Staying Healthy during Your Trip |
Exercise on a plane can be useful and amusing!
Let's enjoy yourself and entertain your fellow passengers to combat poor circulation, swelling, sore joints and lethargy on cramped flights by doing a short exercise routine. It will help relieve your stress and stimulate your blood circulation. |
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Exercise and repeat each step for 10 times: |
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Squeeze a tennis ball, a racquetball or even a pair of socks with your hands until they're tired. |
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Keep a ball between your feet tightly and raise your legs up and down by using your calf muscles. |
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Plant your heels firmly and raise your toes as high as possible. Hold for five seconds, and relax. |
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Place your hands on your armrests and raise your knees slowly (together is harder than one at a time) toward your chin. Lower them slowly. |
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Cross your legs. Rotate your dangling feet in a circle as wide as possible. |
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Stretch your neck by keeping your chin close to your throat and tilting your head forward. Roll your head from one shoulder to the other, but avoid rotating it backward. |
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Flex your trapezius muscles by doing shoulder hunched. Lower your shoulders, and then raise them up toward your ears into a shrug. Hold in for five seconds, and relax. |
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Arch your torso gently backward and forward like a cat. |
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Flex your gluteus muscles and hold for as long as possible. Squeezing your rear like this may occasion strange glances, but these muscles are the biggest in the human body and need to be exercised, too. |
| Tip: When aisles are relatively empty and the seatbelt sign is off, walk around and stretch. |
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Avoid Injuries |
| Car crashes are the leading cause of injury among travelers. Protect yourself from these injuries by |
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Not drink and drive |
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Fasten your seat belt and use car seats or booster seats in the backseat for children |
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Follow local traffic laws |
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Wear helmet when riding bike or motorcycle |
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Avoid overloaded buses or mini-buses |
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Hire a local driver when possible |
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Avoid driving at night |
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Emergency Contacts |
Ambulance Service call |
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Emergency Call |
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Phone Directory Service |
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Overseas Phone Service |
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Tourism Authority of Thailand |
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0 7621 2213, 0 7621 1036, 0 7621 7138 |
Thai Airways Office |
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0 7621 1195, 0 7621 2499 |
Phuket Airport |
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0 7632 7230-7 |
Phuket Bus Terminal |
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0 7621 1480 |
Fire Brigade |
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Tourist Police |
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Phuket Provincial Police |
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0 7621 2046, 0 7621 2115 |
Marine Police |
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0 7621 1883 |
Phuket Immigration |
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0 7621 2108 |
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