air travel poses no additional risk for DVT? tell that to serena williams’ doctors. her recent DVT and the resulting pulmonary embolism have been blamed by her doctors on immobility resulting from her leg injury and recent long flights. i am now recovering from a DVT/PE myself and i can assure you that the prevailing thinking among doctors and the studies they produce is that air travel is syill a potential risk factor.

any kind of immobility, and air travel is one of them, increases the risk for DVT. that’s the bottom line. so keep getting up and walking around on the plane every hour or so. the life you save may be your own.