Beauticians Flat Floor Syndrome-aching legs relief using Light Manual Muscle Relaxation1Copyright Michael Gillan Long Distance Recovery Specialisthttp://womensweb.aching-legs-relief.com/beautician_flat_floor_syndrome.html

Why do beauticians get aching legs and suffer from flat floor syndrome?

Many beauticians suffer from this because they are in the beauty clinic all their working life-thisaffects the ability of their legs to pump used blood and fluid from the lower legs back up to the bodyfor refreshment and recycling

What is flat floor syndrome?

Flat floor syndrome is caused by working and walking on floors which do not give the legs enoughcontrast to make the calf muscles which are the motors and power supply for a pump that movesused fluid up the legs back to the body

Fluid always finds its own level because of gravity

All fluids (when in a confined space) exert a pressure on the walls of the vessels it is confined in-because it is in a column, the pressure is greater at the bottom than at the top-the surface has verylittle pressure on it

Gravity and the weight of fluid in the body

Pressure varies with the height of the liquid column-in the veins of a person standing up-at the head,the pressure is almost non-existent, but at the feet the lowest part of the body the pressure is higher.The term hydrostatic pressure refers to the force that a liquid exerts against the walls of its container(Hydro-water Static-standing still) and is measured in mm hg.Head -10 mm hg

Feet +90 MM hgThe only thing preventing all the fluid running out of the feet is the ends of the toes!

Instead you just get swollenankles

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Fresh legs-healthy calf circulation

To kept the lower leg circulation working and the calf muscles fresh, the muscles rely on having aconstant supply of fresh blood to the tissues-blood is sent to the lower legs under pressure throughthe arteries and ever decreasing in size vessels called arterioles and even smaller capillaries-as thevessel size reduces the pressure taking it there also decreasesBy the time the blood reaches the feet, all the pressure has been used, and there is none left to returnthe blood back up the legs to the body against gravity again

The Calf Muscle Pump

To keep the circulation in balance in the legs, the same volume of blood should come out of the legs as goes into them

The calf muscle pump is made up of all the muscles in the legs, but the motors that provide thepower for the pump are the calf muscles-these are made up of 2 basic movers-they are Soleus whichis primarily used for standing upright, and Gastrocnemius used for running and jumpingAs the muscles move, they increase and decrease pressure on the vessel walls (the veins) whichhave one-way valves in them, open to let the blood pass through them, and close to prevent theblood flowing back towards the feet

Bloodpumped fromheart througharteries under

pressureReaches feetPressure runsout

Calf musclesact as pumpmotorsUsed blood ismoved up thelegs throughthe veinsOn return tobody blood isrenourishedand recycled

SoleusGastrocnemius

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They need all the muscles working properly to be efficient

When you are walking/working on a flat floor, only one of the muscles, the Soleus is working at thepumping-so the calf muscle pump has become inefficient at what it should be doingBy not moving the legs, and staying static as most beauticians do when they are working on a client,the pump does not work as well as it should-this disrupts the cycle and allows used blood to remainin the lower legs-as it its not being removed, water (lymph fluid) separates from it and fills thetissue spaces, as it is not being pumped away quickly enough, the ankles swell

Problems caused by calf muscle pump inefficiency include

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Poor circulation

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Lymph system inactivity

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Venous return reducedTo keep the circulation in balance in the legs and reduce muscle fatigue, the same volume of bloodshould come out of the legs as goes into themCalf muscle fatigue, tight muscles, and poor lower leg circulation can chase each other around in acycle that is difficult to break out from-each is a self destructive part that props up the other parts of the cycle and it will take a circuit breaker to disrupt the cycle of fatigueMost people just need something simple and effective to maintain the health of their legs as theremay not be much wrong with them except that they spend too much time on flat floors-so they donot need to use a sledgehammer to break an eggshell when a teaspoon will do the same jobMany people seem to find may be passive methods such as lying down with the legs elevated to letgravity drain the fluid out of the legs back to the body so that fresh blood can flow into the muscletissues to help them recover

Calf MuscleFatiueTightcalf

muscles

PoorbloodreturnFreshbloodreduced