Sea Sickness Prevention Exercise 

Lean into the waves angle to remain verticle. Back and forth, side to side, up and down. If you hold onto the rail, and be stiff, you'll get sick because the waves are rocking you. Instead, rock opposite the way of the angle of tilt. With sea legs you can sit, lay down, doesn't matter, just roll back and forth opposite way of the wave. Keep knees bent and relax yourself, let your body naturally keep verticle balance.

What a great video to send to people who want to come down and go sailing, but are afraid of getting sea sick. Most people wait until they are at the boat, and then take a pill. Now, they will be getting a link to this video ahead of time. Thanks.

I really like your short and comprehensive videos! thanks for this one, gonna try it with my crew! 👍🏻 all the best!

You seem like a really nice guy! I don't suffer too much from motion sickness, but next time somebody comes along, I'll refer them to your video! Thanks!!

Very motivating video. Well described. Thank you. Will do this every day from now on to get over it

Thank you for another informative video, Cap'n! I cannot wait to try this out on my daughter.

desperate times. i applied for a job on a cruise ship and have been researching on this just case I need it. Thank you for this.

You are wise because you can put the truth in short and easy to understand words and videos. Thank you very much for your work. God bless.

Never heard of this, but I see why it should work! Good thinking, thanks.

solved my very bad sea sickness problem yesterday. In the Kayak coming home from fishing just staring at the horizon did the trick deep breaths and munching on trail mix

Nice job Captain Lang!

Wow...wow...will try Captain Lang.. Thank you for sharing 👍👍

Great vid man. Very informative and quite easy to understand

interestingly enough i got in car wreck, went to neurologist. after tests, my inner ear on one side was messed up the prescribed solution was regular trips to physical therapy where movements a lot like your exercises are done. thanks for great vids !

Thanks for great tips...this small fishing boat also

Many thanks captain Lang .. I have a trip after 2 weeks and I’ll try the exercise .. I’ll keep you posted ..

My time on the water began before the age of 5, so the motions are very normal and familiar. Plus since I saw your video I realized the breathing exercise has been in my toolbox since before I can remember. End result, never seasick, even in Gale conditions. I still cannot ride anything that makes me dizzy however, that is instant incapacitation, so no motion sickness immunity here.

My wife and I will be taking sailing lessons in July. We will give your exercises and tips a try and report back to you.

I don't get sea sick easily but I will have my wife try this out before we go out on a boat again.

If the goal is to create vertigo, we can stand without turning and hold our head down and turn up and down,turn 360, we can increase the speed, we can also turn in our place. do you think this one can work too?

I just started. Hope it works. I’m not going on a boat but I get motion sickness on cars

Thank you for the video, Your advice certainly makes a lot of sense. I was just wondering if as you say the reason for being sick is because you are not used to the unfamiliar motion then What affect would closing your eyes at sometime during the exercise have. Obviously you don't want to end up falling and hurting yourself. Also what about the psychology of the situation. If you are the type of person who always say to themselves " when I go by sea I get sea sick " then the chances are you will be seasick. Would having a (mantra) a saying which you repeat help you stop being seasick. Something like " Ok I have done the exercise I am used to the motion of the sea I am fine i can cope with it ! It doesn't bother me!

Beer makes me calm and warm inside ;)

Thanks for the sharing! I am an oceanography student who desperately need to overcome seasickness to carry on my research. I am currently training on your advice. May I ask if I can manage spinning 5 times slowly without feeling dizzy, is spinning faster more effective on building up my ability to endure tough weather on sea? or spinning more times but still slowly?

Great Video, Thanks for sharing it. But I'm here dying laughing! 😅🤣😂 Because @ the video time frame 5:10 your face pops in front and center, and you say. "Make sure to do these exercises for two weeks prior to going out on the boat! LOL I am going out with treasure salvagers, off the Treasure Coast, TOMORROW. Yeah I'll be up all night doing these exercises LOL

Capt Lang greetings from Florida. My sea sickness starts in my kayak after fishing on the way home, seems so hard to shake that sensation, any suggestions please, Thanx Dave

Ok

Did anyone who have had seasickness tested the exercise? Did it help?

I guess I have landsickness? When I get off the boat I still feel the rocking for a long period of time maybe two weeks it’s almost like I have vertigo

Can I practice it daily?

seasickness is not caused by motion alone as your exercises suggest. Seasickness is caused by your inner ear interpreting your surroundings differently that what your eyes are seeing. These two differing stimuli cause your body to want to vomit. Its thought this is a defensive mechanism/adaptation developed millions of years ago by the body to expel poisonous food (poisonous mushrooms etc) that causes dizziness and vertigo, the same sensations experienced while in the cabin of a sailboat. Your exercises do not simulate this environment, there are no conflicting stimuli, even if you close your eyes, which neither of you do anyway.