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Shop til you dropAching LegsLeg recovery using anenvironmentally friendly recoverysystem

When you go out for a serious day’s shopping and you out in the shopping mall the legs mayache after a couple of hours of walking-sitting down for a break may seem a good option torelieve them but they may start aching again before you have gone too farThe avid shopper will be aware of the advice that if you are in the market for shoes; buy themin the morning as the feet swell later in the dayThe calf muscles are the motors for a pump called

the calf muscle pump

that forces usedblood against gravity through one-way valves in the veins back up the bodyWhen 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 the anklesAs 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 groundTo 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

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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

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

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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.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

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 maintenanceLight Manual Muscle Relaxation