Text/Wang Qian
The most common swimming in summer does not need shoes, nor do anaerobic sports such as gymnastics and yoga. Karate, Taekwondo, Kendo, Aikido, Judo and other martial arts sports, whether practice or formal competition, are carried out barefoot. Studies have shown that running with shoes will have an impact on the heel, while barefoot running will slow down this impact, which coincides with the concept of barefoot fashion emerging in China.
Ye, an attending physician in the family medicine department of Guotai General Hospital, said that after the over-development of society, many people want to return to the primitive, and they advocate that the more primitive the better. For example, if you want to eat ancient things, you can play with antiques. If you want to exercise, you'd better not wear shoes and go barefoot. In fact, this concept of barefoot life was advocated a long time ago. On holidays, they will take their children barefoot to play outdoors, and the Japanese will live and walk barefoot on tatami. From a hygienic point of view, if you wear shoes and practice, your feet will sweat, which is really unsanitary.
In modern society, people's health is constantly challenged, which forces them to improve their health awareness. Many people want to improve their health without affecting their life and work, so the concept of "pedicure health" came into being. The so-called pedicure is a kind of non-drug therapy, which adjusts the physiological function of the human body through the * * * of the foot reflex zone, thereby improving the function of the immune system and achieving the purposes of disease prevention, treatment, health care and physical fitness. Try to look at the following barefoot health care methods, and follow them according to your own needs and abilities, and you may get unexpected gains.
Foot health DIY
■ Hands and feet * * *
Pedicure, also known as "foot reflex massage", attaches great importance to the care of the foot in the TCM regimen. The basic discussion is that the foot is regarded as a mirror that can reflect human organs, emphasizing that all parts of human organs and internal organs have reflection areas on the soles of feet, and the reflection areas of * * * * * are used to promote circulation and adjust functional balance. And it doesn't need to be limited by the venue. Even if you watch TV on the sofa, you can press your feet while watching TV.
How come?
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2. Rub the soles of your feet back and forth, or beat the arch alternately, which is very simple and easy to learn.
■ Step barefoot on a wooden stick or roller.
The formal teacher's methods are varied, even if you don't understand so many theories, it doesn't matter. There are many kinds of foot gadgets on the market, so it is convenient to make your own feet at home. Even if it is not a reflex zone, it is only a slight sole, because there are thousands of nerves and blood vessels in the sole and toes, which can still achieve the purpose of health care and relaxation.
How come?
1. "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first", * * * is very laborious. With auxiliary props, he can relax. For example, rolling pins were popular for a while. It is a wooden stick with long abacus-shaped particles on it. When rubbing logs, the soles of the feet can be subjected to * * *, and the waste accumulated on the soles of the feet will be discharged from the body through circulation. You can scroll back and forth when you use it.
2. It has also been suggested to roll slowly from toe to heel with the round surface of the sphere. The main purpose of these movements is to relieve and relax tight muscles.
■ Step barefoot on pebbles or particles.
In most parks, there is a healthy path full of pebbles. Walking on the trail and letting the soles of your feet do * * * is beneficial to health from the perspective of traditional medicine. It is emphasized that whether the physiological function of human body is normal or not and whether the viscera are healthy or not depends on the smooth operation of qi and blood. Therefore, when walking barefoot on cobblestone roads, the soles of scraggy's roads can be * * *, and the organs corresponding to the acupoints of the soles can receive * * *, thus achieving the effect of approximating the soles of the feet.
How come?
1. A small health footpath board extends from the outdoor gravel road, which can be moved and trampled at home, similar to the effect of walking on the outdoor gravel road.
2. If you feel that the particles on the plate are too big, and the pain and oppression are too strong, you can also replace them with soybeans with larger particles, which can not only promote metabolism, but also achieve the purpose of detoxification.
A nation unfit for barefoot sports
■ Diabetic patients
Long-term diabetic patients, small and large capillaries, nerves, tendons and other parts are prone to neuropathy, which makes the sense of foot protection decline, and the cold and hot pressure is not obvious. If you rashly try barefoot exercise, the skin on your feet will inevitably be red, swollen, hot and painful at first. If the patient does not pay attention to it, the wound may be complicated with serious infection, necrosis, poor healing or ulcer, and even cellulitis and amputation tragedy.
■ Foot dermatosis patients
Because the stratum corneum of such patients is usually damaged, it is easy to cause foot ulceration and injury due to bacterial infection, and it is easier to aggravate the injury during barefoot exercise, or it may lead to the damage of newly grown delicate skin, which is prone to trauma. Ye pointed out that in the clinical process, people will ask some remedies in the workshop, among which the most commonly heard remedies are soaking in seawater, soaking in vinegar or walking barefoot on the beach. In fact, these remedies are not recommended, because they have not been confirmed by scientific research, especially there are often sharp weapons on the beach, and accidental injuries are not worth the candle.
■ Underage children
It may be counterproductive to let children exercise barefoot too early, because acute sprain will hurt their foot health. In addition, children certainly don't pay attention to ground safety. In addition to the need to prevent injuries such as pricking, doctors also remind children that the muscle strength of the feet will gradually mature around the age of 3. They should try barefoot exercise at least after the age of 3 to avoid spraining or hurting their ankles.