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Baby Boomers Shop til you drop-the calf muscle pump and aching legsMichael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
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Baby boomer Shop til you dropAching LegsRecovery Leg recovery using anenvironmentally friendly recoverysystem
Baby boomer women love to shop-I visit shopping centers often and study the people there andmost of them are in my age group-I can tell the ones that have been in the shops for a shortwhile and those who have been there for a long time looking for what they want, or justlooking because they are dragging their feetI sit and watch the seats in the mall and the coffee shops and see the look of relief as theygratefully sink onto the chairs they provideIt is easy to tell them when they try to stand up when they have to move-there is stress on theirfaces as they lever themselves upright and try to walk-there is nothing graceful about a shopperwho limps off into the crowds with pain from their legs affecting walking ability
What has happened?
To enable the body to move the muscles work on a give and take principle-they work in setswhere one set lengthens and the other set opposite shortensSee the legs of the man on the motorcycle in the sitting position-to let him take this position themuscles at back of his legs have shortened or contracted and the front muscles have lengthenedor extended-when he gets off the bike he will not be able to stand up straight and walk properlyuntil the muscles have warmed up and stretched againThe calf muscles also happen to be the motors for a pump called
the calf muscle pump-
thispumping system forces used blood against gravity through one-way valves in the veins back upthe body
 
Baby Boomers Shop til you drop-the calf muscle pump and aching legsMichael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
http://seniors.aching-legs-relief.com/shop_til_u_drop_recovery.html 2When you are on your feet all day and the calf muscles start to fatigue, power stops beingsupplied to the pump and the blood just pools around the ankles-The water (or lymph fluid) separates from it and migrates into the tissues in and around theanklesAs 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
 
To 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
Flat floors and the Calf Muscle Pump
Atmospheric pressure is all around us and affects all we do and all we are-everyone is walkingaround with a column of air on our heads that weighs similarly to a small car but because of airin the body cavities the pressure is equalized and it does not crush usBut a system in the body it has an effect on is the circulation-it pushes all the fluids in the bodydown towards the lowest part of the body, the feet where gravity stops it coming back up to thebody for recycling and recirculation as fresh bloodGetting it back up to the body is a job that the calf muscles do, but if they are not working bybeing given contrasting surfaces to encourage them to fulfil this role they cannot contribute tocirculation-flat floors do not offer this contrast, so used blood stays in the ankles and feet
Ultra marathon runner and walkers are a group of athletes’ that suffer from similarproblems to the shopper with aching legs
These are 2 people who have just been running for 3 days around a running track in allweathersThey 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
 
Baby Boomers Shop til you drop-the calf muscle pump and aching legsMichael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
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Aching legs fatigued muscles and recovery
The shopper and ultra athlete has the same thing in common and that is how to recover fromthese
There are 2 main ways of relieving them of soreness-passiveandactive 
This is the
passive
way-waiting for the legs to recover themselvesBelow is the pro-active result sheet from a 6 day event using Light Manual Muscle RelaxationUsing an
environmentally friendly
pro-active leg recovery system is easier than you thinkwhen you learn how to use the muscles to work on them selvesBut an especially good way to recover from aching legs is to simply work the calf musclepump by hand to break the cycle of inactivity caused through muscle fatigue and get rid ofsome of the depleted fluid so that fresh blood can enter the muscle tissues
The secret to leg recoveryMake the calf muscle pump work
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
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