So i've heard you've got a sore arm after your vaccine? And you're probably thinking how long
is this sore arm gonna last? Well you found the right video because at the end of this video
i'm gonna teach you how to treat a sore arm after a vaccine? and in particular the COVID vaccine?
okay so one in ten people who've had the vaccine get a sore arm including myself i had a really
sore arm after every vaccine that i get i usually have it for a couple of days i end up waking up
because of the pain when i end up turning on my side and the pain is sore and it's terrible so
you're probably thinking how do you get rid of the sore arm? well we're going to go through all
of that in this week's video i'm going to teach you how to treat and get rid of a sore arm after
a vaccine and in particular the covered vaccine i'm going to talk about that a little bit as well
so let's begin with why do you get a sore arm we need to understand the science behind it before
we can treat it so why do we get one well it's pretty simple you get an injection it's a foreign
object inside your body it damages the muscle the muscle is damaged and then it sends signals
and your body then causes inflammation to the area and it sends white blood cells and different cells
to help to treat the area and that's generally what's causing the sore arm that we all get
and this is actually a really intelligent thing that our bodies do because it helps protect us
from foreign objects that are coming in so if we get damaged as well if we get cut or whatever
it's always doing that to protect us so it's so intelligent everybody that is sending the white
blood cells there to cause protection for all of us and we know that inflammation is happening
in the area because generally speaking the area goes red it's painful it's sore to touch so all
of these are signs of inflammation it's actually a really good sign because it's showing that your
body is working and your immune system is working as well this doesn't mean that people that don't
get sore arms it doesn't your immune system isn't working they're just generally reacting to it
differently okay now the good news is that if you do get a swore arm it's likely to last no longer
than a few days however the reason you probably watching this video is because you might have had
it before and you know about the sore arm pain and you want to do something about it and therefore
you have found the perfect video for it because now that we spoke about a little bit of science
and what happens we're now going to talk about things that you can do to help stop that sore arm
pain and you can carry on using your arm normally and flinging it about up and down that was a real
fling that wasn't think about up and down without any pain so let's begin so let's begin with tip
number one this is probably one of the best things you can do after you've been vaccinated and that's
keeping your arm moving what happens when we get vaccinated a lot of people get vaccinated i always
go for left arm i don't know maybe some right arm but i always go for a left arm and then you don't
end up moving your hand for a bit you're on for a bit and it's staying stationary but what you
need to do is you need to move your arm more to get the blood circulating in the area and there
are a few exercises that you can do as well that are going to help with it as well and i'm going
to explain one of the exercises now for you but there are a few more as well which i will leave
in the description below if you want to learn more about them so my favorite exercise once
i've had a vaccination is the overhead press it is super simple to do imagine a weightlifter
lifting their weight up for both arms okay but let's say i've got it in my left arm the vaccine
i'm just gonna do an overhead press and lift my arm so my arm's gonna be here next to my shoulder
and i'm just gonna raise it i'm gonna raise it you know 10 20 times and you can do this throughout
the day as much as you want really until the sore arm pain goes away so it's as simple as that
you can also do arm raises as well that helps or side lateral raises as well you don't need
to use a weight or anything like that but it's all about getting the blood flowing in the region and
remember the blood has got the white blood cells in there but it also has things that reduce the
inflammation as well so the more blood we get flowing there the better it is because blood is
needed for healing okay so moving on to tip number two it's all about a cold compress these are
great to do at reducing the inflammation we now know exactly why the inflammation happens
so if we can put a cold compress on the area it's gonna help to reduce the inflammation reduce that
swelling reduce that redness and the best thing is they are super inexpensive to do and you don't
need to buy anything so all you need to do go to your freezer get a pack of frozen vegetables
anything frozen wrap it in a tea towel make sure you're not placing it directly on the skin by the
way without a tea towel around it because you can get frostbite and burns like that due to the cold
so wrap it in the tea towel and place it on the area leave it on there for five ten fifteen
minutes however you know you feel comfortable with and then pop it back in the freezer like
it's all going to melt and you can repeat that multiple times throughout the day this can be a
really helpful tip to help to reduce that sore arm pain after a vaccine so give it a go so tip one
exercise tip two cold compress now moving on to tip number three this really depends how bad the
pain is for you but you can always use analgesics so for example paracetamol or ibuprofen obviously
speak to your pharmacist first just to make sure that you're safe and suitable to use that
medication and also always read the information leaflet that comes with a medication again to
make sure that you're safe and suitable to use the medication because your health is the most
important thing i'm moving on to tip number four which is the final tip and it's all about knowing
when to seek medical advice so first of all if after you've been vaccinated you're starting to
notice a red rash that's starting to spread you need to seek medical advice quite urgently also
please remember if after the vaccine the sore arm the pain hasn't reduced after 24 hours and it's
pretty much the same or if not worse speak to a healthcare professional also remember as well that
if the pain is so bad that you can barely even touch the area if you just brush it it's hurting
again you need to speed to someone and lastly remember if it's been a week and you've still
got some pain there it's still saw again speak to a healthcare professional now generally speaking
the code vaccines are very safe and have a very good safety profile and if you think about it
so many millions of people around the world have been vaccinated now so we would see the full side
effect profile coming out now and it's very very safe so please let that mind however i did think
it would be important just to speak about a few side effects to make you aware of obviously when
you get the code vaccine it's very very normal to feel a bit under the weather for a couple of days
and like mild cold type symptoms are very normal with the code vaccine in fact any vaccination
in general actually will cause these sore side effects that's normal and that's all because
your immune system is kicking in and it's helping you and it's reacting to the vaccine and building
up that immunity so it's very very normal now what i will do as well is in the description
below i will leave more information and links about each different covered vaccination and
the general side effect profiles for you to look out for and just generally loads more information
on them i do have videos on the different covered vaccines as well all about how they work
their side effects everything you basically need to know so if you haven't seen that already i
will leave links to up here and in the description below it'll be a playlist here and they'll all be
available there for you to click on so i really do hope that you found this information helpful
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i always say sending your awesome vibes and i will see you next week okay okay okay okay okay
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so okay okay so that's better okay okay okay um and now what i will now
now now these are sort of things that i need you to be aware of and i can't remember the last
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