Keeping Fit and Healthy for your Pilot Medicals
Pilot medicals are the most comprehensive, so it’s no wonder that many people are often quite nervous before their pilot medicals. Despite this, as long as you’ve brought all the necessary paperwork and have been taking care of your health and physical condition, you shouldn’t have any problems with your medical examination.
Below we’ve outlined what you need to bring to your pilot medical examination, along with some advice on keeping healthy for the medical assessment.
What to Bring to the Assessment
There will be some essential items and documents you’ll want to bring to your pilot medicals, including photo identification, your previous medical certificate and a completed MED160 form. If you require glasses or contact lenses, please bring or wear glasses for the day as your eyesight will be tested during the examination.
Make sure to also bring along any relevant paperwork related to your medical history, as this will make the examiner’s job much more straightforward and the assessment quicker.
Cut Down on Sugar
If you’re looking to keep your body healthy for your upcoming pilot medicals, one of the best ways you can get a headstart is to begin cutting down on your sugar consumption. While natural sugars from fruit aren’t as much of a problem, lots of processed and pre-packaged foods have high sugar contents to kickstart more sugar cravings.
Cutting down on sugar will help cut down on the unhealthy cravings, while also giving you more balanced energy throughout the day.
Stick to Whole and Natural Foods
As you’re cutting down on sugars, you’ll want to replace them with some natural and nutritious energy in your diet. If you’re looking to keep your heart in good health, try to stick with whole and natural foods rather than prepackaged, preprocessed or precooked meals. This will also help cut down on excess salt consumption, a key contributor to heart and health problems.
Save some money by cutting out the takeaway nights, replacing them with a healthy and balanced home-cooked dinner.
Keep Active and Exercise
Exercise should be a crucial part of everyday life, whether it be aerobic or anaerobic. If you’re looking to keep your heart healthy, cardiovascular exercise like running, swimming and biking are great ways to keep your blood pressure levels in balance. Try to include some weighted training to strengthen muscular strength and endurance.
For days you don’t manage to squeeze some exercise in, try to include a 20-40 minute walk. Even light forms of exercise have been shown to help cardiovascular health and contribute to lower stress levels.
Contact Manchester Medicals for your Pilot Medicals Today
Now that you’re thoroughly prepared for your pilot medicals, it’s time to book them in with Manchester Medicals! Hopefully, our blog post will have given you some insight into what you should bring with you and how you can prepare yourself to be in good health for the medical examination.
For more information or to speak with one of our medical specialists today, call Manchester Medicals at 0161 826 2124.