Blood clots from driving and prevention?

Pycnogenol
Beet powder products
One baby aspirin a day
Walks
Lowering blood pressure
Prescription drugs

 

never think for a minute ANY job is that important, as there are other jobs if your company pushes you the wrong way

no, they do not work, they basically keep varicose veins from popping out of your legs

i am on BP meds, but even before that my doctor told me to take a "baby aspirin" 80 mg, once a day and i still do. it is a blood thinner, so if i ever have to go for a surgical procedure, i am told to stop taking it at least 1 week prior to any operation/procedures.

but taking that 1 aspirin a day, is still no guarantee.

my last job, i was lucky, that i hade 5 stops, about 1-2 hours apart each, so at each stop, i had to get out, unload, and reload, so i was moving around a lot.

any other job i had..??

i stopped every so often, i can care less about what the company says....ME FIRST

 

See a cardiologist,ask for Vaspeca and/or Xarelta,Livalo.

 

Sorry, but not much help here on clotting. I have no experience with that.

But, yes.... I consistently have run 8hrs straight & full 11hrs for last 10yrs. If I do need to stop, I do. Just do not need to most of the time. If best fueling option presents itself, strive to work that in as 1/2hr.

Been doing that 24/7/365 for last 10yrs. Went 4yrs before finally taking 3days off for cousins wedding.

I'm getting old now, so thinking about starting to lighten up a bit.......

 

When I did otr I stopped every 3 hoursish. Aspirin, C'mon it thins blood. Eat raw garlic. I used to walk at night a half hour. Get the step counter app. But yes it's an unhealthy life style.

 

Im kidding. If you taking drugs maybe there is a healthier solution.

 

Most do

You could definitely get away with stopping on a ramp 99% of loads and doing a quick 1 minute jog around your truck and not have it affect your schedule much.

Now if your talking about 10-15 minutes off every 3 hours, that would be much more difficult on tight schedules, but not impossible with some jobs

Most truckers are way too lazy to even try to do that.