STAY HEALTHY ON YOUR TRAVELS
JOINT EFFORTS
By the time you are done with a trans-continental flight, your shoulders have frozen, your joints are locked and you are ready to be carried out in a bundle. To avoid shoulder stiffness and discomfort of the upper body on a long flight, try these exercises.
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Position: Sit at your desk, and keep feet at a comfortable distance apart.
What to do; Exercise 1
• Place hands on your thighs, inhale and slowly raise the shoulders up towards the ears.
• Hold for 10-20 seconds.
• Exhale forcefully through the nostrils as you release and drop the shoulders down.
• Repeat five times.
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How it helps
• Exercises the ball and socket joint so that movement of the arms is possible in all directions.
• Keeps the muscles around the shoulders strong and flexible to avoid a ‘frozen shoulder’.
NOTE: Those with a ‘frozen shoulder’ should not overstretch the shoulder muscles.
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