Just returned from a summer adventure? Travel can leave you with great memories and stories to share, but it can also throw off your sleep schedule, meal timing, and daily routines. Here are a few travel wellness tips to help you feel like yourself again after returning from a trip.
Re-Establish Your Routine
Getting back to your regularly scheduled activities as soon as possible after travel can help your body reset more quickly. Ease back into your regular routine by returning to consistent sleep and wake times, eating balanced meals, and resuming your usual exercise and movement routine. Doing so can help your body readjust after time away from home.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate!
Air travel and time in the sun may be part of the fun but can contribute to dehydration and leave you tired or sluggish. To help counter this, sip water throughout the day. Electrolyte-rich beverages may also be helpful if you’ve been especially active or spent time in hot weather. Staying hydrated doesn’t always mean drinking more water. Water-rich foods like watermelon, cucumber, and oranges can also help support your fluid intake.
Get Moving Again
Sitting for extended periods during travel can leave muscles feeling stiff and sore. Whether you were hauling luggage or exploring a new city on foot, your body may feel it after you return home. To help ease travel aches and pains, take a walk around your neighborhood or stretch the major muscle groups including your back, hips, neck, and legs. Gentle yoga or mobility exercises can also help loosen tight muscles.
Boiron’s Jet Lag Relief Multi-Pack can help relieve stiffness associated with travel.* The slightly sweet pellets include Arnica montana and are convenient to take without water while traveling.
Cocculus Indicus 30C Multi-Pack
Ease Travel-Related Nausea
Motion sickness, nausea, and disrupted eating patterns can sometimes linger after a trip. Do your best to return to a regular eating schedule, but if stomach upset persists, stick with smaller, lighter meals until it settles. Avoid overly rich or greasy foods when you are already feeling queasy. Fresh air and gentle movement may also help you feel better. The Boiron Jet Lag Relief Multi-Pack can also help with nausea after travel. It contains Cocculus indicus which relieves nausea associated with jet lag.* Boiron Targeted Relief Medicines are non-drowsy and non-habit forming, so you can continue with your day after taking the medicine.
Prioritize Rest
Travel can be physically and mentally demanding. To help yourself feel refreshed and ready to get back to your everyday life, give your body time to recover before jumping back into an overly packed schedule. Take short breaks throughout the day if you feel drained. Aim for quality sleep to help your body recharge. If jet lag is contributing to travel fatigue, the Boiron Jet Lag Relief Multi-Pack also includes Nux vomica, which is indicated for drowsiness and digestive problems associated with travel.* These Targeted Relief Medicines have no known drug interactions and won’t mask symptoms of a more serious condition.
Returning home is part of the travel experience, too. By easing back into your routine and giving your body a little extra care, you can feel more comfortable, recharged, and ready to enjoy being home before planning what comes next. Want more travel-related tips? Check out these Boiron Wellness Tips!
*Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence. Not FDA evaluated.
