Aches and pains of a cookie decorator

  Aches and pains of a cookie decorator

When you see a lovingly hand decorated cookie you might not think about what is behind the making of that precious piece of edible art.

I am sure that a lot of hours of labor have been put into making them, and I think most of us don't think about that. We often just think about how pretty and delicious they look.  

Being a cookie decorator is not as glamorous as it seems, we have a lot of aches and pains especially if you have been decorating cookies for a while. 

When I first started making cookies, I would enter into a "Cookie Mode" and would to make as many cookies as I could. Also a lot of different cookie ideas came to my mind, particularly around 3:00 am, and I couldn't wait to wake up and make the idea that kept me awake at night. So normally I started making cookies in my pajamas and barefoot in the kitchen.  

This was not a good idea, later on I started having a lot of back problems and had to stop making cookies for a while.  

I remember that on my first visit with the massage therapist, after she diagnosed me, she asked me: "where do you work?  And I answered: "I make cookies"?  She was very surprised that I had all those problems just for "making cookies". 

Fast forward to today, and I am happy to have found out how to deal with some issues that help avoid some aches and pains and I will share them with you. 

In this video you can learn more:

So having supportive shoes is VERY IMPORTANT!  

My favorite shoes: Fitflop shoes 

For insoles click here: New Balances Insoles

I also love this kind of sandals

And these are my real shoes! Sorry, but they don't look very new.

If you can not go to see the doctor, you can go to a New Balance or Fleet Feet store, they have a foot scanner and can tell you what the main problems you may have and will recommend a shoe or insert that can ease some of them.

Our hands also need a lot of care, doing some hand exercises and using a  Crafter gloves helped me a lot. 

Now I used my glasses when I am making my cookies, my eyes get less tired and I tried to make the 20-20-20 exercise as much as I could.

I like the homeopathic eye drops 

Being organized really takes a lot of the stress off my shoulders and listening to my body has helped me a lot too. When I start to feel some discomfort I pause, stretch, take a deep breath and continue doing my cookies. This has worked for me and I hope these little tips can help you to ease your aches and pains of cookie decorating.