Wellness and Safety Inflight

Wellness and Safety Inflight

Our Courses & Exercises

We’ve developed a series of gentle stretching exercises to work on one area of your body at a time. These exercises will reduce or prevent muscle stiffness and exhaustion on a long airline flight, while reducing the risk of developing DVT and other issues.

Ankle Stretches

Neck & Shoulders and Trunk

Pelvic and Hip stretches & lower extremities

Elbow Wrist and Fingers

About Wellness and Safety

Look around you on any long flight, and what do you see? People using handheld devices to pass the time, reading a book, or working on a laptop. No matter what they’re doing to make the hours go by, their shoulders are hunched, their heads are tilted forward, and many of them are using a pillow or a neck support. Poor posture and prolonged use of devices on a long flight can cause your muscles to become tight, fatigued, and overused. Over time, these tense muscles can cause pain and spasms.
To prevent these problems, many doctors advise travelers to get up and move around on a long flight – but moving around the cabin can lead to injuries in the event of turbulence, especially unpredictable Clear Air Turbulence. Not only that, but it’s hard to maintain social distancing when you’re walking around!
Wellness and Safety Inflight was created to fix these problems, by providing a series of gentle stretching exercises you can do in your seat without getting up. Prevent muscle stiffness and the risk of injury while reducing your chances of developing deep vein thrombosis. Order a course from Wellness and Safety Inflight today!

Why is Stretching Necessary?

Inflight stretching exercises can help you feel more comfortable on a long flight, while relieving your muscle stiffness and helping your blood circulation. They can also keep you from feeling bored by giving you something to do! Most importantly, they may help reduce the risk of DVT. Here are answers to some of the most common questions on the benefits of stretching exercises on a long flight.

What are the benefits of inflight stretching exercises?
Simple inflight stretching exercises can relieve the muscle tension, stiffness, and pain often experienced on a long flight. They can help to improve your flexibility, to decrease your boredom, and to improve your circulation – reducing the risk of blood clots in your legs.
Why are long flights so uncomfortable?
The discomfort of a long airplane flight is caused by several factors, including dehydration and the effects of crossing times zones, but one of the biggest causes of discomfort during a long flight is sitting down in one position for so many hours – especially if you’re sitting hunched over or with poor posture.
What symptoms can I experience on a long flight?
Your muscles can become tense and stiff, and your blood circulation may decrease. Your feet can swell up. In some cases, blood clots can form in your legs, leading to a dangerous condition known as Deep Vein Thrombosis.
What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
Deep Vein Thrombosis, or DVT, is a condition in which a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the calves or thighs. DVT doesn’t always have symptoms, but it can result in pain or swelling in the affected area. DVT can become dangerous if a blood clot travels to the lungs, because the clot can make it difficult to breathe, and in some cases, can even lead to death.
What can I do?
First, make sure you stay hydrated, as dehydration makes the blood thicker and narrows your blood vessels, increasing the risk of DVT. Second, improve your blood circulation through muscle contraction. Stretching exercises help keep your blood flowing and reduce the risk of DVT. Walking slowly around the cabin can also help, although some travelers may wish to minimize doing so in order to maintain social distancing and reduce the risk of injuries from turbulence.
What exercises should I do?
Our exercises are designed to be gentle and pain-free. However, only your doctor can tell you which exercises are right for you, and any exercise program carries some level of risk. For this reason, we recommend asking your doctor before beginning our stretching exercises.

On the courses we offer here at Wellness and Safety Inflight, our instructions are presented clearly and in a way that anyone can understand and benefit from. Our routine is designed to move you through a completely painless range of motion. When you order our booklet or videos, you should be able to perform these simple stretching exercises with no difficulty at all! Just click on the course that interests you to pick the specific exercises you want to focus on.

What Our Clients Say About Us

Inflight Exercises in Your Seat…..GREAT IDEA!!!

Rosemary Chequer

In-flight exercise in your seat would be beneficial to all airline passengers especially those who have knee problems & elderly people! I'm looking forward to this on my next flight!

Edna S. Grizzle D.D.S.

I sustained an injury to my ankle a few years ago which took two surgeries to repair my ankle. I love to travel and do so frequently. However, my orthopedic doctor recommended that while inflight, so to prevent pulmonary embolism, it’s important to keep moving. But it’s not always safe or convenient to move around inflight. So, this wellness and safety exercise video would be very helpful to me, especially during long flights. I recommend it highly, not only for injuries but in general for everyone.

Helen

I have been a Fitness Instructor for 38 years. Also, I was a flight attendant. After doing the exercises and stretches that are recommended, I feel that they would be very beneficial and would help passengers be a lot more comfortable, less stiff, keeping the blood moving, which would help decrease their chances of getting deep vein thrombosis and help them relax…..especially on long flights.

TIna Austin

I really love the idea and methodology used in your attempt to keep people healthy and increase people's circulation and energy on flights where people are traditionally immobile are not able to effectively burn the calories that they are given on board and then forced to walk long distances when they're done with the flight and this readies them for anything and everything that they can tackle when they leave the plane!

David Bienstock

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