Heavy, tired legs are a symptom that can occur in various situations: After jogging, in the summer, while traveling or during pregnancy. What can you do about aching legs?
We give you twelve general tips that you can use to treat your heavy legs quickly and easily.
12 Tips to treat heavy legs
Consider the following tips for heavy legs:
- Avoid prolonged sitting and standing. If it can not be avoided, move in between and do not cross your legs when sitting, as this disrupts blood flow.
- Put your legs up more often, for example, when working, reading, watching TV or sleeping.
- Shower your legs cold more often.
- Massages can also help with heavy legs: However, the leg should always be massaged from the bottom up to promote the return of blood to the heart.
- Wear support stockings.
- Avoid wearing clothes that are too tight. Especially with socks, you should make sure that the waistband does not cut in.
- Overweight people should try to reduce your weight. Because the veins are more stressed by the additional fat tissue.
- Wear flat shoes.
- Avoid heat in summer, because heavy legs are particularly common in high temperatures.
- Drink a lot, because liquid improves blood circulation.
- Walk barefoot more often.
- Regular exercise trains the veins and can thus prevent heavy legs. The focus of the training you should put on the leg muscles.
What to do for swollen legs?
First aid for heavy legs
First aid for heavy, swollen legs can be a wrap made of ice cubes, cold water and a little fruit vinegar. If the swelling of the legs does not go down despite the above measures, you should definitely consult a doctor and clarify with him the exact causes of your heavy legs.
