Combatting fatigue! By Danny Clarke
O
ccupational Health services
could be a very real and detrimental
are in demand with the
element of our working and personal
pandemic demonstrating how
lives.
useful the speciality is to all organisations, reports the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Trying to keep up can lead to a feeling that we are struggling to catch up or keep on top of everything, especially as
So, how exactly can we combat it, especially when those social demands may be increasing as Christmas draws nearer?
Firstly, what is fatigue?
our one whole self includes both home
Fatigue is described as a feeling of
and work. Trying to keep the balance of
constant tiredness or weakness, which
family, deadlines, health, socialising,
can be physical, mental, or a
daily tasks, and the demands of work
combination of both and is not relieved
can be tricky sometimes, especially in
by sleep.
today’s world that never seems to be fully ‘off’. If we aren’t careful, fatigue 26
OH TODAY
Winter 2021
Physical tiredness and mental fatigue