One method to check whether your blood vessels are blocked, it works all the time!

While walking, jogging or other exercises, you may suddenly feel unbearable leg pain, a feeling of pressure or numbness in the lower limbs, which will get better after rest. Some people think that it is caused by excessive exercise or old age, and therefore do not take it seriously.

In fact, this kind of lower limb pain and numbness after exercise is likely to be lower limb vascular disease.

There is a reason why blood vessels become blocked. For older friends, dietary problems, natural degeneration... cause deposition and thickening of the vascular lining, forming "plaques" and narrowing of the arteries. If plaques form at the intersection of blood vessel branches, blood cannot flow through, which can easily lead to occlusion, resulting in…

So, how do you measure whether your blood vessels are blocked?

Whether the blood vessels are blocked or not, test it at home

You can understand it at a glance

The feet are the extremities of the human body and the farthest part from the heart. When there is a problem with the blood vessels, the feet are the first to feel it.

At first, two feelings:

The first is that my legs feel a bit cold;

Second, if you walk a long distance, one leg will easily become tired and sore.

There is another clearer signal that can be verified: you can feel the pulse on a person's wrist. In fact, if you gently touch the highest point in the middle of the dorsum of a person's foot, you can feel the pulse.

Normally, we can feel the pulse in the foot, which proves that our arterial blood flows to the back of the foot. But after walking for a distance, when you touch it again, you can't feel the pulse. At this time, mild arterial blockage may have occurred.

When blockage worsens: Intermittent claudication

When blood vessel blockage worsens, a strange condition called intermittent claudication may occur.

For example, some elderly people feel they can’t walk anymore after walking a few hundred meters and their legs ache. After resting for a while, they can walk again. This is a typical symptom of vascular artery blockage, vascular intermittent claudication.

This kind of soreness does not come from joint diseases, but from muscle soreness. It is mainly because muscle movement requires a large amount of oxygen, but the blood vessels fail to supply it in time, causing soreness. After resting for a while, you can walk again. This is also a typical symptom of vascular artery blockage.

When an acute blood clot occurs, people may feel sudden pain in their legs. At this point, it can generally be determined that it is caused by the sudden detachment of a blood clot. This situation is very dangerous because if the blood clot floats freely with the blood flow to the heart and causes blockage, it will lead to myocardial infarction. Be careful!

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A method to check whether blood vessels are blocked

Method: Lie flat on the bed, raise your feet to about 45 degrees for about 30 seconds, and then observe your legs.

If one leg is pale, even a little waxy, and the skin of the leg feels a little transparent, and when you take your foot off the ground and return to a normal sitting position, this means that this leg has developed ischemia symptoms.

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Flushing blood vessels without worrying about blockage

One of the reasons for blood vessel blockage is that there is not enough blood flowing through the blood vessels and the flow rate is slow. Therefore, in addition to controlling the excessive accumulation of blood lipids and other blood wastes through diet, you can also prevent plaque formation and blood vessel blockage by allowing more blood to flow through the blood vessels at a faster rate!

The method is not difficult and does not require running or long distances. Because these movements are not universal, they are difficult to popularize. So, after further exploration, we found an exercise that most people can do - standing on tiptoes!

Don't underestimate this movement. During the process of standing on tiptoes, the calf muscles will contract and relax regularly, which will stimulate the blood vessels at the deepest level. The blood vessels will also be squeezed and relaxed regularly. At the same time, standing on tiptoes will increase the blood circulation volume and speed in the lower limbs. In this way, the blood vessels in the lower limbs will be flushed by more blood with faster flow.

Method: Wear a pair of stable flat shoes and stand firmly, lift your heels, and support your body with your toes. Put your heels down after about 2 seconds. After standing firmly, continue to lift your heels and support your body with your toes. Repeat this process.

suggestion:

Do it 3 times a day, each time for about 5 minutes. If you sit for more than an hour, it is also recommended to stand up and sit for a few minutes. If you are worried about not being able to stand steadily, you can hold on to the back of a chair to help maintain your balance.

Touch your feet quickly and remember to share it with your friends for testing to avoid many serious consequences!