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.
Narrator: So take a tip from a seasoned traveler:
Woman Traveler: This year we're traveling with less…traveling wiser (laughs)…cause we're getting older for one thing (laughs)
Narrator: Have a safe trip…for WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.
