
• 23:02
  less than the pain that I'm experiencing right now with the
• 23:04
  blisters. And I tried it and I was like,
• 23:06
  my feet feel better in these than the sneakers, which is why.
• 23:10
  That happened to me my first trip that I tried to wear Crocs
• 23:14
  in the park. I had worn different kinds of
• 23:16
  tennis shoes and I was just like, it was like day three or
• 23:19
  four and I was just like, my feet hurt.
• 23:22
  Like I woke up and I was like, my feet hurt so bad from these
• 23:25
  shoes. And I was like, well, these are
• 23:27
  my other pair of shoes. Let me try those.
• 23:29
  And I wore them in the park. And it got to be about noon or
• 23:32
  1. And I distinctly remember being
• 23:35
  in Magic Kingdom and looking at my husband and going, my feet
• 23:38
  don't hurt and I'm irritated that they don't hurt because
• 23:43
  two, I've gone two days with my feet hurting and now my Crocs
• 23:47
  are the reason that they don't hurt.
• 23:48
  And so after that, I was like, well, this is the life I.
• 23:51
  Live. Yeah, yeah, it's good to know
• 23:54
  what does and doesn't contribute to your pain.
• 23:57
  I will say like I'm somebody who needs a lot of arch support and
• 23:59
  it blows my mind. I don't Crocs in terms of not
• 24:03
  liking them. I do not care about the
• 24:04
  aesthetic. It is whatever is comfortable
• 24:07
  for you is what matters. What I don't understand just as
• 24:10
  someone who needs that support is like how it's comfortable for
• 24:13
  anybody just because I need so much support to function.
• 24:17
  So I just assume that somebody would probably need marginal
• 24:21
  like it's just like it blows my mind.
• 24:23
  I can't wrap my brain around it. I did used to wear Crocs before
• 24:26
  they like made a resurgence in the culture maybe around like 15
• 24:30
  years ago. And I got laughed at then.
• 24:32
  But I also just like was wearing them like in weather appropriate
• 24:36
  times and they weren't really comfortable.
• 24:38
  It was just I have big feet and they were the only things I
• 24:40
  could find in my price range at the time.
• 24:43
  And it was just like, this is what I'm getting.
• 24:45
  And I was just like, I don't know that I want to get these
• 24:48
  ever, right, Right. Well, and that was always my
• 24:51
  like, I don't really love the way they look like, I don't
• 24:53
  really know. And I just kind of like, it was
• 24:55
  one of those things where it just ended up that way and I'm
• 24:57
  like, well, I'm now a Croc person.
• 25:00
  So and honestly, part of the selling point, not only is that
• 25:03
  comfortability, but having some pair of shoes that can withstand
• 25:08
  weather in Florida. If you know that it's going to
• 25:11
  rain all day when one of your park days and you're one of
• 25:13
  those people that's like, Yep, throw on a poncho, let's go.
• 25:16
  You still need to have shoes because walking around in wet
• 25:19
  shoes all day is not ideal. So you've got to have some kind
• 25:23
  of shoes that will help you in the weather situation, even if
• 25:27
  it's not an all day fix, even if it's just like, OK, I know it's
• 25:30
  going to rain this morning. And then in my bag, I threw my
• 25:34
  other pair of shoes or I threw them in a locker at the front of
• 25:36
  the park or whatever you can do for whatever your needs are.
• 25:40
  But having something that is weather adjustable and that's
• 25:44
  Crocs are that way or? Tianas adjustable, Tianas
• 25:48
  functional. I say that because on our last
• 25:50
  trip I rode front row on Tianas. Shout out to Crosby.
• 25:54
  I sorry. I love the cast member that I
• 25:56
  met when I went on the right. I rode in the front row and I
• 26:00
  did not realize that when you come down that big splash, you
• 26:05
  like you're swimming in your seat.
• 26:07
  Like it's not that like the first splash is the bad thing.
• 26:10
  It's the backsplash after you splash.
• 26:12
  So you go down the ride and it comes up and you get a little
• 26:16
  wet and then all of the water that you splashed hits the
• 26:19
  bumpers on the side of the wall and it all comes in.
• 26:22
  And I, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I was just sitting in
• 26:25
  water. Now it filters back out because
• 26:28
  that's the way that the ride is structured.
• 26:30
  But that's how you would start. And I was just, I was glad it
• 26:33
  was like the end of the night and we were like literally going
• 26:36
  home after that to back to hotel for me to change.
• 26:38
  But I did stand and wait for 45 minutes in the bus, sopping wet
• 26:42
  since. They did not need to put those
• 26:45
  rocks where they put them, but they did and all every hill that
• 26:49
  you go down on that ride, you get splashback.
• 26:52
  The worst is the one where you go into spoiler free.
• 26:55
  When you go down the second small hill into that scene there
• 27:01
  is a rock literally directly in front of where your log goes
• 27:05
  down and if you are in the front row it all comes back at you.
• 27:10
  Do not appreciate 0 out of 10. Do not recommend and Vinny in
• 27:17
  our chat here live is talking about Birkenstocks for like a
• 27:20
  plastic pair of Birkenstocks for rain.
• 27:22
  So that's another great option. If you're someone familiar with
• 27:25
  those shoes, you know, there's, there's tons of different
• 27:28
  options. These are the ones that we have
• 27:29
  found. But you know, do what you do
• 27:31
  what you will and what works for your feet.
• 27:34
  And again, you got to make sure you try them before your trip.
• 27:37
  Absolutely. I find that Reddit threads are
• 27:39
  very helpful when trying to Crowdsource information about
• 27:42
  shoes, especially when you've got a specific need that you're
• 27:44
  trying to meet. There's a Reddit thread Reddit
• 27:46
  thread for just about anything. But if we're looking at
• 27:49
  modifying what you already have, I would highly recommend
• 27:53
  thinking about whether or not your shoe, your feet would be
• 27:56
  helped by inserts. There are all kinds of things
• 27:59
  that you can find, especially cushion inserts that are really
• 28:01
  widely available. I know that my husband really
• 28:03
  loves Doctor Scholl's. I need inserts for arch support
• 28:07
  and I put that in on top of my, the existing like insert that
• 28:10
  comes with the shoe and the brand that I use is Skyfoot and
• 28:15
  it's it basically just like provides that additional
• 28:18
  support. It's a very rigid, very rigid
• 28:21
  insert. So it's not cushioning at all.
• 28:23
  So I prefer to have shoes that have a lot of that cushioning
• 28:25
  already. And so then when I add the arch
• 28:27
  support, it feels like I'm actually getting both.
• 28:30
  But if you decide to go that route, whether cushioning or
• 28:33
  whatever other needs that you find, walk in them before you
• 28:36
  go. Walking prior to your trip is
• 28:39
  negotiable. I'm not telling you have to do
• 28:41
  that. But if you buy something to put
• 28:43
  in your shoe, I need you to test them out before you go because
• 28:48
  it is not something that you want to learn.
• 28:50
  Causes you more pain while you're on the trip.
• 28:53
  Yeah, anything that you are buying for your feet to go on
• 28:56
  your feet in any way, shape or form needs to be tested before
• 29:01
  you go again. Even if you just take one walk,
• 29:06
  just one walk to make sure that they don't rub and that they're
• 29:09
  comfortable, you got to give yourself some time to make sure
• 29:13
  that they're going to work for you.
• 29:15
  Run your errands in them because maybe you find out after 10
• 29:18
  minutes that they're not an auction and then you're just
• 29:20
  going home anyways. You know, like think, think
• 29:22
  about different opportunities that you have to test if you're
• 29:26
  running on lots of errands, you know, I don't know, I have
• 29:28
  errand days and then your feet hurt at the end of that
• 29:31
  sometimes too. And that's a great, great way to
• 29:33
  test to see whether or not your pain is is the same.
• 29:36
  Well, and chances are good you probably have some sort of list
• 29:40
  of things that you need to get for your trip anyway.
• 29:42
  So that is the perfect, perfect chance to put those shoes on.
• 29:48
  Commit to wearing them all day, right?
• 29:50
  Even if you get home. Unless they're starting to hurt,
• 29:53
  then you already have learned whether or not they're going to
• 29:55
  work. But if they're still working by
• 29:56
  the time you get home, continue to wear them through like dinner
• 29:59
  time to make sure that you give yourself a solid day wearing
• 30:03
  those shoes around. Absolutely.
• 30:05
  And Speaking of things that you might want to add on that list
• 30:07
  of things that you're errands that you're running, I find that
• 30:11
  compression gear is really helpful for me.
• 30:14
  I wear compression socks and knee sleeves as needed.
• 30:18
  And I have noticed a huge difference in my pain levels on
• 30:21
  airplanes in particular. When I wear compression socks, I
• 30:25
  will usually bring them in my personal item or my carry on and
• 30:28
  then like put them on like in the bathroom before we actually
• 30:31
  board the plane. And I was like, I, I didn't
• 30:34
  really think that it was like a thing that was going to work.
• 30:36
  Like I thought that was, this was just like a thing that like,
• 30:38
  I know somebody was trying to make money off of me or
• 30:40
  whatever, but my physical therapist was just like
• 30:43
  compression gear is going to help you based on the hyper
• 30:46
  mobility and the other stuff that you have going on.
• 30:48
  And I was just like, OK, OK, OK, I will try.
• 30:50
  And I did. And now I now I'm just like,
• 30:52
  this is, this is how it has to be.
• 30:55
  So I, there are lots of brands out there.
• 30:58
  I, the ones that I've been trying have been copper fit.
• 31:02
  I, they're the first ones that I've tried.
• 31:04
  So I don't really have a comparison as to whether or not
• 31:06
  they're like good, better, best, etcetera.
• 31:09
  However, they did work for me at minimum and they did improve my
• 31:13
  symptoms. So I think that in particular is
• 31:16
  one of those things that like something is better than
• 31:19
  nothing, like some kind of compression.
• 31:21
  If you're experiencing something that would be helped by that,
• 31:23
  you know something is better than nothing.
• 31:25
  Yeah. And I second the compression
• 31:27
  socks, especially if you're not someone that necessarily needs
• 31:30
  to wear them around frequently. Just having them to put on like
• 31:36
  after you get out of the shower at the end of your park day when
• 31:39
  you are like prepping your bag for the next day or like getting
• 31:42
  your stuff situated just to give you a little bit of of support
• 31:45
  can be really, really helpful. And this is one of those cases
• 31:48
  where you may just want to run it by your doctor.
• 31:50
  Hey, what do you suggest? I want to, you know, keep ahead
• 31:54
  of my ankle pain, my knee pain, my foot, whatever it is, see
• 31:58
  what they say, run it by your doctor to check in and they're
• 32:01
  going to be able to suggest and help guide you to like what
• 32:04
  areas to focus on with that compression.
• 32:07
  Absolutely. And another thing to run by your
• 32:09
  doctor, but I feel obligated to mention is can you, I call it KT
• 32:15
  tape, but I think that K stands for can you.
• 32:19
  I can't say that word kinesiology.
• 32:21
  Yes, kinesthetic tape. KT tape is always like what I
• 32:26
  call it because that's like way less of a mouth.
• 32:28
  I feel like that's what it's pretty well known by.
• 32:30
  So like if you do a Google search for KT tape, you're going
• 32:32
  to find it. Yes, it'll come up.
• 32:34
  It's not for everyone, but if it is for it is for you in
• 32:38
  particular, don't forget to pack it.
• 32:40
  I'm so glad that I didn't. There's lots of tape brands out
• 32:43
  there. My physical physical therapist
• 32:44
  had recommended to me the brand OK Tape and I really like it.
• 32:48
  It comes in lots of fun colors and I have like child friendly
• 32:52
  scissors that I usually like put it in a baggie and keep it
• 32:54
  together in my checked bag just because scissors.
• 32:58
  I did forget on our trip to Tokyo to bring scissors and so I
• 33:02
  literally had nail Clippers and I literally just like had to
• 33:05
  just, it did not work. I mean, it functioned, but it
• 33:09
  was not like a good solution. So it's just something to keep
• 33:14
  in mind. It definitely helps with knee
• 33:17
  pain to just like remind my knee how it's supposed to move,
• 33:21
  especially if the in Florida in particular with the air pressure
• 33:25
  and the humidity, it's can really affect my mobility and my
• 33:30
  body sometimes forgets how it's supposed to move.
• 33:33
  So the K tape, KT tape is like a physical reminder to remind my
• 33:38
  joints, hey, this is the right way to do it.
• 33:41
  Let's do it this way. Right, and Anna in our live chat
• 33:45
  is also mentioning they do make some pre cut tape options as
• 33:48
  well, depending on what you need it for.
• 33:50
  The big thing with this KT tape is that you need to know how to
• 33:54
  do it correctly for it to actually be effective.
• 33:57
  So that's where it's something you've got to run by a, a
• 34:00
  physical therapist, a trainer, a doctor, someone that can give
• 34:04
  you guidance on how to do it for you.
• 34:07
  Because I feel like it's one of those things where you can put
• 34:10
  it on, but if you don't get it exactly placed right, it's not
• 34:13
  going to do anything. And it's not, I won't say it's
• 34:16
  ridiculously expensive, but it's not cheap when you go to buy
• 34:20
  some of this, this stuff, because it's meant to be a
• 34:23
  medical device to an extent, right?
• 34:25
  To help with your muscles and joints and different things.
• 34:27
  So just do your research, talk to your doctor before you use
• 34:31
  that type of assistance for your body because there are ways to
• 34:36
  do it that it will actually be effective.
• 34:38
  And helpful. I will add there are YouTube
• 34:40
  videos for how to tape. However, there are lots of
• 34:44
  different ways to tape a single body part and they all do
• 34:47
  different things. So you might know how from the
• 34:51
  video how to do it, but which one specifically might help your
• 34:54
  body is what's going to change. So lots of things to keep in
• 34:58
  mind. But I didn't realize that it was
• 35:00
  something that I should ask about because I thought that was
• 35:02
  something that just like professional athletes did.
• 35:05
  And so it wasn't until my physical therapist was just
• 35:08
  like, hey, have you ever done this before?
• 35:10
  And I was like, no, how would I? What is, what is this?
• 35:14
  Like I would I have ever done this before?
• 35:16
  This is not a thing I should do. Absolutely.
• 35:18
  And so this is just something that you could like add to your
• 35:21
  notes of things to maybe ask a doctor if it sounds like
• 35:24
  something that may be helpful for you.
• 35:26
  Yeah. For sure.
• 35:27
  Something else to consider is whether or not you were going to
• 35:31
  be needing any sort of ice or heat for your specific needs.
• 35:37
  There are ice machines that you can get ice from, but having a
• 35:41
  baggie of some sort maybe to put that in if that's something
• 35:44
  you're going to need, you know, just kind of planning some of
• 35:46
  those extras ahead and also using some.
• 35:49
  You can also use some sort of like a lotion like an Icy Hot or
• 35:53
  you know, any of those types of lotion that maybe can give you
• 35:56
  some muscle relief if that's something that you're used to.
• 35:58
  Again, try all this beforehand. Make sure you know where you're
• 36:02
  going to be using it. Give it a try because some
• 36:04
  people don't enjoy the sensation of those types of of materials
• 36:08
  and lotions and things like that.
• 36:10
  So taking a look at that and and considering that before your
• 36:13
  trip can be helpful too. And I will say, if you forget to
• 36:16
  bring a bag or like something to put the ice in, I would
• 36:20
  recommend talking to the merchandise location in your
• 36:24
  hotel because they could probably give you a plastic bag
• 36:26
  that you could put some of that ice in.
• 36:28
  I I feel relatively confident that they will happily hand that
• 36:32
  over to you. I'm so do happen to forget
• 36:35
  that's an option. Yeah, or like mouse keeping if
• 36:37
  you need, because they do, you know, the ice buckets do have
• 36:41
  little liners in them, so they could give you some extra ones
• 36:44
  of those. It's easier if it's like a zip
• 36:46
  lock because you can manipulate it a little bit easier depending
• 36:50
  on what your needs are for it. Whereas like you're going to
• 36:52
  have a giant ice bag and you may not need that much ice to begin
• 36:55
  with. So it's, it's a good idea.
• 36:58
  We always suggest grabbing a couple zip locks and having them
• 37:00
  with you anyway, but this is another use for them if you're
• 37:03
  someone that's going to need ice.
• 37:05
  Like I can very distinctly remember being glad that we had
• 37:08
  zip locks on the trip that I went when I was pregnant because
• 37:12
  I needed to ice my feet because they were so swollen after being
• 37:16
  in the parks in the heat and I needed to elevate and I needed
• 37:19
  to ice. So I was glad that I had zip
• 37:21
  locks to be able to manipulate and get on the areas that I
• 37:24
  needed for that purpose. So lots of different uses for
• 37:28
  zip locks. I highly recommend grabbing a
• 37:30
  handful and putting them in your bag.
• 37:33
  Absolutely. And conversely, if you know that
• 37:36
  heat helps your muscles relax, if you use a heating pad at
• 37:40
  home, consider packing it and taking it with you.
• 37:43
  I know that's not something that like everybody thinks about in
• 37:45
  terms of vacation packing lists, but if it's something that
• 37:49
  you're already using, like on high pain days, definitely take
• 37:52
  it with you, You know, just in case if you don't need it, you
• 37:55
  don't need it, but at least you have it with you if that's
• 37:57
  something that you know would be helpful.
• 37:59
  I also just realized if obviously baths can be great
• 38:03
  too. And so if your hotel has a bath,
• 38:06
  the tip that my husband and I love doing is going to Basin in
• 38:10
  Disney Springs on one of the first days of our trip and
• 38:13
  getting some like bath bombs. And then when we are relaxing
• 38:17
  later and trying to like get our muscles to settle down, then the
• 38:20
  bath smells nice. And then it just feels like a
• 38:22
  special vacation thing. We kind of like turn our hotel
• 38:25
  room into our own spa, and it's far cheaper than going to an
• 38:27
  actual spa. That's so true.
• 38:30
  Unfortunately you're going to have to make sure your room has
• 38:33
  a tub because a lot of the rooms anymore do not have tubs so you
• 38:38
  got to double check and make sure.
• 38:40
  The majority of like the value resorts don't have bathtubs
• 38:44
  unless you're in a family suite situation.
• 38:47
  So just being aware of like double check your room layout if
• 38:50
  you're planning on doing baths. If nothing else, you can always
• 38:54
  run the water. You know, I will do like hot or
• 38:56
  cold water just on my feet, even if I don't have a tub and just
• 38:59
  kind of stand with just the lower faucet running in the
• 39:02
  shower too. I've done that before.
• 39:04
  If I, you know, didn't didn't want to go and get ice, but I
• 39:07
  wanted, you know, something cool on my feet, turn the faucet cold
• 39:09
  and stick my feet underneath it too.
• 39:12
  So lots of different ways that you can can make that happen.
• 39:16
  Something else to consider purchasing beforehand, which is
• 39:20
  kind of our little category we're in right now.
• 39:22
  And that is something if you're concerned about friction or
• 39:26
  chafing or blisters, kind of all of that rolled into one,
• 39:31
  thinking about what might be a good thing for you to have for
• 39:34
  that, whether it's moleskin, whether it's specific band aids
• 39:39
  for, you know, heels and blisters for friction and
• 39:44
  chafing. I've talked to you guys before
• 39:46
  about using Mega Babe is the brand of the, the chafing stick
• 39:51
  that I've used before. And it is amazing.
• 39:55
  It was life changing. It's I know it's a little taboo
• 39:59
  to talk about chafing, but it, it's, it's a part of especially
• 40:04
  theme park visits, right? So they have little travel size
• 40:07
  ones that you can bring. They have bigger size ones and
• 40:09
  it just looks like a deodorant basically.
• 40:12
  That you can put on anywhere that you're concerned about
• 40:14
  friction and that stuff works miracles.
• 40:18
  So having something if you're not sure, if you're concerned
• 40:22
  that maybe, you know, I had even longer biker shorts that I was
• 40:25
  wearing and I still would use it on parts of my body.
• 40:28
  I was like, you know, better safe than sorry when it comes to
• 40:31
  all of that. And some of the like band aids
• 40:34
  and things like that, you can find out like first aid at
• 40:37
  Disney and think that. But some of the more specific
• 40:41
  specialized stuff like a friction anti friction stick or
• 40:44
  or moleskin, you definitely want to kind of plan accordingly for
• 40:49
  that. I will say that I if you listen
• 40:53
  to our first Tokyo episode, you'll know that I'm all about
• 40:56
  talking about the taboo just because I think the more
• 40:59
  information is better for everybody.
• 41:00
  I went into a long rant about bidets and how much how they are
• 41:04
  in Japanese culture. It was wonderful.
• 41:06
  It was great. I agree.
• 41:08
  The chafing sticks are such a game changer.
• 41:11
  I will say that they have a tendency to wear off if you
• 41:15
  sweat a lot like you will probably sweat them off.
• 41:17
  However, if you bring them with you, they will probably melt in
• 41:20
  your bag. So if you're going to bring it
• 41:22
  with you on your park days, make sure to bring a zip flag to put
• 41:26
  it in. We usually take midday breaks
• 41:28
  and I could then and that was usually enough to get me through
• 41:31
  except on the day that it rained and that kind of like affected
• 41:35
  everything. But something to keep in mind
• 41:38
  that they are not temperature safe in their container.
• 41:42
  If you pop them in the freezer or back in the fridge, they will
• 41:44
  re solidify. But if you don't want to get
• 41:46
  other things in your bag messy, that's something to keep in
• 41:49
  mind. Yeah, and I did OK with my mega
• 41:51
  babe, but it was also not all the way full, which I think was
• 41:54
  helpful so that it didn't like leak out into the cap kind of
• 41:58
  situation. But I have, yeah, seen that hack
• 42:01
  of sticking it back in the fridge or sticking it in the
• 42:03
  fridge overnight and then pulling it out and putting it in
• 42:06
  your bag. That way you got a little bit of
• 42:08
  time before it gets to that melty situation.
• 42:11
  I do have some people talking also in my chat about Disney
• 42:14
  rash, which is we're not going to get into the the depths of
• 42:17
  all the different ailments that you can get on your Disney trip.
• 42:20
  But there is something that is widely known as Disney rash.
• 42:23
  And I don't know Stevie, if you've heard about this, but
• 42:26
  it's basically almost, it almost looks like your, your legs and
• 42:30
  ankles break out in like a hive type situation.
• 42:33
  And it's just very frequent. There's an official term for it
• 42:37
  and I forget what it's actually called, but it's it's something
• 42:41
  that can be treated with like you want to put cool on it.
• 42:44
  Compression helps on it, you know, those types of things.
• 42:47
  So if you're, if you're someone who is prone to skin
• 42:50
  sensitivity, it is a thing that can happen.
• 42:53
  And it's it's not Disney specific.
• 42:55
  It's not like you actually catch it at Disney.
• 42:57
  It's just. Something that happens because
• 43:00
  of the increase in activity that you find whenever you're at
• 43:03
  Disney. It's exercise induced and it can
• 43:06
  be aggravated by being in warm temperatures, which I think is
• 43:10
  why it gets so associated with people that are with Disney
• 43:13
  because you're doing a lot more exercise than you're maybe
• 43:16
  accustomed to in a different temperature and therefore your
• 43:18
  body reacts accordingly. And based on the Googling that I
• 43:21
  did very quickly, it sounds like if you're prone to inflammation,
• 43:26
  you may be more likely to get that.
• 43:28
  So. And I think that if you are
• 43:30
  wearing something like leggings that are really compressing your
• 43:34
  whole leg, that might change things too, because it's
• 43:36
  affecting the way that your circulation functions.
• 43:39
  I find that's the case for me. Like they tell you to wear like
• 43:42
  loose clothing. So that way like the blood that
• 43:44
  pulls in your feet has a chance to like recirculate through the
• 43:47
  rest of your body. But like, I like my compression
• 43:49
  gear because I don't want to chase and so it's kind of a
• 43:52
  double edged sword. Something to think about.
• 43:54
  Yeah, and something like a hydrocortisone cream can likely
• 43:57
  help with that type of a rash. Always a good idea to to go to
• 44:02
  first aid if you start to see something pop up and you're
• 44:04
  like, oh, that might be what I heard Mom St.
• 44:07
  USA talking about. Head to first aid and have them
• 44:11
  just double check and make sure that's not something else,
• 44:13
  right. Again, we are not medical
• 44:15
  experts by any means. We have no medical background
• 44:19
  check with the doctors and the people who do so, but that is
• 44:22
  definitely something that you you may find and you might just
• 44:25
  want to grab some hydrocortisone cream if you're concerned about
• 44:28
  it and just have it in your in your stuff with you.
• 44:31
  I didn't even know that was a thing.
• 44:32
  And I like lived in Florida and worked in parks.
• 44:35
  I'm fascinated. Well, you probably were just
• 44:37
  more acclimated because you were so used to being on your feet
• 44:40
  all the time and your body was living down there.
• 44:43
  So I feel like it probably happens more often when again,
• 44:46
  people are not used to the humidity and the heat on top of
• 44:50
  the increase in activity, I think.
• 44:53
  And I've never had issues with it.
• 44:54
  But I'm also, I don't have super sensitive skin and I'm not
• 44:57
  really prone to getting those types of like rashes and things
• 45:00
  like that. So.
• 45:02
  I just never heard it mentioned by anybody that was visiting,
• 45:05
  which is interesting to me personally.
• 45:07
  Of course, I was dealing with a bunch of other types of foot
• 45:10
  pain like plantar fasciitis at the time.
• 45:11
  So like my my brain was in a different different place.
• 45:15
  Right. And Anna in the live chat is
• 45:17
  mentioning that First Aid does have little like hydrocortisone
• 45:20
  cream packets along with anything else, obviously, that
• 45:22
  you need. So that is something that you
• 45:24
  can definitely find in the parks.
• 45:26
  And yeah, Sarah's mentioning it does get posted a lot on like
• 45:29
  that. You see, you know, Facebook,
• 45:31
  Disney parks pages and things where it's like, here's a
• 45:34
  picture of this on my leg. What do you think?
• 45:37
  It's, you know, one of those situations because that's what
• 45:40
  Facebook groups are good for, right, Is diagnosing other
• 45:43
  people's ailments. This is why I'm not on Facebook.
• 45:47
  But yes, it is definitely a thing.
• 45:48
  So just mentally know that it's a thing.
• 45:52
  So that way when you see it, you don't panic.
• 45:54
  Go to first aid, confirm that that's what it is, and then be
• 45:57
  ready with whatever you need. Absolutely.
• 46:00
  I mentioned a minute ago that I was diagnosed with plantar
• 46:03
  fasciitis and I wanted to mention a tip specific to that,
• 46:08
  which is to say a lacrosse ball. And I will explain why a
• 46:11
  lacrosse ball might be helpful to have in your suitcase before
• 46:14
  you go. For the record, I did not play
• 46:16
  lacrosse ever. This was something that my
• 46:18
  podiatrist recommended to me in terms of managing foot pain and
• 46:22
  especially foot pain that goes like it is in your heel or runs
• 46:26
  through the arch of your foot. But the suggestion was to find
• 46:29
  something that that I could roll under my foot to stretch out and
• 46:32
  massage those muscles. They actually initially
• 46:34
  recommended a frozen water bottle, which is great.
• 46:37
  But like when you're on a vacation, the room fridge is
• 46:40
  probably not going to get cold enough for that to be helpful.
• 46:43
  And I also didn't totally love the sensation of like having
• 46:48
  something wet on my foot because they were recommending I do it
• 46:50
  like in the middle of the work day and like leave it in the
• 46:52
  work freezer. And I'm just like, so you're
• 46:54
  telling me I have to take my sock off in the break room and
• 46:57
  put like, I'm not doing this? And So what I ended up doing,
• 47:03
  you can use a tennis ball as well, but I found that lacrosse
• 47:05
  balls are just a little sturdier.
• 47:09
  And I found a lacrosse ball at Dick's Sporting Goods for $4.00,
• 47:12
  very cheap. I've had it for maybe like, I
• 47:14
  don't know, 10 years now or something and it's great.
• 47:18
  And I use it to work out the knots in my back too.
• 47:21
  But it basically is like it's self massage.
• 47:24
  Essentially you're applying specific pressure to those
• 47:28
  muscles to help them kind of loosen up.
• 47:31
  And I will use this in the morning on trip days to kind of
• 47:35
  wake up my foot muscles. I mentioned toe yoga before as
• 47:38
  another way to wake up my toe muscles.
• 47:40
  I just love that term. Toe yoga, yes.
• 47:43
  And then I will do it at the end of the day to kind of loosen
• 47:46
  everything up. And because you don't really
• 47:48
  realize how stiff your feet can get when they're like confined
• 47:51
  in a shoe all day. And they're just walking a lot
• 47:53
  and obviously moving in that way, but they're doing the same
• 47:56
  repetitive motion. And I find that I wake up
• 48:00
  feeling better with my feet if I kind of work those muscles out
• 48:03
  before I go to bed. Yeah, for sure.
• 48:06
  So while we're talking about feet, we're going to continue
• 48:08
  this conversation. We we mentioned that, you know,
• 48:12
  Facebook groups may not be great.
• 48:13
  However, this next thing I actually found on a Disney
• 48:16
  Facebook group initially and then did some more research and
• 48:19
  this is something that I've seen a lot of people recommend for
• 48:24
  your end of the day feet. If you get the really sore achy
• 48:28
  feet. And that is something that is
• 48:30
  literally called Doctor Scholl's Tired Achy feet.
• 48:34
  That is literally the name of this product.
• 48:36
  And it is like a foot mask. And it looks like you're
• 48:39
  wrapping your foot in tin foil. It makes your foot turn into a
• 48:43
  baked potato, but it has, you know, cooling and medicine
• 48:48
  macedonal qualities on the inside of it.
• 48:52
  So that way you can wrap your feet in it to help with, you
• 48:57
  know, you're tired and sore Disney feet.
• 49:00
  So that is something worth maybe some looking at to see if that's
• 49:04
  something you want to do. And our friend Anna in chat is
• 49:07
  saying, yes, I did that. It was a very weird feeling, but
• 49:10
  it helped. So having something maybe to
• 49:13
  think about giving yourself. We talked about, you know,
• 49:16
  making in a little spa and you're so maybe after you use
• 49:19
  your bath or shower bomb you, you know, get some some of these
• 49:23
  on and and lay and put your put your feet up for a little while
• 49:27
  and watch a cartoon or two on your TV and then, you know, get
• 49:32
  yourself ready for bed after. That there are, there's
• 49:36
  something similar that I learned about when I was in Tokyo.
• 49:38
  And they do sell them online that you can get them in the US.
• 49:43
  It's they're, I like them because you can use them on more
• 49:46
  than just your feet. They're kind of marketed as
• 49:49
  being for your feet. But they're, when I was in
• 49:52
  Tokyo, a friend of mine had texted me, she was staying at a
• 49:55
  different hotel and told me that her hotel gave them these muscle
• 49:59
  cooling strips. And she's like, you have to get
• 50:01
  them. And she just sent me a photo.
• 50:03
  She's like, you have to find this somewhere and you have to
• 50:05
  get it. And I was just like, OK, going
• 50:07
  to do it. And they were very easy to find.
• 50:09
  They were at like most like regular like drug stores and
• 50:12
  stuff and every time that I bought 1 I found myself in
• 50:15
  conversation with a stranger who was also obsessed with them and
• 50:19
  learned about them on their trip.
• 50:21
  Amazing. So they're basically like
• 50:23
  menthol sticky strips that help with inflammation.
• 50:27
  They've got like essential oils essentially that like help with
• 50:31
  inflammation and then the menthol to get that cooling
• 50:34
  effect and that cooling effect is what can help with that
• 50:36
  inflammation. They're called Kyusoku Jikang.
• 50:41
  They're lion companies. They're that's what they're
• 50:44
  called. That's the brand that I used.
• 50:45
  If you search Japanese pink foot patches, they will come up I
• 50:51
  because everybody in the US is just like fascinated by them
• 50:53
  every time they go and then you hear about them and you're just
• 50:56
  like, is this a thing? Should I try it?
• 50:58
  And I use them on the bottom of my feet, but I also use them on
• 51:02
  my calves. And I found that it was great to
• 51:04
  just kind of like catch up on the day, go through my photos
• 51:07
  and have them there. They, a lot of times people will
• 51:11
  wear them like at night, like while they're sleeping.
• 51:14
  I for sensory reasons. That's just like not a good time
• 51:17
  for me because like they're going to, they might come off
• 51:19
  while you sleep if you like move around a lot in your sleep.
• 51:22
  And I just didn't want to deal with that.
• 51:23
  And so like, that would just be the thing that I did as soon as
• 51:26
  we got back in the room. And then I would shower or
• 51:28
  whatever, kind of clean off and then rub my muscles out with the
• 51:32
  lacrosse bond things. And that was my whole routine.
• 51:35
  But I I would highly recommend if you're worried about swelling
• 51:39
  or inflammation, they're excellent.
• 51:42
  Love that. Something else to consider.
• 51:45
  Again, purchase before you go for use during your trip some
• 51:50
  sort of an electrolyte replenishment.
• 51:53
  So we haven't really talked much about hydrating yet, but we'll
• 51:56
  talk a little bit about it as we talked about like during your
• 51:59
  trip things that you can do too. But having Liquid IV or an an
• 52:04
  equivalent electrolyte replenishment plan is a game
• 52:09
  changer, especially if you are going during the Florida heat.
• 52:14
  And I always recommend take it and use it before you need it.
• 52:19
  If you're waiting until you need it to use it, you have, you've
• 52:23
  waited too long. You want to be on top of that
• 52:26
  again, especially we are in the the heat of summer right now as
• 52:30
  we are recording this in July. So you want to make sure you
• 52:33
  have a plan for that. This is something relatively new
• 52:37
  for me personally, but on my last two trips I would start my
• 52:43
  day with putting liquid IV in my first water bottle of the day
• 52:47
  again before I needed it and it helped me feel so much better
• 52:52
  throughout the day. And I noticed a difference
• 52:54
  between the morning. There was 1 morning that I
• 52:57
  forgot and I didn't put it in there and by about 11-12 o'clock
• 53:02
  I was like man I really don't feel 100%.
• 53:05
  And it eventually I realized it was because I'd forgotten to do
• 53:09
  the Liquid IV that morning. So doing that and having a plan
• 53:14
  for that is so important because you want to stay on top of that.
• 53:17
  Again, if you're waiting until you start to feel yucky to use
• 53:20
  it, you've waited too long. And that can get very dangerous
• 53:23
  very fast. Absolutely.
• 53:25
  I think a lot of people think about hydration when it comes to
• 53:28
  just like feeling thirsty and just like knowing that you need
• 53:30
  water. But water helps your muscles
• 53:32
  work properly and helps your joints move smoothly.
• 53:36
  It helps reduce inflammation. Like there's so many benefits to
• 53:38
  drinking water. And I think a electrolytes help
• 53:42
  your body retain the water. Like when you drink water, it's
• 53:45
  just going to like leave your system.
• 53:46
  And so the electrolytes that salt helps your body hold on to
• 53:50
  it for a little longer so it stays in your body to help it do
• 53:54
  its job. And I find that that is a
• 53:57
  benefit all in its own. But like when you think about
• 53:59
  trying to get yourself to drink water, especially if you're not
• 54:02
  in the habit and you're going to be in a position where your body
• 54:05
  needs water even more, having an electrolyte supplement like
• 54:08
  that, having a flavor me helps incentivize me to drink water.
• 54:13
  And so that's the other aspect to just like a not just be
• 54:16
  drinking water, but finding some way to make sure that you're
• 54:19
  going to. And so that's my new thing that
• 54:22
  I've added to all of my packing lists is making sure that I'm
• 54:24
  bringing liquid IV with me. Because I think about it like,
• 54:28
  oh, I'm going to the airport. Like, yeah, I'm going to put
• 54:30
  liquid IV in my water bottle because I need to stay hydrated.
• 54:32
  And I'm just like you should pack it with you too.
• 54:36
  And it honestly, it helps with my kids.
• 54:38
  Now again, you want to make sure your kids are old enough to have
• 54:41
  something like this added to their water bottles.
• 54:44
  But my kids at six and eight was perfect.
• 54:47
  We didn't do a full packet with them.
• 54:50
  A lot of those do have sugar added.
• 54:52
  So you need to take a look. Depending on what your needs
• 54:55
  are. They have some sugar free
• 54:56
  options. There's some that don't, but we
• 54:59
  would just split one between my kids in the morning.
• 55:02
  That way they just got half of the packet in their 24 oz.
• 55:05
  A wall of that was full of water and we would do the same for
• 55:09
  them. We would start them off with a
• 55:10
  little bit of extra liquid IV and then usually for them, we
• 55:15
  would get them either a like a power eater, Gatorade or
• 55:18
  something for like dinner time. And if we couldn't, then we
• 55:21
  would have a liquid IV packet with us and we would give them
• 55:24
  more of that. So it just again, it's really
• 55:26
  helpful. That flavor is huge because it
• 55:29
  just felt like juice then to my kids and they were like cool, we
• 55:31
  get juice in our water bottles. So there's lots of options.
• 55:36
  And if you're not someone that can do the powdery drink,
• 55:39
  totally get that. That was me for the longest
• 55:42
  time. It wasn't until recently.
• 55:44
  And even then when I do a 24 oz water bottle, I only use half
• 55:49
  because I don't like overly flavored things in my water.
• 55:53
  I'm just and I don't like the texture.
• 55:55
  If it's got any texture, I'm out.
• 55:57
  I can't do it. There are other natural ways
• 55:59
  that you can get electrolytes too.
• 56:01
  So if if the powder liquid IV thing is like a total no go,
• 56:05
  there's lots of other options that you can do.
• 56:07
  So just look into some sort of an electrolyte replenishment for
• 56:11
  your trip. Absolutely.
• 56:14
  We're now going to move into things that you can.
• 56:16
  You should keep in mind during your trip thus far, we've talked
• 56:19
  about all the things that you should do before you go.
• 56:22
  But now that now that you're there, now that you're all
• 56:24
  excited and happy to be there. If you do start to feel in pain
• 56:28
  or if you know that you might preemptively think back to the
• 56:32
  walks that you took, if you took them.
• 56:33
  And I want you to use whatever stretching and flexibility that
• 56:37
  you did at the beginning and at the end of the day.
• 56:40
  I also love stretching while waiting in lines, especially if
• 56:43
  there's like a herb or something that I can like stretch my
• 56:46
  calves out on and like put like my toes on something and then
• 56:49
  like let my heel hang down. So I'm getting that stretch that
• 56:52
  personally like helps me manage my pain.
• 56:54
  And it also wakes me up. Like if I'm starting to like
• 56:57
  feel kind of tired in the Florida heat, stretching just
• 57:00
  like, oh right, I'm awake, I'm alive, I'm excited to be here.
• 57:04
  You know, just all kinds of stretches I find really helpful
• 57:08
  to kind of help manage that and be mindful of your body.
• 57:12
  And it's the way to check in with your body too and see how
• 57:15
  am I feeling? Do I need to take painkillers
• 57:18
  and and kind of go from there? Yeah, that can be really
• 57:21
  helpful. And especially if you've got
• 57:23
  maybe younger, older kids that think that they don't need to do
• 57:27
  those types of things, you know, helping them and setting the
• 57:31
  example for your children of like, cool, we're going to
• 57:35
  stretch our feet out and we're going to, you know, roll our
• 57:38
  ankles around and our wrists around and kind of make it fun.
• 57:41
  So that way you're all doing it together.
• 57:42
  But it's just testing out because a lot of kids, even in
• 57:46
  elementary school, they don't necessarily understand muscle
• 57:49
  pain or joint pain. And you may run into that in the
• 57:53
  Disney parks. You know, my oldest is just
• 57:56
  starting to do like competitive gymnastics, you know, practices
• 58:00
  and workouts. And he's like, oh, my, this
• 58:02
  muscle feet, you know, my shoulder hurts.
• 58:03
  I'm like, OK, well, is it your muscle or is it your bone or is
• 58:06
  it? And, you know, trying to get
• 58:08
  them to understand that too can be a little bit of a process.
• 58:11
  So kind of showing them the stretches that they can maybe do
• 58:15
  to help too. Whether it's teenagers that
• 58:18
  aren't going to want to do it but really need to do it or
• 58:21
  younger kids that don't know how to do it.
• 58:23
  You, you got to be that person for them.
• 58:25
  Especially at the end of the day, you know, if they're tired
• 58:28
  and maybe kind of cranky and whiny, like check in with them
• 58:31
  because like they may not realize that that's what they're
• 58:33
  experiencing because they don't have a name for it.
• 58:36
  I do want to go over some muscle groups that I find are
• 58:39
  beneficial to stretch. So like if you didn't, if you're
• 58:41
  not in a routine of doing that of like checking in with your
• 58:44
  body, there are lots of different stretching routines
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  that you could just like pull up in your hotel room if you find
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  that this is something that you need.
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  Like the channels that I mentioned earlier, but they're
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  the four main like muscles that I will stretch that I find are
• 58:57
  really aggravated by a lot of walking.
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  And I think it's common for a lot of people or calf stretches
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  like I just mentioned, where you can Google a standing calf
• 59:05
  stretch. But there are two ways to kind
• 59:08
  of do it, like I mentioned, like putting your toes on the top of
• 59:11
  a curb and letting your heel hang down.
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  Or like doing this on like the bottom step of a set of stairs.
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  And that way you've got a railing to hold on to if you
• 59:19
  have balance issues. Or you can do a lunge and push
• 59:22
  up against a wall and then that back leg in the lunge is the one
• 59:26
  that should feel the calf stretch.
• 59:28
  The second one being quad stretches specifically where you
• 59:32
  stand on one leg and hold your foot behind your butt.
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  If you have balance issues, you can definitely do this in your
• 59:38
  hotel room, like laying down on side on one of your sides and
• 59:42
  then roll over and do the other side.
• 59:44
  I find this one particularly helpful at midday breaks.
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  So like we come back and we like take a nap or whatever.
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  That's the main thing. I'm like, OK, I got to check in.
• 59:53
  Same thing with a forward bend for your hamstrings, so either
• 59:58
  standing or sitting and trying to touch your toes.
• 1:00:02
  I like doing this one leg at a time from a standing position
• 1:00:05
  because I'm able to isolate those muscles a little better.
• 1:00:07
  And I, that's something that I end up doing like when I'm
• 1:00:10
  waiting in lines again, like if there's something for me to put
• 1:00:12
  my foot on, like you can bet that I'm stretching my
• 1:00:15
  hamstrings because I think that it's connected to my back pain
• 1:00:18
  too. Jackie can vouch that I've been
• 1:00:20
  doing this for like 10 years before.
• 1:00:24
  And it's it's also just like a fidgety thing in a way to
• 1:00:26
  entertain myself while I'm waiting in line.
• 1:00:29
  But I find that when I am doing some kind of forward bend, I'm
• 1:00:33
  noticing that my back is also tight.
• 1:00:35
  And so that helps kind of wake up those muscles and help me
• 1:00:38
  determine whether or not I need to do more stretches.
• 1:00:41
  And then the last. One quick reminder before you go
• 1:00:43
  on to that, your quad is the top part of your leg on top.
• 1:00:49
  Your hamstring is the top part of your leg on the underside.
• 1:00:52
  So depending on again, Google your anatomy and make sure you
• 1:00:56
  know which muscles you're trying to stretch with which stretches.
• 1:00:59
  But just a quick reminder. Yes, if another way to put it,
• 1:01:03
  if you are looking at your knee, the quad is what is on the front
• 1:01:09
  of the knee and connected to the front of the knee and the
• 1:01:12
  hamstring is behind like under your butt and connects like
• 1:01:15
  through the back of your knee. And the last one now that I've
• 1:01:19
  just mentioned your butt is the piriformis stretch.
• 1:01:23
  I used its government name, but it's basically like a glute
• 1:01:27
  stretch. It's a specific muscle.
• 1:01:29
  You might also know this as a Figure 4 stretch where you're
• 1:01:32
  basically making the number four with your legs.
• 1:01:35
  You can do it while you're laying down and kind of like
• 1:01:38
  curl your body up in a ball or you can do it while you're
• 1:01:40
  sitting in a chair. I find that I do it like when we
• 1:01:43
  are waiting for a show to start in a theater.
• 1:01:45
  I and I'm going to describe the stretch, but it's easy enough to
• 1:01:48
  do while you're in a theater and hanging out.
• 1:01:51
  You're basically just going to put one ankle on top of your
• 1:01:54
  other bent knee and kind of lean forward and that makes that
• 1:01:58
  shape of a four. And if you had the leg that your
• 1:02:02
  ankle is resting on stretched out, then you're getting that
• 1:02:04
  full 4 shape. If you Google a Figure 4
• 1:02:07
  stretch, it's absolutely going to come up.
• 1:02:09
  That's a muscle that I don't realize is tight until I go to
• 1:02:12
  stretch it. And I'm just like, oh, OK, hello
• 1:02:15
  there. And I, I, I find that especially
• 1:02:18
  that helps with any kind of like back tightness as well because
• 1:02:21
  it's all, it's all connected. The next tip that I would
• 1:02:24
  suggest is probably the most self-explanatory one, which is
• 1:02:28
  to say take painkillers as you needed.
• 1:02:31
  My guess is that you probably have an idea of what painkillers
• 1:02:34
  do or don't work for you. But, and I guess this should
• 1:02:38
  have maybe been included in the prep part of your trip, but
• 1:02:42
  there are some topical alternatives for some pain.
• 1:02:45
  I know that we mentioned the the icy hot like cream, but there
• 1:02:51
  are topical alternatives like Voltaren.
• 1:02:53
  This is something that other lovely hub Co host Duck
• 1:02:57
  suggested for arthritis pain. I also have arthritis and I want
• 1:03:03
  to try it the next time that I have a flare up that it's
• 1:03:05
  targeted. Because that's the thing with
• 1:03:07
  painkillers, you can't really control where it's going to go.
• 1:03:10
  Your brain kind of decides like this is where the painkiller
• 1:03:14
  stuff is going to be affected. I listen you, you're not here
• 1:03:18
  for the explanation of the science behind painkillers.
• 1:03:21
  I, you know, it's a trust the process kind of thing, but
• 1:03:25
  that's what's appealing to me about having a topical
• 1:03:29
  alternative is that it's like a targeted approach to wherever
• 1:03:32
  you're experiencing pain. At least that's my assumption
• 1:03:35
  based on what I know of science if I was an English major.
• 1:03:41
  Well, and if you are someone that is going to plan to take
• 1:03:44
  painkillers, do just a quick little bit of research to figure
• 1:03:48
  out which ones are better for you because some are better for
• 1:03:50
  like joint pain and some are better for inflammation and some
• 1:03:53
  are better for muscle pain. So like do just a quick
• 1:03:56
  research. There's a couple different kinds
• 1:03:58
  out there. Again, I'm not going into that
• 1:04:00
  because that is not my lane and I'm a stay in my lane, but you
• 1:04:04
  should make that your lane if you're going to be taking them
• 1:04:06
  to make sure that you know what you're putting in your body and
• 1:04:09
  whether or not it's going to help.
• 1:04:10
  And again, that may be a conversation with your doctor.
• 1:04:12
  That would be a good idea. Yes, especially, especially if
• 1:04:15
  you've got other underlying issues.
• 1:04:17
  I in a conversation with my cardiologist, he was
• 1:04:20
  recommending Tylenol of the alternatives because it's easier
• 1:04:23
  on your heart. And so if you've got other
• 1:04:24
  things going on, you know, that means that's going to change how
• 1:04:27
  you manage, you know, the pain levels in the other parts of
• 1:04:30
  your body. Yes, for sure.
• 1:04:32
  I'm so continuing our conversation about what to do
• 1:04:34
  during your trip is something we've already talked about,
• 1:04:37
  which is to hydrate. So again, we're going to talk
• 1:04:40
  about you need to hydrate and you need to hydrate with
• 1:04:42
  something that's more than just water.
• 1:04:44
  So some form of electrolytes. You've really got to make sure.
• 1:04:48
  Now I will say if it's cooler or if you're like Disneyland has
• 1:04:53
  much milder temperatures, you may not need it as frequently.
• 1:04:56
  I do still suggest having it though because it's it's always
• 1:05:00
  going to help your body in those situations where you need to be
• 1:05:03
  drinking extra water. And you don't necessarily
• 1:05:06
  realize that you needed it until after you've had it.
• 1:05:09
  And you're just like, oh, wow, I feel better.
• 1:05:11
  That's how I feel. Because like salt, like having
• 1:05:14
  something that's really salty is one way to kind of help your
• 1:05:16
  body retain that water. And I love French fries.
• 1:05:21
  If there's one thing to know about me that's like, my main
• 1:05:24
  food group is French fries. And I did not realize the way
• 1:05:28
  that I had kind of been like self medicating my own hydration
• 1:05:31
  needs because I would eat fries all the time and I would feel
• 1:05:35
  great. And I, I know now, now that I
• 1:05:37
  know more about myself and that I'm borderline like I'm
• 1:05:40
  borderline pop's candidate, that the salt was just like doing the
• 1:05:44
  most and just like a plus give salt a raise.
• 1:05:48
  It's doing great things for me personally.
• 1:05:50
  And I noticed on our most recent trip in Epcot, I personally love
• 1:05:53
  the chips, the slash fries. Obviously, depending on which
• 1:05:59
  version of English that you're familiar with, the in the UK
• 1:06:02
  pavilion are a just like excellent and tasty.
• 1:06:06
  But at like 4:00 one day I had them and after I finished them,
• 1:06:11
  I was just like, wow, I suddenly have a ton of energy.
• 1:06:15
  I feel great, what are we going to do next?
• 1:06:17
  And I was just like, that was just because I had salt, like I
• 1:06:20
  didn't have caffeine, I didn't eat anything.
• 1:06:21
  I was just like, OK, duly noted. So there's lots of strategies to
• 1:06:26
  make sure that you're staying hydrated.
• 1:06:28
  Figure out what works for you. We're just adding this here as a
• 1:06:31
  reminder to do it once. You're there.
• 1:06:35
  Salty popcorn and Mickey pretzels with salt are also
• 1:06:38
  great alternatives to that if you like.
• 1:06:40
  I can only handle so many French fries before it becomes a potato
• 1:06:43
  texture nightmare for me, so I opt for salty popcorn and Mickey
• 1:06:48
  pretzels. So.
• 1:06:50
  Duly noted to not take Jackie to potato land with Boosie.
• 1:06:54
  But I like, I'll go to potato land.
• 1:06:57
  I just won't eat all the potatoes.
• 1:07:02
  OK, so I think that sums up during the trip, just again, not
• 1:07:06
  every single thing that we can possibly mention, but just our
• 1:07:08
  generalized tips for what we think is helpful.
• 1:07:11
  But now we have sadly ended our trip.
• 1:07:14
  What can we do to help kind of the recovery process?
• 1:07:19
  Plan another trip. Yes, perfect.
• 1:07:23
  But if you're not able to do that, don't stop what you've
• 1:07:28
  been doing. Don't stop stretching, don't
• 1:07:30
  stop walking. It will be easier for your body
• 1:07:33
  if you kind of lean yourself off of that instead of just like
• 1:07:37
  stopping cold Turkey, so to speak, You know, continuing to
• 1:07:41
  stretch to get your muscles to to kind of wean off of that high
• 1:07:47
  level of activity that you're doing.
• 1:07:50
  And also, if you can continue to keep up your walking, you'll be
• 1:07:53
  prepped and ready for that next trip when you do plan it.
• 1:07:56
  Absolutely, I will say that like obviously rest is really
• 1:08:00
  important, but if I like, I don't want to say that there's a
• 1:08:04
  thing is too much rest, but I've learned that if I don't do some
• 1:08:08
  gentle movement, my body gets more stiff.
• 1:08:12
  Like those muscles are really, really tired because you just
• 1:08:15
  did a lot. And so obviously you don't need
• 1:08:17
  to keep that pace up, you know, but like think about yoga with
• 1:08:20
  Adrian or like some other kind of like gentle activity or like
• 1:08:23
  a significantly shorter walk. Just something to kind of remind
• 1:08:27
  those muscles that like, hey, like we're here, we're managing
• 1:08:31
  and they don't need to just thank you, you know, be frozen
• 1:08:34
  in carbonite like Han Solo. Like you know, they can stay
• 1:08:37
  awake and everything will be excellent and great.
• 1:08:40
  Yeah. And that can be really hard,
• 1:08:41
  especially if you're like us where you have a really long car
• 1:08:43
  ride after the trip. And that's where some of those,
• 1:08:46
  even just stretching, making sure you're taking breaks in the
• 1:08:49
  car and not driving too long at a time, that's good no matter
• 1:08:52
  where you're going to or coming from.
• 1:08:55
  All of those types of things are always really, really good to,
• 1:08:58
  to make sure you're doing as you leave.
• 1:09:02
  That's why I find the, the compression gear and the KT tape
• 1:09:05
  particularly helpful because then it's like, oh, when I do
• 1:09:08
  move again, it like helps my muscles that are really tired
• 1:09:11
  remember that, like this is what we're supposed to do.
• 1:09:15
  And and that's when you know, it's, it's great to have those
• 1:09:18
  on hand. Hydration also really helps
• 1:09:21
  recovery. What hydration?
• 1:09:23
  OK, you're mentioning it again. That is just.
• 1:09:25
  Crazy. It's like we, it's like it's
• 1:09:27
  really important or something. I don't know, I guess, I guess
• 1:09:30
  it's something that we should maybe do, but it, you know what
• 1:09:33
  helps with the inflammation? Like we said before, it's
• 1:09:36
  obviously hydrate all the time. If you're listening to us right
• 1:09:38
  now, this is my passive aggressive, maybe aggressive
• 1:09:42
  reminder to go take a drink of water or maybe think about the
• 1:09:45
  last time that you did and like, or like get, eat some food that
• 1:09:49
  is heavy in water. Like, I don't know, I fruit, I
• 1:09:51
  guess, but like maybe put some chocolate on the fruit so it's
• 1:09:53
  more exciting. I don't know.
• 1:09:55
  I'm not telling you you have to eat healthy.
• 1:09:57
  I'm just saying you got to hydrate like that's, that's eat
• 1:10:00
  what your body needs and your body needs water in some form,
• 1:10:03
  some form. So, and again, take painkillers
• 1:10:07
  as needed, continue to stretch and if you keep up with that,
• 1:10:12
  you're going to be really prepared for the next trip that
• 1:10:15
  you take. I'm very excited for you.
• 1:10:17
  I saw meme recently, or maybe not a meme because it was a text
• 1:10:20
  post that was just like, what's the worst ride at Disney?
• 1:10:24
  The ride home The ride home is the worst ride at Disney and I
• 1:10:28
  stand by that. And you know, if you keep this
• 1:10:31
  up until the trip after your next trip, then you we've done
• 1:10:36
  our jobs, which is to inform you and give you information to make
• 1:10:41
  your trips better. So Hooray, we all did it
• 1:10:43
  together. Look at us go we did the thing.
• 1:10:47
  Hooray. So yes, that is our kind of our
• 1:10:50
  overview and our best shortened version of all of the things
• 1:10:57
  that you can do without also like taking you into again, like
• 1:11:01
  a full stretching class. We don't need to do that.
• 1:11:04
  You are capable of doing that on your own.
• 1:11:07
  We believe in you. You can do it, I trust.
• 1:11:09
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• 1:11:12
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• 1:11:15
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• 1:11:21
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• 1:11:23
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• 1:11:26
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• 1:12:32
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• 1:12:35
  what's coming up next before we do our quick sign off here.
• 1:12:39
  Next episode is a solo episode from yours truly for Mom St. and
• 1:12:44
  we're going to be talking about stroller strategy for the Disney
• 1:12:47
  parks. So we talked not too long ago
• 1:12:50
  about what was in my Disney Parks bag as a mom who has taken
• 1:12:55
  various age kids to the parks. Now we're going to kind of go to
• 1:12:59
  the other end, which is strollers 'cause that's kind of
• 1:13:01
  like an extension of your park bag.
• 1:13:03
  So that is where we are headed next.
• 1:13:06
  Hoping to give you guys lots of good info for that.
• 1:13:09
  But for today, Stevie, do you have anything else to add to our
• 1:13:13
  notes that we chatted about today?
• 1:13:16
  I I do, but you mentioned stroller strategy and I hope
• 1:13:19
  that like squirrel guard is one of the things in your stroll.
• 1:13:23
  That's the number one thing on my mind when it comes.
• 1:13:26
  To be sure to add that to my although I'm not really sure
• 1:13:30
  what you can do because at this point the squirrels have figured
• 1:13:33
  out how to open lunch boxes. So like, I got nothing for you.
• 1:13:36
  I mean, my tip is to not encourage them, like don't leave
• 1:13:40
  an open popcorn bucket because like then they don't they have
• 1:13:43
  even less work to do. You know, if you keep things in
• 1:13:46
  like Ziploc bags or you know, like they're just like, think of
• 1:13:50
  any like bug proofing kind of tips.
• 1:13:52
  That's where you've got to start.
• 1:13:53
  I can't promise that a squirrel won't still run away from it.
• 1:13:56
  But again, we're talking about risk reduction.
• 1:13:59
  We're not talking about like squirrel proofing something, you
• 1:14:02
  know, just weighing the pros and cons.
• 1:14:04
  But as it comes to as as it retains pertains to this
• 1:14:08
  particular episode, I am somebody who and now for a
• 1:14:13
  couple years now, have been really good about working out
• 1:14:17
  very regularly every single week.
• 1:14:18
  And I'm really proud of that. It took me my whole life to get
• 1:14:22
  to this point. Like it took me 30 years to be
• 1:14:25
  able to find a routine that worked for me.
• 1:14:28
  And I think that there's so much shame around finding ways to
• 1:14:32
  move your body. And I totally get that.
• 1:14:36
  And it's, it's hard when you know that like you could do
• 1:14:40
  something that would help you on vacation that, you know, maybe
• 1:14:44
  also helps with stress relief from packing and, and that kind
• 1:14:46
  of travel anxiety. But finding the motivation to do
• 1:14:50
  it like is another beast. And so I just want to remind
• 1:14:54
  everybody that like something is better than nothing.
• 1:14:57
  You just find some way to make it fun for you or like least
• 1:15:01
  miserable is kind of what I used to tell myself.
• 1:15:04
  Like, OK, I really don't want to go to the gym, but if I go to
• 1:15:06
  the gym, I can play games on my phone while I'm on the bike the
• 1:15:09
  whole time. I can scroll on TikTok the whole
• 1:15:12
  time while I'm on on the bike. And that was like, OK, well, I
• 1:15:15
  guess I could go do that. And that was kind of how I would
• 1:15:17
  like work myself up into doing more.
• 1:15:19
  And you just something is better than nothing is like the main
• 1:15:23
  thing that I would love for anybody to take away from this.
• 1:15:26
  And I'm really passionate about anything being better than
• 1:15:29
  nothing. So I'm here for moral support as
• 1:15:33
  much as we're here for tips. And I just wanted to make that
• 1:15:36
  clear because I know that there's, it can be really hard
• 1:15:39
  to get yourself into that kind of routine.
• 1:15:41
  And I just want to give everybody some grace that's
• 1:15:43
  listening to this. Yes, and moving your body can be
• 1:15:46
  as simple as having a dance party with your kids in the
• 1:15:49
  kitchen. Absolutely.
• 1:15:51
  There are so many different ways.
• 1:15:52
  Yes, everything counts. Any way that you are physically
• 1:15:55
  moving your body in a new or increased way, even if it's just
• 1:16:00
  minimal, it definitely counts and we're proud of you.
• 1:16:04
  Absolutely. Well, thank you guys again for
• 1:16:07
  joining us for this episode and we hope to catch you on the next
• 1:16:10
  episode of Mom St. USA.
• 1:16:12
  Thanks everyone. Bye catch y'all on the flippity
• 1:16:15
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