It’s frightening to know that you could get a blood clot in your leg, called deep vein thrombosis when you’re recovering from surgery or stuck in a car or airplane for hours. Well, here’s something that will make you feel more in control: If you spend a few minutes on movement and prevention exercises, you may be able to avert dangerous clots.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) develops when your blood pools during inactivity and thickens into a clot. It’s more likely to happen in the lower part of your body, but it can also happen in your arm or other areas. If the clot begins to travel, it could make its way to your lungs and lead to pulmonary embolism, in which the clot blocks the flow of blood. If that happens, your lungs could be seriously damaged, and it could even lead to.
One way to avoid DVT is through movement, said Eric Robertson, PT, DPT, a physical therapist, assistant professor of physical therapy at Regis University in Denver, and a spokesman for the American Physical Therapy Association.
Once you have a clot, you need an anti-coagulant or another medication to treat blood clots. Check with your doctor before you do any of these movements to make sure they’re safe for you.
You can I reduce the chance of blood clot by exercising your
legs from time to time. Move them up and down, back and forth. Bend your knees.
Stand up and sit down. Every hour or two get up and walk around.
The seat is partly to blame. It presses against the veins in
the leg, restricting blood flow. Inactivity also plays a role. It decelerates
the movement of blood through veins.
You should stand up and sit down every hour or two and sometimes get up and walk around the plane in order to stream your blood around your body and avoid blood clots.
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