Friday, August 12, 2011
Summer holiday motion sickness
Are you one of the estimated 20 million people in the UK who suffer from motion sickness?
If the answer is yes and you’re dreading the journey you have to take to reach your holiday destination, then fear not.
Firstly, if you’re the driver, you’re unlikely to be affected by motion sickness anyway. Because you’ll be focused on the road, you just won’t have the chance to feel sick.
However, if you are a passenger, there are still ways of counteracting travel sickness.
The first is simply not thinking about it and distracting yourself with music, or a safe in-car game like eye-spy.
If this doesn’t work, sitting at the front of the car and pretending that you’re driving could help. A car journey can sometimes be less bumpy at the front, and having a large window to look out of can help your body feel more stable.
Still feeling queasy? Well close your eyes. This can help because you only feel motion sickness when what your eyes are seeing and what your inner ear is telling your brain don’t match up. Close your eyes and this should eliminate the cause of motion sickness.
If you still don’t feel well you could always open a window for some fresh air, take a break from journeying and sit on some solid ground or have a walk about to get your inner ear and eyes back in order, or use some motion sickness drugs to prevent the symptoms.
We hope this all helps and that you enjoy your holiday, wherever it may be, and if you don’t have a holiday planned you can always use these methods in day to day travel to make any trip more pleasant.
Photo © Darkstream via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car, driver, holiday, journey, motion sickness, passenger, road, travel sickness
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posted by Fuse @ 4:53 AM 
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