Art GalleryAching LegsRecovery Fatigued Leg recovery using anenvironmentally friendly recoverysystem

The numbers of people visiting art galleries worldwide number in the millions-I have justchecked-this is a lot of people visiting and walking around these huge places-and gettingaching legs while they do it-they would probably see much more art than they do butunfortunately many can’t go beyond a few hours before calling it a day

Why does this happen? Flat Floors and Slow Walking=achinglegs

The body is like a column of fluid that is subject to air pressure, arterial pressure from theblood being pumped by the heart throughout the body and to the extreme parts such as thehands, arms, and down to legs and feetWhen it gets down there, it runs out of pressure to bring it back up the legs against gravity back to the body for renourishment and recycling and recirculation as fresh bloodAll the fluids in the body gravitate down towards the lowest part of the body; the feet-gravityholds it there where fluid separates from the depleted blood and fills the tissue spaces aroundthe anklesAs it is not being pumped away fast enough from the lower legs, the ankles swell and if itwasn’t for the ends of the toes it would all flow out of the body all over the ground

The Calf Muscle Pump

The calf muscles are a major part of circulation in the lower legs; they are the motors for apump called the

calf muscle pump

that forces used blood against gravity through one-wayvalves in the veins back up the body, but to provide the power for this they need to be movingWhen you walk slowly around the flat floors in the gallery stopping to look at the artworks,fresh blood can’t enter the muscle tissues as the calf muscles tighten stop working efficientlywhich allows depleted blood to stagnate in the ankles and feetBecause the muscle tissues are not being refreshed with supplies of fresh blood, the musclesfatigue and they ache- with the legs increasing in weight as the fluid builds up-they becomeheavy to carry aroundTo stop the muscles fatiguing, fresh oxygen and nutrient filled blood has to keep beingsupplied to the muscles-but when the muscles are fatigued they can’t work at facilitating orsupplying their own needs

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AchingLeg ReliefJust sitting down to rest is not going to help them recover

When the muscles are not used they stiffen up-and on sitting for just a few minutes the musclesat the back of the legs including calf muscles shorten become ‘fixed’ in that positionOn standing, the shortened muscles make it difficult to walk for quite a while until they ‘warmup’ and re-stretch making walking a little easier, but because the rest did not move anydepleted fluid from the legs, it is not long before the feet are throbbing and the legs achingmoreThe relief of aching legs can be approached in different ways and the decision of which way togo is dependent on a number of factors-the biggest one being what other commitments youhave in your life at that present time and the time you have to commit to itThere is the

passive

way for those with time to spare and the

active

way for those without

PassiveRelief

This is the

passive

way-waiting for the legs to recover themselves

The

‘passive’

option is the most recommended way to relieve aching legsFind a quiet area and lie down with the legs elevated to let the fluid flow back

(Been there-done that-didn’t seem to work too well-I was stiff when I stood upand went light headed)

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If you are like the ultra marathon runners and walkers and do not have time to wait forpassive recovery to work at relieving those aching legs theactiveoption is better

They suffer from sore feet, sore legs, swollen ankles, stiffness, wasted muscles, muscle cramps,tiredness, mental fatigue, restless legs, sore skin, night pains, muscle spasm, muscle wastage,swollen ankles, hyperthermia, hypothermia, temper tantrums, vomiting, food sensitivity,allergies, rashes, loss of judgement-and that is the good partThese are 2 people who have just been running for 3 days around a running track in allweathers and they have aching legs

Achinglegs fatigued muscles and recovery

Someone withachinglegs and ultra marathoners both have the same thing in common-how torecover from their aching legs and fatigued muscles quickly, and the quickest most effectiveway of doing this is simply to work the calf muscle pump so that the output of used blood andthe input of fresh blood is increased

The secret to leg recovery-the active way

The calf muscle pump

The calf muscles act as the motor for a pump to take it from the feet back to the body againstgravity through the venous system where it is re-nourished and recirculated-but to be workingthey have to move.Look at the photo above-how many towels and bottles of oil do you see?None because the latest in

non-polluting

, non-technical method of leg recovery techniques isbeing used