Can varicose veins exercise? Varicose veins leg exercise method?
The main reason for varicose veins is to maintain the same posture for a long time, lack of leg movement, and lower extremity blood Poor backflow, accumulation of lower limbs, long-term damage to venous valves and resulting in excessive venous pressure. It can be seen that leg exercise is very important for patients with varicose veins. Adhering to a certain amount of exercise every day can promote blood circulation, alleviate the symptoms of varicose veins, and can effectively prevent varicose veins. The following is a specific exercise method, I hope it will help you
Method/step
1. Bend your legs and stretch your legs: Lie on your back on the bed with your arms on On the side of the body, the two legs are bent first and then extended. When flexing, the two thighs and the body form a 90-degree angle. When stretching, try to push straight as much as possible. Repeat this for 20-30 times, once every day after getting up and before going to bed; of course, sit for a long time. At the same time, you can also move your ankles more and do more alternating flexion and extension of your legs.
2 Leg-lifting exercise: Sedentary people can put a box under their legs and step their legs on the box from time to time to promote venous blood return in the lower extremities; Do a set of leg lifts, that is, lift and lower your legs alternately, 20 times each time.
3 Supine kicks: Lie on your back on the bed, hold the bed with both hands, raise your legs, and kick back and forth like riding a bicycle, 30-50 times in a row.
4: Lie on your back on the bed, support the bed with both hands by your side, lift both legs up as much as possible, and keep putting them down for a minute or two after lifting up, this can improve The blood circulation at the extremity arteriovenous anastomosis provides more nutrients and oxygen to the affected limb, and it is done once a day in the morning and evening.
5 Hanging legs and moving legs: Sitting on a higher bed, two calves are suspended on the edge of the bed, and the two legs move up, down, left and right with each other. Then perform flexion and extension exercises on the toes of both feet. After fatigue, flatten the calf and rest for 3 minutes. Do it once a day in the morning and evening.
6 Massage the legs and feet: sit on the bed, put both feet on the bed, massage the legs and feet with both hands, from the knee joint to the toes, until the local redness and heat So far, do it once a day in the morning and evening.
Precautions
Contraindicated exercise for patients with varicose veins: exercise that is too strenuous, such as mountain climbing, long walks, running etc.
