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The bushwalker and aching LegsLeg recovery using anenvironmentally friendly recoverysystem

Leg fatigue in the bush because out in a remote areas where there may be no helpavailable, and as the legs are the only form of transport in and out of the area, fatiguecan be fatal.

This is more so because in the mountains, someone who has fatigue is open to a potential lifethreatening condition called hypothermia-in this condition, the body core temperature dropsand it may be so low, it can’t be raised again without medical helpThe bushwalker may have started out on the path to fatigue through simple blister altering theway of walking and putting extra stress on the muscles or they may have been the slowestwalker in the group having to use up precious energy reserves trying to keep up the paceWhichever way it is, muscle fatigue is not a welcome thing to have on a long walk

A group of athletes that suffer from similar problems to the wilderness or bushwalkerare ultra marathon runner and walkers

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

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Conventional massage systems

For the obvious reasons that they need massage oils, towels, massage tables and associatedequipment to be carried and used-all this takes up time, and room, washing and cleaning so isnot very practical to use as they all have to be carried out in the bush and back out againThis makes them difficult for the average person to use easily and it is this that makes themdifficult to use in ultra marathon where time and space are limitedThese are the same reasons why it is not very practical to use at ultra marathon eventsOn top of this, at the events I go to there is just only me and to work for days straight, even justat a 24 hour run and looking after 40 odd competitors using conventional methods means Iwould not last too long before I died of exhaustionMy working area at the Montreal 2007 24 hour World Championships where I looked after theDanish national team event consisted of the chair next to the bottles-I looked after the team andworked and slept on it-the airline had lost all my clothes and other stuff-if I used conventionalmethods that would have been impossible to doHere I am giving a demonstration of leg recovery in Denmark usingLight Manual Muscle Relaxation

My working area at Antibes 6 Jour Event

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Aching legs fatigued muscles and recovery

However the aching fatigued legs and muscles are developed whether you are a non-athlete outon a daily or multi day walk, or an athlete who runs around the world,-everyone has the samething in common and that is how to recover quickly

The secret to 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.

The active way to help the legs recover is to learn how to work with the muscles

If you can use your hands you have the tools to do the job of recovery

Recovery from leg fatigue or ongoing leg maintenance

How much training and theory does it need to do this?

Very little because it is not specificHow did I discover Light Manual muscle Relaxation?

Because for my first 2 years in ultra marathon I used conventional recovery systems and theyreally did not work-nothing changed, nothing improved-it was not until I accidentally changedmy approach from working on the muscles to working with them did things improve for bothmyself and the ultra entrants