The Best Way to Recover from Jet Lag? Try a Post-Flight Massage
If you’ve ever landed from a long flight feeling like your body forgot how to exist—welcome to the club.
Jet lag is weird. You’re tired but wired, stiff in places you didn’t know could be stiff, and somehow both hungry and nauseous at the same time. It’s like your body’s buffering. And while there’s no magic button to reset it all, there is one underrated solution that actually helps: massage.
Specifically, a massage experience that works with your schedule, doesn’t require small talk, and helps your body actually relax. Enter: Aescape.
Travel messes with more than your sleep
We mostly associate jet lag with feeling tired, but it also impacts your circulation, posture, digestion, and mood. When you sit cramped in a pressurized tube for hours, your muscles stiffen, your blood slows down, and your nervous system kind of forgets what “rest” feels like.
According to the Sleep Foundation, "Jet lag is a circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder that occurs when your 24-hour internal clock does not match the local day-night cycle." This mismatch can disrupt your body's natural production of melatonin—the hormone that signals when it's time to sleep—making it harder to rest and recover. Add in dehydration, tight hamstrings from awkward plane naps, and a suitcase that somehow weighs more coming home, and yeah—your body needs a reboot.
Massage helps your body bounce back
Post-flight massage can help bring your body out of airplane mode. The rhythmic pressure promotes circulation, calms your nervous system, and helps release muscle tension—all of which support better sleep and faster recovery.
If you’ve never tried massage after a trip, it’s one of those things you don’t realize you needed until you’re halfway through and your brain goes, “Oh. This.”
Aescape makes it especially easy. It’s a fully-guided, app-powered massage session that adjusts to your body and preferences in real time. Want more pressure on your lower back? Less on your hamstrings? Prefer silence over spa music? You’re in control. And the best part? You can show up in travel clothes, stay fully dressed, and walk out feeling like a new person.
If you want something quick but effective, the 15 min Leg Day Cool Down or 30 min Glutes Focus sessions are great picks for post-flight recovery.
It’s not just about feeling good
Massage doesn’t just help with tight muscles—it can improve mental clarity and calm the mental fog that travel creates.
So next time you fly, consider making your first stop after baggage claim an Aescape session. Your sleep, your muscles, and your brain will thank you.
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