Calf = second heart, but unfortunately many people don't pay attention to it


Why is it said that lower leg = second heart


1. Help blood flow and delay aging

Dr. Dai Jingang of the Medical Experimental Center of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences explained: The human blood runs through arteries and veins. Arterial operation is most important for heart propulsion;
For the veins, the pressure generated by muscle contraction is one of the hemodynamic forces, and the venous return of the leg mainly depends on the contraction of the calf muscles.
Professor Liu Changxin, director of the Tuina Pain Department of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that taking good care of the calves is equivalent to adding a "pump" to the lower part of the body, which can help the heart.
This means that the importance of the calf has reached the status of the "second heart" of the human body. As the saying goes, people grow old before their legs, and they can live a long life if they have strength in their legs. Middle-aged and elderly people are a group with a high incidence of leg diseases, and special attention should be paid to maintaining the health of legs.
2. The
calf is a "load-bearing wall"
The calf is like the load-bearing wall of the human body, and any movement, including standing and walking, is inseparable from the contraction of the calf muscles. It can be said that more than half of the activities and energy expenditure in a person's life are completed by the calves. Dai Jingang added that the fact that the elderly are prone to falls has a lot to do with the reduced function of the lower legs.
3. The
calf is the "traffic artery", and
50% of the nerves, blood vessels, and blood in the human body are in the legs. There are also more than 60 acupuncture points distributed on the calf, and the six important meridians of the three yang meridians and the three yin meridians of the foot also pass through the calf, which is an important traffic artery of the human body, maintaining the upward and downward movement of qi and blood.
4. The calf is a "health care town", and
the calf plays an important role in health care, disease prevention and treatment. On the one hand, there are many meridians and acupuncture points in the calf, and often massaging the calf is like massaging the five internal organs; On the other hand, the calf can be taken like the "mouth", because the skin behind the ears and back is the thinnest in the skin of the whole body, and the calf ranks third, but it has a larger area and more blood vessels, so it is more suitable for medicated bath soaking.
Nowadays, foot massage shops are all over the streets, but the thickness of the calf skin is only 1/5 of the soles of the feet, and the area and number of blood vessels are 4~6 times that of the feet.
5. The calf is the "disease reflection area"
Yang Li pointed out that many diseases will be reflected in the calf, such as calf cramps may be related to calcium deficiency, swelling indicates that the viscera is diseased, and cold means that the constitution is weak and cold, etc., and the symptoms are found in time to help prevent and treat diseases early.
6. Many habits that hurt legs affect the heart, brain, liver,
and calves are so important, but many people don't know how to cherish them and let bad habits harm their health.
1. When sitting for
a long time and standing for a long time
, most of the muscles of the human body, including the calf muscles, are in a relaxed state, but it is not good to relax for a long time, because the muscles need to be constantly contracted to maintain elasticity and toughness.
Surgeons, police, security guards and other people who stand for a long time have calf muscles in a state of tension for a long time, and they are not healthy.
2. Wear high heels
The Achilles tendon is the ligament that connects the bones in the heel to the calf muscles. When you press your toes, the Achilles tendon will tense, and if you step on high heels, the Achilles tendon will be tense all the time, and it will not relax after a long time.
When you wear flat shoes again, you will feel that the muscles in your calves are stretched very hard, and the shape will naturally not look good, and that is because your Achilles tendon is shortened. The higher the heel, the greater the tension on the Achilles tendon.
3. Cold, cold
air into the calves is not conducive to blood circulation, and may induce osteoarthritis for a long time. Dai Jingang said that it is common in clinical practice to have patients with "heat at the top and cold at the bottom", who are prone to sweating and fever above the waist, and are prone to fatigue and cold pain below the waist, which has a certain relationship with the fact that people do not pay attention to keeping their legs warm.
4. When
the legs are
stilted, the knee that is pressed by the pad is compressed, which is easy to affect the blood circulation of the lower limbs, induce varicose veins in the legs, and even blood clots. Patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease should pay special attention.
5
. It is not good to exercise excessively to make the muscles idle, and it is not good to exercise excessively. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "long-term walking hurts tendons", and there are tendons at the junction of the calf and foot, which play an important role in lifting the foot and walking. Proper exercise is conducive to the strengthening of the tendons and fascia of the limbs, but long-distance travel, excessive force, and exceeding the due load will cause muscle strain and muscle injury. In severe cases, sudden death may occur.
6. Wearing leggings
, leggings, and shaping stockings may obstruct blood circulation in the calves, and even lead to varicose veins in the lower limbs, causing clearly visible spider web-like capillaries and even earthworm-like vein bulges on the skin of the calves.
Traditional Chinese medicine experts have a trick to protect their calves

Three steps to lower calf age

The legs are young, the people are not old!
The
health of the calves is so important, it is never too late to take care of the calves, especially after the age of 40, the functions of all parts of the body are declining and accelerating, and it is necessary to pay more attention to protecting the calves. Builds muscles and strengthens vein contraction.
1 "Behind the Seven Bumps and Hundreds of Diseases"
and "Behind the Seven Bumps and Hundreds of Diseases" is a one-style action in the fitness qigong Baduan Jinli, which can effectively exercise the calf muscles and relieve heel pain.
Ding Liling, an associate researcher at the Health Qigong Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, said that foot bump can develop the strength of the muscles in the back of the calf, lengthen the plantar muscles and ligaments, and improve balance.

2. Walking and leg training is the easiest

Walking is the easiest way to train your legs. The American College of Sports Medicine also recommends that walking is a good exercise to strengthen the legs. Building leg strength can be effective in preventing falls.
Method:
Insist on 30 minutes a day, more than 5 times a week, and gradually increase the pace.
3. Leg throwing: Preventing atrophy and weakness of the lower limbs
Throwing legs can promote blood circulation, relax muscles, and prevent hemiplegia, lower limb atrophy and weakness, leg numbness, calf cramps, etc.
Method:
Cross your hands on your hips, first swing your calves forward, so that your toes are stilted upwards, and then swing backwards, so that your toes are forcefully backwards, your feet are straight, and your legs are as straight as possible. When throwing the legs, the upper body is straight, and the legs are exchanged dozens of times each.
4. Rubbing the calves: Rubbing
the
calves can enhance the leg strength.
Method:
Clamp one calf tightly with the palms of both hands, rub while turning, knead about 20 times on each side, and then knead the other leg in the same way.
5. Daily foot soaking: "take medicine" with your legs, you
can take medicine with your lower legs like your "mouth", because your calves have thin skin, large area and many blood vessels, so they are more suitable for soaking in medicated baths. Everyone should develop a good habit of soaking their feet every day.
According to Liu Changxin, director and professor of the Department of Tuina Pain in Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the thickness of the calf skin is only 1/5 of the soles of the feet, but the area and number of blood vessels are 4~6 times that of the feet.
Method:
Choose a deeper basin, soak the calf 2/3 of the water, and
the
water temperature should be 40°C~45°C, and the time should not exceed half an hour.
After soaking your feet, it is better to massage the acupuncture points slightly, and pay attention to keeping your feet warm.

Use the above five methods to do it every day to keep your calves healthy and young, so that you can live a long life and have less pain! The calf is the second heart, and the maintenance of the calf should start now. Tell your friends!


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