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Any tips on long haul flights overseas for people with bad lower backs?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Back Problems: As the flight allows, stand up, stretch or walk in the Aisles. Many of my patients with bad backs - receive auricular acupuncture with small indwelling needles (that remain in for 1 to 7 days) the day before the flight. The ASP needles can really help.

Answered 4/7/2018

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