Varices of the lower extremities is a fairly common disease, especially in women of older age. Treatment of varicose veins should be comprehensive. It is one of the most important part of his — it's an exercise in varicose veins, which must be performed in accordance with all the rules. Let us consider it in more detail. But first you need to kind of tell you about the very disease.
How to determine the varices
Symptoms of varicose veins sufficiently clear, and it is not difficult to diagnose. The main symptoms of the disease are the following:
- feelings of pain in the lower extremities;
- oecause at the end of the day your feet;
- sealing of the veins and their bowing to the skin of the feet;
- discovering your skin, feet bluish shade;
- constant feeling of heaviness.
Already at least one of these symptoms, it is an opportunity to sound the alarm. Varicose veins leads to confusion not only in the legs — it can become the reason of large-scale expansion veins, disorders of blood circulation, the development of thrombosis and thrombophlebitis. If left untreated the disease, the swollen blood vessels may burst and provoke bleeding. There are even cases of lethal outcomes due to bleeding especially in the more advanced cases of varicose veins.
Usually the treatment should be comprehensive and includes the following methods:
- The application of medication;
- Ointments and creams for external use;
- Vitamins;
- Special exercises from varicose veins on the legs.
The main goal of therapy — hardening of blood vessels. Healthy blood vessels help to draw attention to a number of problems associated with varicose veins, as well as with a number of other diseases.
The effectiveness of gymnastics with varicose veins
Exercises for varicose veins of the lower extremities, helping to ensure normal blood circulation and lymphatic circulation. They contribute to the fact that in the legs will cease to accumulate and stagnate the liquid. This reduces the pressure on the veins and normalize their status.
There's also the resumption of the inflow of arterial blood, stimulation of the tone of blood vessels in the lower extremities. Veins gain lost flexibility and improve your health. Gymnastics with varicose veins helps to eliminate venous mesh, and an asterisk the affected blood vessels on the legs. Improved peripheral circulation helps to improve the condition, both lower extremities, and of the organism as a whole.
In this case, performing exercises for varicose veins on the legs, stick to these recommendations:
- There's no need to give the legs a strong burden. You can only aggravate the situation, if you resort to driving and walking long distances. To achieve maximum effect, do more repetitions of an exercise, increasing the tempo of their implementation.
- Important is properly selected complex of exercises. Basically gymnastics from varicose veins on the legs is in the different rotational and flexion exercises for the joints. Good exercises of the type "bicycle" and "scissors".
Exercise Bubnovsky with varicose veins
First, it is worth it to talk about how it is recommended to treat varicose veins doctor. Created a unique method for the treatment of various diseases of the joints, veins and spine under the name of kinesitherapy. Allows you to get rid of many diseases, which is a common therapy can offset the bad.
Going on the way Bubnovsky is carried out on a specially developed for the simulators. Performing exercises, don't be afraid to overload, since the fitness machines are designed so that the load will be optimal.
The complex of exercises is chosen individually in each particular case. The level of difficulty is to a greater extent depends on the age of the patient. People older than is recommended, even more simple exercise than the young. But effective technique in each case.
If you do not have the opportunity to attend a special sports halls, gymnastics with varicose veins of the lower extremities, according to the doctor's advice can be done at home, without the use of additional equipment.
Exercise will be the following:
- Sit on a chair, not touching his back, his feet close in his lap. The elevator stops on the front part, then shift a foothold on the back part. Perform 20 repetitions.
- Lean on both hands. In this position rising to the front of the foot and slowly descend to the heel. Also do the 20 repetitions, do not rush.
- His hands rest into the wall. Výtahcamping on the tips, on the exhale to descend and at the same time lower the hands down. Repeat 20 times.
- Sitting on a chair, alternately lifting the legs, the whole with the unbending their knees. When lifting it is necessary to rotate in the circle of the station, that the joints between the warm up.
- Doing all the exercises, lie on your back and lift your legs, leaning them on the back or on the wall of the bed. This will relax the limbs and improve the blood circulation in the area of its competence.
This gymnastics is quite effective, but you can more quickly achieve positive results, if you combine it with traditional methods of treatment, and also short walks, a ride on the bike, complete rest and proper nutrition.
Gymnastics with varicose veins on the legs: further complexes
Start to perform exercise with varicose veins of the lower limbs can be not yet getting up from the bed. Do the following stop is not a sharp move:
- Pull out the socks, then fold them back.
- Do the twists and turns of tracks left and right.
- Make a circular movement of the feet - pull your socks up, but he gave him to me.
Repeat each exercise several times. If you are just starting to exercise, the optimal number of reps — 4-5 times. Later it can be increased to ten. Thanks to this simple charging for the vessels you will be able to stand on their own feet without discomfort. If this phase went well, you can go directly to the gym.
Active exercise is recommended to conduct from the top down. It is important to use all the muscle groups in the body, but do it gradually:
- First porridge of the cervical department, so the sails and turns his head. It is not necessary to be zealous too and increase the load. Exercise must be pleasant, without pain and discomfort.
- Then go to the exercises of the shoulder girdle. Do the mahi and the rotation of the hands, the sails and twisting of the torso.
- For the practice of the back to run the sails forward. First, they must be inactive and shallow, then — more of them for free, you will be able to bend the already below.
- For the spine are useful a variety of exercises, potential foreign sag in the back. The curvature of the back like a cat, then return to the starting position.
After the joint exercises beginning gymnastics for legs with varicose veins of the lower extremities. This may include the following exercises:
- Squats. Squats belong to the conditionally-ability to exercise with varicose veins. You need to be able to put his feet shoulder-width apart and smoothly squat, until your pelvis is not parallel to the floor. Perform the exercise several times. If you are having a hard time is given, stop the effort and go back to squats a little later.
- Mahi. Follow the normal mahi legs forward, side and back. Do it gently. Enough for five Mach in each of the directions.
- The rotational movement of the foot on the weight. It is necessary to hold a foothold, relying on one leg, the other to the side. Perform the rotational movement of the foot inside towards the outside. Then do the same with the other leg — for five times each.
- Contradictions with socks on the heels. It is a very useful exercise when varicose veins.
Further, it is possible to perform the exercise lying down on the floor. For them, it is recommended to use a special ball. Lie on the floor, failed at the ball of the foot and roll it in front of you. This exercise will help you bring back the tone of the blood vessels in a very mild form.
In the absence of the ball can pour out on the usual exercise "bicycle" and "scissors". He turned on the belly, follow ups of the feet. You can do both feet at once, or increase their order.
After completing the exercise, do a little stretching. Do it smoothly and gently, without undue effort. In the complex attention to the breathing. It is a must.
Be aware that there are exercises that you cannot include in your training with varicose veins. These include the following:
- Jumping, and in particular on the rope.
- Exercise with weight training — exercises with dumbbells and barbell.
- Bending and extension of the torso.
- Too fast and effective squats.
- Intense gymnastic stretching exercises.
- Jogging for long distances and speed.
Exercises to relieve fatigue of the feet
Also there are exercises that will help relieve fatigue from your feet. This is important as in the treatment of varicose veins (because it is a very common symptom), so in its prevention. Follow these instructions:
- Try to avoid sitting position, throwing one leg to the other.
- If you have a sedentary job, try to every 40 minutes under the table to perform the exercises heel-toe.
- In the breaks may seem that socks.
- Depending on availability it is possible to sit, throw feet up on the desk. It will help relieve foot fatigue and improve blood circulation.
- Evening at home you can make a cool bath with herbs for tired legs. Also it will be useful to light foot massage from the feet to the hip.
- Resting lying down, try to make the level of the heel has always been the higher level of the buttocks.
- For relaxation, the feet can be useful, and this exercise: put on the floor of the pen, pencil or other object, and then try to grab it with your fingers.
Properly performed exercises for varicose veins of the lower extremities of the house will help you to significantly improve your health and forget about a number of problems.