Healthy Spring Cleaning Tips

Proper cleaning, maintenance, and replacement of regularly used items can reduce inflammation, irritation, infection, and potential pain related to dust, skin cell build up, mites, fungus, bacteria, and normal wear and tear and compression. 

Did you know that you should change your…

  • Pillow every year

  • Toothbrush every 3 months (bamboo toothbrushes are a great way to replace in an environmentally friendly way)

  • Mattress every 7 years

  • Makeup brushes every year 

  • Razor blades every 5 shaves

  • Hair brush every year (they sell bamboo hair brushes too)

  • Shoes every 9 months (6 if you're a runner)

And to keep up on the maintenance, you should wash your …

  • Pillow every 3 months

  • Sheets every week

  • Comforter every 3 months

  • Makeup brushes every week

  • Hair brushes every month

  • Water bottle daily (reusable metal water bottles reduce possible BPA exposure)

  • Coffee pot every 3 months

Keep healthy and comfortable and try to be environmentally conscious when you can. 

About Two Roads Wellness Clinic

At Two Roads Wellness Clinic, we want to help you find the path that makes a difference in your life. We’re an integrative health clinic offering a vast array of services including, mental health treatments such as EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), expressive arts therapy, family therapy, medication management, primary care, integrative nutritional support including genetic nutritional counseling, life coaching, massage therapy, physical therapy, infrared sauna services, community education and outreach, and more.

The Two Roads Wellness Clinic team of therapists, medical and nutrition staff, massage therapists, life coaches, physical therapists, and emotional support animals are ready to help you find an integrated approach to your wellness. To schedule an appointment, visit our contact page, to get started at one of our convenient locations in Champaign, Danville, or Mahomet.

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