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Lighter Legs
Long, hot days can leave your legs feeling tired and heavy. Extreme temperatures and humidity are even harder to tolerate if you suffer from edema (lower leg swelling) and/or varicose veins.
Varicose veins result when one or more valves in the venous system of the leg fails to function properly and leaks. Some blood will then flow back down into the leg (in the wrong direction) and pools in the superficial veins under the skin. Over time, additional pressure causes the veins to stretch, bulge and become visible. This is when tiny capillary branches of the veins overflow to produce spider veins and purple discoloration.
Although there is no cure for varicose veins outside of surgery, taking some minor precautions can significantly decrease the formation of future veins.
- Elevate your feet whenever possible.
- Avoid sitting cross legged.
- High-heeled shoes place unnecessary stress on leg veins by forcing your calf muscles to stay contacted for extended periods.
- Improve circulation with physical activity such a walking, biking, swimming and yoga to reposition the body and get blood flowing in the opposite direction.
- If you stand or sit in one position for an extended period of time, make a conscious effort to change positions or move around every 20 minutes. Even a brief walk can help your blood flow freer.
- Hormones found in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy after menopause encourages the development of varicose and spider veins.
- Being overweight aggravates the problem further due to added strain and pressure on the legs.
- Smoking can also create circulation problems and should be avoided.
- Avoid excessive intake of caffeine, soft drinks, alcohol and fatty foods.
Soothing Treatment
The following treatment can relieve discomforts caused by varicose veins or heavy legs.
Here’s How:
- Dry Brushing your body daily helps stimulate circulation, facilitate elimination of toxins and decongest the lymph system. To learn more about this technique, see Improve Your Skin’s Health in our woman’s archived life enhancements. This procedure can be performed everyday prior to bathing and is extremely beneficial to people who are sedentary, regularly indulge in an unhealthy diet or experience water retention.
- Soak in Hydrotherapia Detoxifying Bath Soak one to two times a week to relieve aching legs. Enriched with Butcher’s Broom, Yellow Dock and Horsetail to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage as well calm inflammations and promote tissue healing. Dead Sea Salts provide minerals essential to skin functioning and purifying essential oils help to soothe. Do not soak in hot water if you have varicose veins as this will further dilate them. Water temperature should be lukewarm to cool.
- Lightly massage a few drops of ANOGI Bath and Massage Toning Therapia Oil to your skin prior to toweling off. This will help seal in moisture as well as stimulate micro-circulation. Allow oil to soak in before dressing; about ten to fifteen minutes.
- Apply a skin firming moisturizer such as Daily Moisturizing Toning Therapia Lotion formulated to recondition and revitalize your skin with highly active marine and botanical extracts such as Horse Chestnut shown to reduce inflammation, support vein tone and improve circulation.
- Spritz on Body Mist Cooling Therapia Tonic with cooling menthol and essential oils to calm inflammation and relieve itching. Keep our convenient 2 ounce bottle with you at all times for an instant pick-me-up.
- To further enhance the soothing effect, keep your ANOGI Lotion and Tonic in the refrigerator all summer long to counteract a melt down.
We hope you enjoy the benefits of this treatment therapy. Click here for more Remedies from our Summer Rescue Guide.
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