Muscle fatigue

[Sljackson]

Does anyone else get muscle fatigue? I will have worked as a postie for 2 years in August, so it's not just until my body gets used to it. I was thinking that it can't just be me, but thinking if it is I should maybe go to the doctor's.

[pex]

Yes I suffered for the 1st 2 years in the job, until I started to use my own shoes generally bought from Clarks outlet shop, and also stopped carrying overweight bags on one shoulder whilst trying to balance huge bundles of mail in the other hand.
Try to minimise the weight you carry by using the trolley or split the walk if possible into smaller loops. Having a van to myself for the last year has let me plan the walk to suit me instead of having to use an overweight trolley with 2 packed bags and sometimes a third parcel bag perched on the front so I don't fall behind my van share partner .
I generally drive into a road and drop anything heavy or large of on the way down, then park and carry a light bag or often just bundles of mail.

It is always worth getting yourself looked at by a doctor if you feel it is more than normal aches and pain.

[gary1975]

Apparently van share isn’t inefficient, I guess they will find out the hard way once it is reintroduced.

[Jpro747]

Yes I think we all suffer with this. The aches and pains of the job. When you walk for 5h30 every day your gonna feel it.

[Sljackson]

Not just aches and pains, but bone weariness, whole body hurts and arms and legs feel really heavy, muscles twitching as in restless legs, but also in the arms. Found out I might have a magnesium deficiency from an internet search, I'm gonna take supplements and if not go to the docs.

[hawkeye622]

If you have any money I would pay to get your bloods tested and that will tell you what you're deficient in. Doctors (especially mine) can take far too long for something that should be very quick and simple.

[GT85]

Try having a soak in an Epsom Salts bath, very good for relaxing the aches n pains that come with this job.