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Theenvironment and itsdegradationis ahottopic

The environment and how to reduce our footprint on it is an important topic being discussedamongst many people at the moment, and rightly soThere are many ways put forward on what the individual can do to minimize their contributionand at the same time reduce the costs of adding to the greenhouse effect-these can meanusing the car less and taking public transport where necessary, turning off electric applianceswhen they are not in use, changing the light globes in the house to more efficient onesAn area that many people who work on relieving aching fatigued legs using manual recoverysystems such as massage can make a difference is by changing to an

environmentallyfriendly system that does not need any oil

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

All over the world every weekend there are sporting events-and people gettingtheir legs worked on after a hard week of abusing their legs through theiroccupations-all need recovery but have to use oil as a lubricant to preventfriction burns on the skin

The sporting areas of leg recovery would include people who work at sporting events such asmarathons, football, cricket, fun runs, baseball games, soccer, and most other sports thatinvolve dynamic activity where the legs are made to work particularly hard and the musclesbecome sore and fatiguedIn the occupation area there are doctors, nurses, shop workers, factory workers, teachers-thelist of people who get aching legs goes onAn

environmentally friendly

way of recovering the legsThis is known as

‘passive’

recovery-waiting for the body to recover itself

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A local survey revealed that most people who suffered from aching legs would use an‘

environmentally friendly’

method

of recovering their legs after the legs became fatigued butthey were unaware that any method other than laying down with the legs elevated existedThe reason for having the legs elevated is to let the fluid and used blood that may have builtup in the lower legs and ankles flow back to the body through the veins-this allows fresh bloodto be carried into the muscles through the arteriesMost of them though were too busy to use this although it is ‘

environmentally friendly’

sothose that needed some aching leg relief had to use the oil methods presently in useWhen using massage oil and working

the muscles, the imprint on the environment isincreased

There are towels to be washed and this uses

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Electricity-think atmospheric pollution-power stations-coal-smoke-carbon emissions-nuclear energy

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Water-after every event think washing machines-water used

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Washing powder-soap and grease going down the drain and floating out into the riversand oceans

The secret to an‘environmentally friendly’leg recoveryThe 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.

Once you figure out how it all works you have anenvironmentally friendly recovery system

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Results from 1995 Coburg 6 day footrace

Name Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6A Krouglikov237.2113.6130106126108Kilometers539284325365315270LapsT Rusek215.298.898139.6138.4122.4Kilometers538247245349346306LapsM Taylor174.4128.8143.6123.6138.4122.4Kilometers436322359309302223LapsB Beauchamp180.4133.2124117.611093.2Kilometers451333310294275233LapsP Gray150134105.294.8111.6106Kilometers375335263237279265LapsD Parris138.4108.4106.8116.4106107.2Kilometers346271267274265268LapsI Davis168119.290116.4106107.2Kilometers420298225291180247LapsG Watts132.296.499.2104.492.8133.6Kilometers328241248261232334LapsC Young14291.29097.68892Kilometers355228225244220230LapsD Kettle138.286.890.895.294.484.4Kilometers332217227238236212LapsR Hill12880.899.27095.696.6Kilometers320202248175239241LapsK Fisher16491.650115.249.681.2Kilometers410229125288124203LapsG Pollard12074.873.668.469.661.2Kilometers300187184171174153LapsThe above group came in for Light Manual Muscle RelaxationThe below group did not or had their own recovery peopleT Rafferty141.6112.8104.8101.69896.4Kilometers354282262254245241LapsG McConnel145.6110.8126.4113.6108.4106kilometers363277287284271265LapsG Audley152.8110.8126.4113.6114.895.2kilometersS Scanlon140.882843400Kilometers35220521085pulled out-blistersLapsJ Timms127.298.474.8000kilometers