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Who said "shake your legs"? In fact, shaking your legs has this unexpected benefit …
Traditionally, people have a negative impression on the habit of "shaking their legs" when they meet people. There is even a saying that "men are poor and women are cheap". However, for silver-haired people, moderate "shaking your legs" is good for your health, even if it is a small step to keep healthy and live a long life. Why on earth? Japanese experts want to tell you how to increase your body temperature and improve your immunity by shaking your legs.

Gentle "shaking your legs" can promote blood circulation

Old people are most afraid of getting sick, so they should increase their immunity, which is closely related to body temperature. When the body temperature rises, the immunity will naturally increase. How to increase body temperature? Moderate exercise is helpful. Although everyone is familiar with the statement that moderate exercise is good for health, there are really many people who fish for two days and dry their nets for three days after they really start exercising.

Especially the elders of the silver-haired family, the reality tells us that some elders have failed even if they have the heart to exercise. For the elderly, it is better to do a gentle "leg shake" than to practice muscles. Here are the benefits of "healthy leg shaking".

Although most people's impression of shaking their legs may be that their perception is generally poor. If a neighbor shakes his legs like no one's watching, most people will feel disgusted and unhappy. However, shaking your legs is an action to promote blood circulation.

For the elderly, it is better to do a gentle "leg shake" than to practice muscles. Shake your legs for 5 minutes, and the skin temperature can rise by up to 2 degrees.

Kenichiro Otani, chairman of the Japan Sleep Medicine Association and director of the Japan Sleep Medicine Association, said in their book "Keeping Sleep: How to Live to 100" that the calf is called the "second heart" and it has the function of sending blood that is easy to stay at the feet and waist back to the heart like a pump. As long as the calf muscles are stretched or contracted, the blood circulation can be promoted as soon as the muscles move.