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Reviewed By: Varnada Karriem-Norwood,

SOURCES: Shavon Denard, Physical Therapist, R.L. Brown Jr. Medical Center, Atlanta, GA.

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Narrator:

With bags in a row and strollers in tow and play-packs and car seats and straining…with a lift and a tug and sometimes a tussle…oh boy, I think I pulled a muscle!

Woman Traveler:

My goodness now I've got to lift, but it takes all your body strength to lift it up and that's too much…that's way, way too much.

Narrator:

Whether you're traveling by car or navigating baggage claim at the airport, careless lifting of over-stuffed bags could turn your 'ho ho ho' into an 'oh, oh, oh'.

Airport Travelers:

Welcome To Hartfield/Jackson/Atlanta international Airport…

Narrator:

At the nation's largest medical facility inside an airport, Atlanta's R. L Brown Medical Center is thriving to make airline travel a healthier experience. From massage rooms to physical therapy they're set to make your ride a little less bumpy…but there's plenty you can do on your own.

Shavon Denard, Physical Therapist:

For lifting correctly, you want to get down low to the object, bring it in close to your body, lift with your legs not your back, take a pivot-step and transfer the object to the surface that you want to transfer to.

Narrator:

And what about those overhead bins inside the airplane?

Shavon Denard, Physical Therapist:

Get down low to the bag, bring it close to your body, lift with your legs not your back. Bring it to waist-height first, take pivot-steps towards the surface you want to transfer to, bring it to neck-height, to head-height, take a step forward and transfer to the surface.