If you deal with joint pain

 I've found what helps me, I work 3 really hard and grueling 12 hour shifts on every weekend. I have had a right shoulder injury and have a bad left knee. I have been to physical therapy for my knee and still need to go for my shoulder. I have started working out at the gym and have been having pain problems since I was young and here is my advice from dealing with it for over 15 years.

Heat- on rough nights, I make a really hot bath with Epsom salts, these are a lifesaver. Also can do Ice baths as well if you do more really hard work on your muscles.

Diet/drinks- I have cut soda out of my diet completely, it was making me bloated and giving me stomach problems. I have tried getting more fiber and protein in my food and that has definitely been helping.

Stretching/exercises- I do regular once a week gym days where I just do a full-body light workout, usually arms and legs focused. Please tell that man to do dynamic stretches and find out what muscles actually hurt and how to stretch them out so he can feel relief. My physical therapy taught me that your hips have a lot to do with pain in your knees and back. Hip stretches have really helped my knees. And my sciatica flare ups. 

Kt/sport tape/braces-  your joints need some help holding up sometimes so braces really help for if you just have some joints that need support. Also I have been taping with kt tape on my knees and shoulders and that has definitely helped me out when im working 12 hours. 

Pills/vitamins- a lot of people dont take a multi vitamin when they should, pick some up from the store, and a big one that helps with muscles and joints is turmeric, magnesium and potassium. Vitamin B is good for energy and brain support as well. And honestly sometimes I need to force my husband to take ibuprofen and Tylenol because he thinks he can just tough it out. 

Dr visit- sometimes you just have to go to tge dr and have them tell you if something is wrong so that way you know how to fix it. Just like with a car. 

Similar Vibes Books

 I have come across some books that just give off the exact same energy, when reading them I get glimpses of the other. This is definitely the case when it comes to If it makes you happy by Julie Olivia And People Watching by Hannah Bonam Young. These two romance novels are so similar in feel,vibes, and tropes that I cant really separate them from each other in my m8nd when I think about them, even worse is the fact that I tandem read both of them. 

Hannah Bonam-Young is an auto buy author for me and this is my first time dipping my toe into Julie Olivia's work. I must say both authors write such beautiful and heartwrenching stories. Both MMC's were hot and kind and went above and beyond for their woman. Both FMC's were prickly but proud and strong. Cliff and Milo give off the similar vibes but Cliff gives more Daddy vibes thanks to his two children who basically get adopted by Michelle. Both woman dress very similar and both men try to make their woman smile and laugh at their antics. 

The gut wrenching part of People watching was knowing that Prudences mom was going to get worse and forget her more and more. And the sad mom part in IIMYH is the fact that her mother never really got to apologize fully for not being there for her like she was with her sister. Both woman in the end choose their life right where they are, which these are romance novels so of course they always end up with a HEA, which I am not complaining one bit. Both of these books made me cry. Like sob uncontrollably in my bed at 2am because I just had to finish them. The writing, the plot, the characters? All great. You can really feel the love in both of these books and it was a pleasure to read them.