When we surround the calf with our hands, we can warm the body and circulate the blood smoothly.As 70% of the blood in our body is concentrated in the lower body due to gravity, Will reverse the blood back to the heart and gravity, so the calf is also known as the second heart of the human.
This shows that we are in the thin legs at the same time, not only the pursuit of slender, more important or let the blood around the calf smooth, accelerate metabolism, edema will naturally subsided, which is also closely related to our health oh!
So, how do we tell if the calf is healthy? First of all, we surround the calf with our hands and feel the calf with our palms. Check it!
Healthy calf will slowly warm up surrounded by the hand, and flexible, pinch gently feel the muscle soft, skin tension, press the little finger pulp is not very painful, release your fingers will soon be able to recover.
The unhealthy calf, immediately go to the temperature will be colder than the hand, hand cover for a while will be hot, no flexibility, on the contrary a bit hard, sometimes swelling, press down with your fingers will be a little pain, after release there will be Press the traces.
Calf unhealthy, edema situation do not be afraid, following the Amy Xiaobian instructions to do leg massage, as long as the promotion of blood circulation, improve metabolism, body temperature increased by 1 degree, the intensity of fat burning will increase, daily The basal metabolic rate will rise 12-13% (that is, consume 150 calories), easy-fat constitution will gradually improve Oh!
Step 1 with a knee massage
1, legs close together bent knees sitting on the chair, arms leaning on both sides of the chair straight, upper body straight and slightly backward, raised his right leg, leg calf on the knee, and then move the right leg up and down, so that the left knee Massage the back of the calf.
2, the right leg to the left and right tilt, move up and down massage both inside and outside the calf .At the same time, from inside to outside writhing ankle, to enhance blood flow .After doing for the left leg to massage.
Step 2 Hand massage
1, sit back slightly, so that the back against the back of the chair back, lift the right leg, leg slightly to the direction of the thigh, the heel frame on the edge of the chair. Refers to the former, first with a stack of thumb pressing the Achilles tendon, and then pressing the calf massage upwards, while the rest of the fingers gently pressure inside and outside the lower leg.
2, shallow sitting in the chair, left leg knees, right knee bent outward, raised his leg, the back frame on the left thigh, left hand holding the ankle fixed, his right hand surrounded the calf, the thumb, including four fingers in the field from Ankle massage began to leg.
Calf massage notes
1, to make the convergence of the blood in the lower leg back up to the heart, be sure to follow the direction from the Achilles tendon to the knee to massage.
2, press with your fingers pulp, abdominal breathing at the same time, press down when exhaled, when inhaled, and to be slow but not rapid.
3, calf muscle more rigid, may feel pain when pressed, so Xiao Bian suggested that efforts must be good, without too much force to achieve the effect of stimulating the muscles OK.
4, when and where can massage, if it is really busy, once a day is enough, it is best after bathing, the body is fully warmed up.
5, this set of massage will make your perspiration and urination more smooth, smooth discharge of toxins and waste, in order to prevent the body in a state of water shortage, before and after massage to drink warm water is better Oh!
Different parts of the massage effect
Lateral calf: headache, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, dizziness, tinnitus, intercostal nerve pain, knee pain and so on.
Back of the leg: irregular heartbeat, insomnia, emotional disturbances, asthma, headache, sciatica, back pain, edema, cystitis, chest pain and the like.
Calf medial: cold, irregular menstruation, constipation, endocrine disorders, menopausal disorders, urination, liver and so on.
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