Ageing with attitude: Keep moving to limit risk of blood clots

People are aware of clot risks from long-haul flights, but Margaret Jennings stresses that the chances of developing one in daily life are still significant 

YOU’RE on that long-haul flight, totally absorbed in your entertainment system and before you know it, you have landed at your destination. But how often have you got up to move around — apart from going to the loo?

The need to flex our limbs while 35,000ft above the Earth’s surface is a relatively familiar scenario we associate with keeping the risk of getting a clot at bay. Even at that, though, how many of us put that advice into practice? And did you know that even with our feet firmly on the ground, we can be at risk of getting different types of clots?