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7 leg exercises for seniors

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7 leg exercises for seniors

  1. Dry clean legs. Hold one thigh tightly with both hands, massage with a little force from the thigh down to the ankle, and then massage from the ankle to the thigh. Use the same method to massage the other leg, repeat 10 to 20 times. This can make joints more flexible, enhance leg muscles and walking ability, and prevent varicose veins, edema and muscle atrophy in the lower limbs.

  2. Knead the calves. Hold the calves between your palms and rotate them. Knead each side 20 to 30 times per section, for a total of 6 sections. This method can dredge the blood vessels and enhance the strength of the legs.

  3. Throw your calves and support a wall or a tree with one hand. First, swing your calves forward to tilt your toes forward and upward, and then swing them backwards. It is appropriate to swing them 80 to 100 times at a time. This method can prevent lower limb atrophy, weakness or numbness, and calf cramps.

  4. Knead your knees with your feet parallel to each other, bend your knees and squat slightly, put your hands on your knees, and rub it in a clockwise direction dozens of times, and then in a counterclockwise direction dozens of times. This method can dredge blood vessels and treat weakness in lower limbs and knee joint pain.

  5. Sit upright while stretching your toes, straighten your legs, lower your head, bend your body forward, and stretch your toes with both hands 20 to 30 times. This method can strengthen the waist and legs and increase leg strength

  6. Rub the soles of the feet, rub the palms of both hands to heat them, and then rub the soles of the feet with the palms of the hands, 100 times each. This method has the effect of reducing deficiency fire, soothing the liver and improving eyesight, and can prevent and treat high blood pressure, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and other diseases.

  7. Warm your feet. Warming your feet means keeping your feet warm at all times. Use warm water every night. blister Feet can circulate blood throughout the body.

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