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Shop til you drop-the calf muscle pump and aching legs Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery Specialist Copyright 2008 Michael Gillan http://womensweb .aching-legs-relief.com/sh op_til_you_drop_recovery .html 1 Shop til you drop Aching Legs Leg recovery using an environmentally friendly recovery system When you go out for a serious day’s shopping and you out in the shopping mall the legs may ache after a couple of hours of walking-sitting down for a break may seem a good option to relieve them but they may start aching again before you have gone too far The avid shopper will be aware of the advice that if you are in the market for shoes; buy them in the morning as the feet swell later in the day The calf muscles are the motors for a pump called the calf muscle pump that forces used blood against gravity through one-way valves in the veins back up the body When you are on your feet all day and the calf muscles start to fatigue, power stops being supplied to the pump and the blood just pools around the ankles-the water (or lymph fluid) separates from it and migrates into the tissues in and around the ankles As it is not being pumped away fast enough from the lower legs, the ankles swell and if it wasn’t for the ends of the toes it would all flow out of the body all over the ground To stop the muscles fatiguing, fresh oxygen and nutrient filled blood has to keep being supplied to the muscles-but when the muscles are fatigued they can’t work at facilitating or supplying their own needs Flat floors and the Calf Muscle Pump Atmospheric pressure is all around us and affects all we do and all we are-everyone is walking around with a column of air on our heads that weighs similarly to a small car but because of air in the body cavities the pressure is equalized and it does not crush us But a system in the body it has an effect on is the circulation-it pushes all the fluids in the body down towards the lowest part of the body, t he feet where gravi ty sto ps it coming back up to the body for recycling and recirculation as fresh blood Getting it back up to the body is a job that the calf muscles do, but if they are not working by being given contrasting surfaces to encourage the m to fulfil this role they cannot contribute to circulation-flat floors do not offer t his contrast, so used blood stays in the ankles and feet
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Shop til you dropAching Legs
Leg recovery using an environmentally friendly recovery system
When you go out for a serious day’s shopping and you out in the shopping mall the legs mayache after a couple of hours of walking-sitting down for a break may seem a good option torelieve them but they may start aching again before you have gone too far
The avid shopper will be aware of the advice that if you are in the market for shoes; buy themin the morning as the feet swell later in the day
The calf muscles are the motors for a pump called the calf muscle pump that forces usedblood against gravity through one-way valves in the veins back up the body
When you are on your feet all day and the calf muscles start to fatigue, power stops beingsupplied to the pump and the blood just pools around the ankles-the water (or lymph fluid)separates from it and migrates into the tissues in and around the ankles
As it is not being pumped away fast enough from the lower legs, the ankles swell and if itwasn’t for the ends of the toes it would all flow out of the body all over the ground
To stop the muscles fatiguing, fresh oxygen and nutrient filled blood has to keep beingsupplied to the muscles-but when the muscles are fatigued they can’t work at facilitating orsupplying their own needs
Flat floors and the Calf Muscle PumpAtmospheric pressure is all around us and affects all we do and all we are-everyone is walkingaround with a column of air on our heads that weighs similarly to a small car but because of airin the body cavities the pressure is equalized and it does not crush us
But a system in the body it has an effect on is the circulation-it pushes all the fluids in the bodydown towards the lowest part of the body, the feet where gravity stops it coming back up to thebody for recycling and recirculation as fresh blood
Getting it back up to the body is a job that the calf muscles do, but if they are not working bybeing given contrasting surfaces to encourage them to fulfil this role they cannot contribute tocirculation-flat floors do not offer this contrast, so used blood stays in the ankles and feet
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The secret to leg recovery
The calf muscle pumpThe calf muscles act as the motor for a pump to take it from the feet back to the body againstgravity through the venous system where it is re-nourished and recirculated-but to be workingthey have to move.
Look at the photo above-how many towels and bottles of oil do you see?
None because the latest in non-polluting , non-technical method of leg recovery techniques isbeing used
The active way to help the legs recover is to learn how to work with the musclesIf you can use your hands you have the tools to do the job of recovery
Recovery from leg fatigue or ongoing leg maintenance
Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
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Here I am giving a demonstration of leg recovery in Denmark usingLight Manual Muscle Relaxation
More details and references on ultra marathon can be found on my websites
Everyone needs recovery after a tough day-and the fact that to get it blood to themuscles in the legs needs refreshing
But to get that old depleted blood in the lower legs needs pumping out of them so that new fresh bloodcan be pumped in-simple really
How much training and theory does it need to do this?
Very little because it is not specific
How did I discover Light Manual muscle Relaxation?
Because for my first 2 years in ultra marathon I used conventional recovery systems and theyreally did not work-nothing changed, nothing improved-it was not until I accidentally changedmy approach from working on the muscles to working with them did things improve for bothmyself and the ultra entrants
Below is a chart from when I discovered working with the muscles rather thanon them shows how much things did improve for the runners and walkers
If these figures are translated into recovery speed for the person with achinglegs they would be very happy
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The difference in approach is illustrated below
Results from 1995 Coburg 6 day footrace
Name Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6A Krouglikov 237.2 113.6 130 106 126 108 Kilometers
539 284 325 365 315 270 Laps
T Rusek 215.2 98.8 98 139.6 138.4 122.4 Kilometers538 247 245 349 346 306 Laps
M Taylor 174.4 128.8 143.6 123.6 138.4 122.4 Kilometers436 322 359 309 302 223 Laps
B Beauchamp 180.4 133.2 124 117.6 110 93.2 Kilometers451 333 310 294 275 233 Laps
P Gray 150 134 105.2 94.8 111.6 106 Kilometers375 335 263 237 279 265 Laps
D Parri s 138.4 108.4 106.8 116.4 106 107.2 Kilometers346 271 267 274 265 268 Laps
I Davis 168 119.2 90 116.4 106 107.2 Kilometers420 298 225 291 180 247 Laps
G Watts 132.2 96.4 99.2 104.4 92.8 133.6 Kilometers328 241 248 261 232 334 Laps
C Young 142 91.2 90 97.6 88 92 Kilometers355 228 225 244 220 230 Laps
D Kettle 138.2 86.8 90.8 95.2 94.4 84.4 Kilometers332 217 227 238 236 212 Laps
R Hill 128 80.8 99.2 70 95.6 96.6 Kilometers320 202 248 175 239 241 Laps
K Fisher 164 91.6 50 115.2 49.6 81.2 Kilometers410 229 125 288 124 203 Laps
G Pollard 120 74.8 73.6 68.4 69.6 61.2 Kilometers300 187 184 171 174 153 LapsThe above group came in for Light Manual Muscle RelaxationThe below group did not or had their own recovery people
T Rafferty 141.6 112.8 104.8 101.6 98 96.4 Kilometers354 282 262 254 245 241 Laps
G McConnel 145.6 110.8 126.4 113.6 108.4 106 ki lometers363 277 287 284 271 265 Laps
G Audley 152.8 110.8 126.4 113.6 114.8 95.2 ki lometers
S Scanlon 140.8 82 84 34 0 0 Kilometers352 205 210 85 pulled out-blisters Laps
J Timms 127.2 98.4 74.8 0 0 0 ki lometers
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Quickly-easily and in an environmentally friendly way!
If you want more details go to my website at
http://womensweb.aching-legs-relief.com/shop_til_you_drop_recovery.html
Aching legs should always be checked out by a medical professional before doing anything toand with them because there are many medical reasons why they may be aching- see aphysician first
