Travel Without Injury

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!

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.

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'.

Welcome To Hartfield/Jackson/Atlanta international Airport…

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.

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.

And what about those overhead bins inside the airplane?

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.

So take a tip from a seasoned traveler:

This year we're traveling with less…traveling wiser (laughs)…cause we're getting older for one thing (laughs)

Have a safe trip…for WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.