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Keep fit with Dr Chris Steele
At Thomas Cook we want to help you enjoy your journey so that you arrive at your holiday destination in the best of health,prepared to enjoy those endless hours of sun-soaked self-indulgence!
Dr Chris Steele from ITV's popular This Morning programme gives you his tips to ensure a healthy, happy journey.These exercises are exactly what he and his family do whenever they fly
Exercises to improve your well-being whilst on board
Sitting on board an aircraft can be both mentally and physically boring. Unless of course you are watching TCTV! Muscles and joints that become physically bored will feel tired, stiff and even ache due to inactivity. Sitting still for hours also inhibits your circulation, and when the circulation of blood through your arteries and veins slows down, muscles feel weaker and tired. Often fluid can collect around the ankles and feet, causing them to swell - a common problem in long-haul flight travellers.
Sitting still for long periods of time, be it on an airline flight or even a train journey, could also increase your risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis. DVT is a clot of blood (a thrombosis) in the veins situated deep inside the calf muscles of the lower leg, or those veins deep inside the muscles of the thighs. If this blood clot becomes dislodged and travels into the lungs, it could produce a lifethreatening event. To reassure you, this condition is rare, but we want to ensure that you know exactly the exercises that will drastically reduce your risk of this problem.
So, to promote your in-flight well-being and to ensure that you arrive at your destination feeling fresh, lively and raring to go, we have devised a sequence of simple exercises that can be performed whilst sitting in your seat.
The first exercises are designed to keep you active while sitting, starting with the head and neck and systematically moving down the body, finishing with specific anti-DVT exercises which focus purely on the feet.
