Lead's weight in the legs is such a feelingIt is familiar to many. Swollen legs and hurt in women and men for various reasons. Only after understanding them, you can take any measures. Edema is not a disease yet, but they are a signal of problems in the body. And to determine what exactly they are, experts should.
However, one of the reasons for swelling of the legs, and shefirst comes to mind, it is uncomfortable and tight shoes in general and high heels in particular. By evening, at least discomfort, and even pain is not experienced by a rare woman who spent the whole day on a high hairpin. Shoes with heels above five centimeters (as doctors say) are completely inappropriate for daily wearing. Stagnation of blood and lymph, which occurs in the calf muscles, is the cause of edema. If the legs are swollen heavily in the evening, then it is necessary to lie so that the legs are above the level of the heart, under their own weight, blood and lymph flow from the swollen legs.
Sometimes it is enough to give up high heels, take the rule to change shoes during the day, and you can forget about swelling.
But you changed your shoes, do not go on stilettos,but my legs swelled again. The reason may be in your way of life. Lack of mobility is the cause of many diseases. When you sit or stand all day at work, then, naturally, your legs get tired or "become numb". In ordinary life, it is difficult to follow the advice every half hour to raise your legs, nevertheless, periodically change the position of the legs, "disperse blood" is necessary. There are several effective ways, exercises for gastrocnemius muscles: to move from socks to the heels and back several times, stretch the muscles of the shins.
Absolutely contraindicated to people prone to leg edema, socks and stockings with elastic bands, knee socks. Rather, they will be approached by stockings and tights from medical elastic jersey.
If you have swollen feet, the cause may be inmalnutrition. The use of salty and acute in large amounts leads to fluid retention and, accordingly, to edema. A salt-free diet and moderate fluid intake help to reduce puffiness in the legs. It is possible to take weak diuretines (diuretics), but only after consulting a doctor. Moreover, some products can perfectly replace drugs. Diuretic effect is possessed by garlic, cucumbers, cabbage, apples, watermelons.
Very useful for beauty, leg health walkingwalk three or five kilometers a day and climb the stairs. As preventive measures against edema and pain in the legs can be considered swimming and aqua aerobics.
Если к концу рабочего дня у вас отекли ноги, The reason for this, as it turns out, can be any. It is possible to get rid of edema and pain with folk remedies. Well before going to bed make warm foot baths from broth chamomile, sage, horsetail: 100 grams of dry herbs boil in a liter of water, insist half an hour, filter. The infusion is diluted in four liters of water. Rubbing with ice, light foot massage, rubbing with olive oil and salt (one teaspoon of salt dissolve in a glass of oil) reduces swelling and a feeling of heaviness. The same action has external drugs, various ointments and gels. But their impact is rather preventive.
Prevention is necessary, and it is always better thantreatment. But if every night you notice that your legs are swollen, the cause may lie in the problem with the heart, kidneys, liver. Diseases of the veins: varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, phlebothrombosis - can cause edema. Systematic, constant and strong swelling of the legs is a symptom of serious disorders in the lymphatic system. In any case, a qualified doctor's consultation is needed, and maybe not one: only after a thorough examination, a study of the results of the tests, it is possible to accurately diagnose and prescribe the treatment.
