What are the benefits of leg shaking

Leg swinging is a new fitness model that can be done anytime and anywhere. It is convenient, fast, safe and reliable, and has many benefits for the elderly. Shaking your hands and legs regularly can delay aging, keep you youthful and energetic, strengthen your body, keep you away from diseases, and has a good effect on improving insomnia, rheumatic headaches and other diseases. Swinging your legs regularly can also help people relax and feel happy.

The hand and leg shaking fitness method is a fitness method that performs hand and leg shaking movements. This method is not restricted by venue or equipment, is simple and easy, and can be practiced anytime and anywhere. Especially suitable for elderly people suffering from general chronic diseases.

What are the benefits of the hand-shaking and leg-shaking fitness method?

As people age, they experience varying degrees of physiological loss of muscle and bone calcium, and their blood vessel elasticity gradually weakens, so the accuracy and speed of upper and lower limb movements in the elderly decrease.

The hand and leg shaking fitness method can not only relax the meridians and delay aging, but also has a significant effect on preventing and treating periarthritis of the shoulder, lower limb muscle atrophy, weakness or pain, cramps, etc. If the elderly insist on appropriate exercise, especially targeted training for the lower limbs, it can slow down the loss of muscle tissue and bone calcium and delay the aging of the legs.

It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on neurasthenia, headache, insomnia, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, tuberculosis, periarthritis of the shoulder, muscle atrophy of the lower limbs, weakness, and chronic diseases of the digestive system.

The key points of the hand-shaking and leg-shaking fitness method

(1) Shaking your hands: Before shaking your hands, stand up straight and relaxed, look straight ahead, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, and let your arms hang naturally with your palms facing inward. When swinging your arms, the vertical line between your arms and your body should not exceed 60°. When swinging your arms back, the vertical line between your arms and your body should not exceed 30°. Generally, you can do this 100-150 times. When shaking your hands, you should relax your whole body, concentrate your mind, be calm, breathe naturally, and feel relaxed and happy. The number of times you shake your hands should increase gradually from a few to a large number. After exercise, you should do some cool-down and relaxation exercises, such as deep breathing, marching on the spot, stretching, etc. It is generally advisable to exercise twice a day.

(2) Leg swinging: Hold a tree or wall with one hand, first swing your calves forward so that your toes are pointed forward, then swing them backward, stretching your toes backward with force, straightening your feet and legs. When swinging your legs, keep your upper body straight. Swing each leg 20-30 times.

Precautions for elderly people to shake their hands and legs

First, when the elderly do arm and leg swinging exercises, the time and amount of exercise should be determined according to their own situation, so that they do not feel obvious fatigue or discomfort during and after the exercise.

Second, when the elderly do the arm and leg shaking exercise, it is best to do it on an empty stomach, such as two or three hours after a meal, so as not to affect the stomach and intestines. Keep your head straight and look forward.

Third, the amount that the elderly shake their hands and legs can be more or less, depending on each person’s physical strength, and there is no need to force themselves.