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The Important Benefits Of Stretching During Air Travel

Most of us are aware of the importance and need to get up and so some …

Stretching During Air Travel

particularly during those long haul flights. Stretching helps in preventing blood clots, which can be very serious and in some cases, life threatening.

But did you know there are other factors to consider as well and particularly when seated in a cramped airline seat for too long

Below, are just a few other important reasons for you to get out of that seat and🧍stretch, especially if your flight is longer than two hours in duration.

Besides blood circulation restriction, stretching will help relieve muscle fatigue and cramping.

By holding one position for an extended period of time, causes your muscles to be in a continuous state of contraction. Shortening in this case, which restricts blood flow and circulation to those muscles.

This, along with decreased energy, resulting in deprived oxygen at the same time. If we allow this to continue for extended periods of time, many people begin to experience; ‘muscle cramping’ or ‘muscle spasms,’ which can be very painful and annoying.

Not good for our total overall well-being!

Get Up And Start Moving Periodically

Taking a few moments to get up out of your airplane seat and take a walk up and down the cabin aisle, or even a short restroom break, will help stretch those constricted and fatigued muscles.

You will also improve blood flow and circulation, throughout the entire body. Moving around will also flush out lactic acid, {sugars used for energy in the body,} when oxygen is unavailable. By moving about, we restore needed oxygen to our deprived muscles, which is a very good thing!

For those that should experience muscle cramping, getting up and walking around, is the best way to relieve those painful symptoms.

Stretching During Air Travel Also Prevents Injury

Not only will movement help prevent these harmful symptoms, but stretching also helps prevent injury, which is often caused by prolonged sitting in one position for extended periods of time. Short constricted muscles and particularly weak muscles, are at high risk for injury.

So you need to regularly stretch throughout that long haul flight.

I am sure we have all experienced; muscle soreness, tightness and even minor pulled muscles after sitting in one position for too long. So get up, stretch, walk or even stand for a short while during your flight!

One last thing experts suggest, is to also think about your breathing occasionally while in flight.

A deep, slow breath in, followed by a relaxed exhale, sends a relaxation message from the brain to your muscles, helping to reduce muscle tension.

Set A Timer To Remind You To Get Up And Stretch

On one of our long haul flights from …

 Vancouver, British Columbia
to Sydney, Australia, which was well over eleven hours, I couldn’t help but notice, that very few people actually got up out of their seats during the flight.

If they did, it was merely to use the restroom, and then straight back to their seats.

For me and especially when taking a longer flight, I always choose an isle seat for a number of reasons. First and foremost, is that I can easily get up out of my seat at any time during the flight. Even if it’s just to stand by my seat for a few moments to stretch. I also enjoy the isle for the extra space and not having that cramped in feeling.

Most everyone these days, has a; ⌚ watch, cell phone, laptop or other device, where they can easily set a ⏰ timer for themselves. This is great idea, especially for those of you who do have difficulty getting out of that seat,
on those long flights.

Try to get up and stretch every couple of hours if possible, and take a stroll down the isle. I usually stop and ask the flight attendants for a fresh glass of water while I’m at it.
 

Update

It is important to get up and stretch during long flights, but always be sure to fasten and keep your seatbelt on at all times when seated.

With the recent incidents of passengers becoming injured, as a result of severe air turbulence, it is doubly important to keep your belt fastened when seated at all times.

Safe and Healthy Travels!

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