Stay away from soreness! 4 Stretching Exercises to Prevent Airplane Sickness

When you travel overseas or take a long flight, do you take measures to prevent swelling and stiff shoulders and necks? It would be fine if it's just swelling or soreness, but if it's serious, it may cause the terrible economy class syndrome. In order to avoid it, please remember to do stretching exercises. As a personal trainer, I will tell you the stretching exercises you must do before taking a flight.

What is Airplane Sickness?

Airline sickness syndrome is an acute pulmonary thromboembolism caused by sudden blockage of blood vessels in the lungs. When maintaining the same posture for a long time leads to poor blood circulation, blood clots in the veins flow into the lungs and cause blockage. This can happen not only when flying, but also when sitting in a chair for a long time or driving for a long time.

Exercises to do before boarding

In order to avoid poor blood circulation during the flight, moderate exercise is important. This time we will tell you about the exercises you must do before boarding.

Exercise 1: Stretching

Sit on a chair and stretch your hands up to the ceiling. Then clasp your hands behind your back and bring them close to your shoulder bones. Then stretch one hand to the side and bend your body to the side. Please repeat a series of stretches while breathing deeply, and maintain each movement for 15 seconds.

Exercise 2/Shoulder Exercise

Stretch one wrist out in front of the other hand and hold for 15 seconds. With the shoulder immobilized, stretch the triceps (the muscles covering the shoulder joint), then place your hands near the collarbone and rotate your shoulder in slow, large movements.

Exercise 3／Cervical spine exercise

Flex your neck forward and dorsiflex it. First, support your head with both hands to contract the muscles behind the cervical spine for about 15 seconds. Then place your hands on the temple on the other side and flex them sideways to contract the muscles, also maintaining this for 15 seconds.

Exercise 4/Lower Body Exercise

Sit up straight, hold one knee with both hands to stretch the hip muscles, then put one foot on the other knee like a cross-legged position, straighten your back and bend forward, hold for 15 seconds each.

The above are exercises that can be performed before boarding a plane, but if you take a long flight, the effect of the exercise will gradually decrease. Therefore, it is best to exercise regularly during the flight. Please be sure to refer to this if you have travel plans in the future.

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