1. Raise your feet and return blood to relieve fatigue.
Lift your feet 2-3 times a day, even higher than your heart. At this time, the blood circulation of the feet and legs is vigorous, and the blood of the lower limbs is accelerated to return to the lungs and heart, so that it can be fully circulated, and the head can get enough fresh blood and oxygen, which is also a benign stimulus to the acupuncture points and reflex zones of the feet. In addition, it is good to lift your feet more at ordinary times.
2. Walk backwards, protect your heels, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.
Many people will have heel pain, which is also called "falling to the bottom". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Practicing walking backwards is a good way to keep your heels. When walking backward, it can stimulate the kidney meridian of foot shaoyin, and has the effects of benefiting qi and tonifying kidney, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. At the same time, walking backwards can exercise Achilles tendon and gastrocnemius muscle, thus improving heel pain caused by periarthritis of Achilles tendon.
3. Soaking feet with salt water can relax muscles and improve stiffness.
As the saying goes, "Soaking feet in spring can strengthen yang, soaking feet in summer can dispel heat and dampness, soaking feet in autumn can moisten lungs and intestines, and soaking feet in winter can warm fields". Soaking feet is something to be done all year round, which can promote blood circulation and even improve blood supply to the heart.
If you feel particularly tired and sour after running for a day, you can add coarse salt to hot water and give yourself a 10- 15 minute "foot bath", which can relieve the discomfort of your feet, promote blood circulation of your ankles and calves, stretch your bones and improve the stiffness of your lower limbs.
4. Massage the soles of the feet, and more than 60 acupoints are used for health care.
There are more than 60 acupoints in people's footsteps, so you can often massage your feet. You can rub your feet with both hands For example, after the palm is heated, rub the soles of the feet with both palms in turn until it is red and hot. This is a great health care for the whole body, which can eliminate diseases and protect health. After soaking your feet, you can do a self-help foot massage, and then press your arch alternately with your thumb.
5. Walk barefoot, nourish meridians and keep fit.
There are 12 meridians in the human body, 6 of which run along the foot. Every day, you can walk barefoot on the cobblestone road in the park and barefoot on the slate road, which can stimulate Yongquan point on the soles of your feet, make your blood gas sufficient and nourish the meridians. This foot protection method can play a role in strengthening the body and eliminating diseases.
6. Buy bigger shoes, free your feet, and don't deform if the shoes are suitable or not. Only your feet know.
7. Walking on the beach can increase foot muscles and prevent atrophy.
Old people are in poor health. Although they can slow down the aging and deformation of their feet through good diet and weight-bearing exercise, elderly patients with severe arthritis can also practice walking on the beach, which can also enhance the internal muscle exercise of their feet. Because if those small muscles atrophy, it will lead to foot deformity and pain.