Care recipient’s cr legs swell and are sometimes painful when hetravels on long car or airline flights

Try: If getting up out of the seat is not possible or permitted try doing some exercises in the seat to increase blood circulation perform the exercise for 15 seconds once an hour toe reach slowly bend forward and extend arms down towards toes and then gently sit back up

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical

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References: reducing your risk of deep vein thrombosis during airline travel 2001 available at www health harvard edu

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*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

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