Taking care of our health is essential for living a full and fulfilling life. It involves eating a balanced, healthy diet, moving our bodies and exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, managing stress, and avoiding habits such as smoking and excessive drinking.
When we take care of our health it only improves our physical well-being but also boosts our mental wellbeing and emotional health.
But how do we know we’re in the best possible health? One of the best things to do to really take charge of your health and make sure you don’t have any underlying or hidden issues that need looking into is to give yourself a health MOT.
What this means is checking in with your body, looking for any unexplained changes, and noting any areas of concern that might be worth following up with a healthcare professional.
If this isn’t something you’ve done before you might not really have a clue where to start with giving yourself an MOT, but don’t worry, the experts at Day Lewis Pharmacy have put together a really handy guide on how to do it.
Their Head to Toe health MOT guide walks you through all the questions to ask yourself as you examine your body from top to bottom. So starting at your head you look at things like your hair and scalp, asking yourself if you’ve noticed any excessive hair loss or if your scalp is drier and itchier than normal.
Then you simple work your way down your body, checking for different body parts and asking yourself questions like:
“Does my vision sometimes go blurry?”
“Have I had a cough for longer than three weeks?”
“Have I lost weight recently without trying?”
“Do I have shooting pains in my legs?”
As you go through the process make a note of anything you find, so that if and when you talk to a doctor about it you have a record of when you first noticed pain or changes.
The key thing with a health MOT like this is that it’s not something you do once and then never bother with again. You need to keep doing them regularly, just like you do with your car. This way you can pick up on any potential issues and get them looked at quickly which is always the best option with any health issues, especially those that do need some kind of treatment.
It’s also really helpful to keep a little record of your findings each time so that you can get to know what your ‘normal’ is so that you can notice changes more easily.
So don’t put it off any longer; open up the guide from Day Lewis Pharmacy and give yourself a head to toe health MOT today and start taking complete control of your health and wellbeing.
Disclosure: this is a collaborative post