According to statistics, about 40% of the world's population is familiar with the feeling of dizziness and nausea that occurs when traveling in a car, bus or air flight. And psychologists supplement the information from specialists in statistics: with severe kinetosis (this is what motion sickness is called in medical language), people are able to fall into the strongest neurosis at the very thought of the upcoming trip.
The choice seems to be rather poor: to sit in one place all your life, or to supplement your traveler's luggage with sedatives and waste bags. But doctors assure that if you get sick in vehicles, you can get rid of the problem in just a few weeks.
- Sickness in vehicles: exercises to help prevent the problem
- If you don't get sick for nothing: pre-trip action plan
Sickness in transport: exercises to help prevent the problem
You don't need any medication to get rid of nasty nausea and the desire to end your trip as soon as you start it. The root of the problem lies in the weak vestibular apparatus, which announces itself in such an unpleasant way.
But almost everything in our body can be trained, including the whims of the inner ear — this is where the body position analyzer in & nbsp; space is located. For people who get sick in vehicles, this analyzer doesn doesn do well the task, and corresponds the motionless body position (when you sit in car or plane) with the quickly changing picture in front of your eyes.
To bring the vestibular apparatus back to normal, experts advise ... to dance.
Fast dances are best, especially when you need to spin and make sharp turns at 90°. Such movements cause the special fluid in the inner ear to "overflow" from place to place, making the parser work. Doctors say that 1-3 weeks of training is enough (depending on your initial level of physical fitness) to teach the vestibular apparatus to work properly.
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Important. If you feel dizzy even when turning your head sharply — dancing is not for you. Start training the vestibular apparatus using a static body position.
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Exercise № 1. Stand straight, feet together, back straight, chin up. Close your eyes and start waving your arms in the same way as you do when walking. As soon as you feel that the coordination of movements is disturbed and you begin to "storm" — open your eyes and give yourself a moment to rest. Then repeat again.
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Exercise # 2. The starting position is the same. With your eyes closed, slowly "roll" head clockwise, and then — against her. In people with a weak vestibular apparatus, already at the first movement, there may be a feeling of "losing the ground under their feet". If you feel unstable — for the first few days, do the exercise with open eyes, and only when you feel that it is given to you more easily, spend part of the session with closed eyes, gradually increasing the time.
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Exercise № 3. Stand with your legs as wide apart as possible. Slowly tilt your body and head forward and down, while spreading your arms to sides (remember how an airplane was depicted in childhood). Try to lean as low as possible so that through the gap between your legs you can see what is behind you. Hold in this position for 3-5 seconds, then lower your palms to the floor and, leaning on them, "land" on knees. The last point is very important — trying to return to the starting position, but not having the necessary dexterity yet, you may fall due to dizziness.
If due to severe dizziness you can not even start exercising, start with exercise that can be done right in bed. Sit on the edge of the bed or sofa, then lie down to the right, sit again and lie down to left.
Repeat the above exercises, gradually increasing their duration, and after a week you will be able to endure travel much easier, and after a couple more weeks you will completely forget about kinetosis.
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If you don't get sick just like that: a plan of action before the trip
Sickness in transport may be the result of certain diseases and conditions (for example, during pregnancy), and in training of the vestibular apparatus will not help in this case. Therefore, a few days before the intended trip, start preparing for it:
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Make sure you get enough sleep. This is the case when the more — all the better. A rested nervous system exhibits much better adaptive abilities, and it is more "favorable" will respond to trip.
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Think about menus for all the time before trip. Don't load your stomach, but and don't keep it hungry — try to eat often, but in small portions. This will accustom the digestive system to a less intense release of digestive juices and minimize the likelihood of severe nausea during the trip.
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1-1.5 hours before the trip, have breakfast, but avoid fatty, spicy and salty foods . Ideally, this could be a small sandwich with black bread, lean meat and vegetables, or an omelet made from 1 egg. Such food will energize for a long time, but will not burden the digestive system.
- Take water with lemon juice added to bring Drinking tiny sips of acidified water will "distract attention" brain from stomach to taste buds.
And, of course, make sure to get tickets in advance for the most comfortable seats: as close to the bus driver as possible (this way you will be able to look ahead, into the windshield, and not to toward the side) and away from the zone of greatest vibration (your seat should not be located above the wheels).
We hope these tips will help you deal with motion sickness or even completely get rid of this problem.
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