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Several weeks before your trip, take a twenty minute walk, at least three times a week, wearing the shoes you will wear on your trip.

Do some stretching exercises to relax the muscles in your neck, shoulders, back, trunk, arms, and legs before you climb into a car or board a plane or train.

    * Turn your head slowly as far to the left as is comfortable. Then turn your head to the right. Repeat 3 times.
    * Shrug your shoulders. Make circles with one shoulder, then the other. Touch your shoulder blades together and relax. Repeat 3 times.
    * When sitting, keep your knees as high as your hips. Place a pillow behind your lower back for support. Also, pump each foot several times, as if working a car accelerator, to bring back circulation to feet and ankles.
    * When traveling by car, wear your seatbelt and keep the headrest lowered to a position that is in the center of the back of your head. In a plane or train, recline the seat to change your position.
    * Exercise, stretch, or walk every hour in the plane, train, or bus aisle. When driving, pull over every hour and get out, stretch, and walk around the car.

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