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The Chef aching legs and Accidental Athlete’s leg health2009 Copyright Michael Gillan 1http://aching-legs.org/chefs_aching_legs_relief.html
The Chef Do-It-Yourself Recovery Book
While Chefs know all about food and how to cook it, and I don’t, I know about aching legs and howto fix them and they don’t!I know about them because I work with ultra long distance athletes-runners and walkers who
deliberately
run and walk over marathon distances 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers)Chefs may walk this distance around the kitchen, but like the ultra marathoner they do this on adaily basis which puts them in the ultra marathon category-and like ultra people their legs needspecial care because they rely on them to keep movingChefs are
Accidental Athletes
but unlike the deliberate athletes they do not generally have any legrecovery strategies in place to keep their leg health
Recipe for aching legs
Take 1 Chef
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Take one set of legs-any Chefs will do
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A set of arteries
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A set of veins
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A touch of gravity
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Some atmospheric pressure
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Lots of blood in the body-preferably some used blood that has collected in the ankles
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1 pair of safety shoes
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1 pair of ankle socks
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And 1 Flat Floor
Mix all together by standing or moving for about 8 hours or more of standing in asmall space-viola!Aching legs! The dish will look something like this
The Chef aching legs and Accidental Athlete’s leg health2009 Copyright Michael Gillan 2http://aching-legs.org/chefs_aching_legs_relief.html
Recipe for relieving them
Take a pair of chefs aching legs1 chair1 pair of hands1 bit of knowledge1 different approachMix together well for 5 minutes
This dish is better-it looks more appetizingViola!-aching legs may be relieved!
Do It Yourself Recovery System
When I was a trainee masseur, the massage school I attended used to encourage to us work atexhibitions or trade shows to put the idea out to the public of some of the benefits of massage and togive us contact with new people to learn people skillsWe discovered that many of the people who turned up to the stands were people who were inoccupations that required them to spend long hours on their feet-and they felt so stressed after along time standing and walking on their stand floor they needed advice on relieving the ache in theirlegs.Unfortunately, the only thing we could offer them was a seated upper body and neck and shouldermassage because we were not equipped to do the lower part of the body where they actually werehaving problems-the legs and we were having problems ourselves from the stand floors that we didnot know how to fix themThe only advice we could give them was to go home after work and use the system commonlyrecommended for aching leg relief
Elevate the legs
The Chef aching legs and Accidental Athlete’s leg health2009 Copyright Michael Gillan 3http://aching-legs.org/chefs_aching_legs_relief.html(or go and see someone and get the legs massaged)
Long hours on kitchen floors is exhausting work
Long hours with spit shifts do not give good recovery-fitness and recovery or the lack of it thatfatigue takes its toll on the body-not only is there mental fatigue through dealing so many would beclients, the legs do not recover very well from the previous day of standing and walkingThe consecutive days put the chef in the ranks of the endurance athlete, even if they are thereaccidentally and they can suffer some of the consequences of doing this in the long term-Some problems that may develop if they are not addressed include
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Varicose veins
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Venous insufficiency
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Lower back ache
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Sleeplessness
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Angry muscles
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Spider veins
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Foot problems
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Swollen ankles
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FatigueThere are many more areas of concern and to check some of these out I refer you towww.hazards.org/standing A problem for the chef is that while many endurance runners and walkers have recovery plansavailable to them, they do not
What options for recovery does the busy chef have?
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Medical Massage for soft tissue problems
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Relaxation Massage for wound up and stressed people
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Sports massage-for Sports People (athletes)The sports massage is split again into
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In-training massage used to sort soft tissue problems in between event
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Pre-event massage used to ready the muscles for competition
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Post-event massage used to help the muscles recover from competitionAll of these are specialized massage systems and take much training and studying to be effectivelyapplied-and equipment such as massage table, oils, and towels, not too many kitchens allow these tobe taken to work
Light Manual Muscle Relaxation- an active recovery for Accidental Athletes
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