Health advice: how to prevent DVT

Published: 7:00AM GMT 01 March 2010

Health advice: how to forestall DVT Photo: YOCO

Q I am disturbed about building deep-vein thrombosis, and wish to know if I can forestall it. As a transport bard I take lots of flights and prolonged drives. I was additionally in sanatorium last year for a month after an operation. I am a couple of mill overweight and find it tough to have time for exercise

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THE GP Giuseppina Del Bianco

There are mixed risk factors for deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). Smoking, plumpness and a sedentary lifestyle all enlarge the odds of problems, as do pregnancy, hormone-replacement care and the tablet . Get your doctors recommendation if any of these factors request to you. Remember to move your legs, splash copiousness of H2O and equivocate ethanol when flying. Wearing await stockings on flights competence assistance a little, too

THE NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST Melanie Brown

First, lose weight: revoke apportionment sizes; have fish, skinless duck and semi-skimmed milk; anathema margarine and unfeeling oils (hydrogenated in particular); review labels. A addition called Pycnogenol can assistance with flying-related DVTs (200mg dual hours prior to flying, 200mg 6 hours after and 100mg the day after). I additionally suggest a each day fish-oil supplement. Finally, begin moving! Buy a pedometer and set yourself picturesque goals

THE YOGA AND PILATES EXPERT Angie Newson

The most appropriate approach to forestall DVT is to move around as most as possible. When pushing prolonged distances, stop mostly and travel about to urge red blood circulation, afterwards do elementary knee rises and low kicks twenty or so of each.

When flying, travel around the cabin each hour or so and find a little space to widen the hamstrings. By eating dishes solemnly and mindfully, you will turn some-more wakeful of when you are essentially full

Always deliberate a healing practitioner if your symptoms persist. Send your health questions, for announcement only, to stellahealth@telegraph.co.uk Contact Melanie Brown on 07968 369076. Pieter Kruger is at LPP Consulting (020 3219 3080). Angie Newson is at exploreyogapilates.com .