Category: Dealing with Illness and Discomfort
Yoga Poses & Blissful Retreats for Travelers
Yoga poses…We all have our favorites. The ones I like the best I learned from Anne Marie Welsh at the Community Center in my hometown – La Jolla, California. In addition to being a great teacher, Anne Marie is also an inveterate traveler, so she knows the best yoga poses for people – like you and […]
Use ZocDoc to Find a Doctor in ……
What happens when – in spite of all your good health habits – you get sick while traveling? How do you find a doctor in San Diego, New York, Boston or another U.S. city? You can ask your hotel concierge for a recommendation, but have they vetted this person or just gone to the Yellow […]
Inflight Comfort – Air Travel Tips
Inflight comfort When I’m flying, I pick my seat with all the consideration I’d give to buying a new house, and I suggest you do the same. It will be your home while you’re on board and can make or break your level of inflight comfort. Look at the seating chart on the airline’s […]
Take the pain out of travel
Take the pain out of travel by doing yoga stretches and breathwork. Traveling is great, but sitting while driving and flying can be a real pain. Literally! If you’re a frequent business traveler, this can have a negative impact on your ability to do your job. If you have a long commute, sitting can do […]
Getting Home If Sick or Injured on Vacation
MedjetAssist specializes in getting travelers home safely if they are injured or become seriously ill on vacation. It’s every traveler’s worst nightmare: you’re having a great time on your vacation, then – boom – a fall or a fever sends you to a local hospital. After initial treatment, the big question is: “Now how do […]
Oh my aching bones…
So we’re traveling in Africa and my husband bangs up his knee and his shin. “Oh my aching bones…” he wails. “Here goes our trip,” I thought to myself. “There’s no way we can continue with one of us limping and moaning.” Enter ARNICA the hero. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a fellow […]
Mal de Mer and More
For years I have used Sea-Bands to prevent motion sickness – and they really worked. All I did was slip on the stretchy wristbands and make sure the white plastic button on the inside of the bands was positioned to push on the Nei-Kuan acupressure points on the inside of my wrists. Voilà! No more leaning […]
Travel Diarrhea – Let’s Talk About the Trots
Travel diarrhea – Whether you call it Montezuma’s Revenge, Delhi Belly, or the Aztec Two-Step, you know what I mean. One minute you are enjoying your vacation and the next you feel like you’re in the ugliest stages of colonoscopy prep. Travel darrhea is most likely to strike a) in developing countries and b) at […]
Simply Gargle Sore Throat Remedy
I’m really not into “lifting” things from restaurants, but more than once – when struck with a sore throat on the road – I’ve had to “borrow” a salt shaker from a dining table. Nothing soothes that my-tonsils-are-on-fire feeling like a little NACL gargle. Now some ingenious folks have come up with single-dose plastic pouches […]
