A man is getting old from his feet. Japanese doctors say that on the soles of the feet are concentrated all the nerve endings that go to all the internal organs. Removing the growths on the skin of the foot, you cleanse the body and let it breathe. Beautiful and well-groomed foot is a guarantee of health, self-confidence, excellent mood.
Foot care includes the following procedures
1. Daily cleansing of the feet. After daily washing of feet with warm water, rinse them with cold water. During washing, it is recommended to rub the areas that are susceptible to the formation of calluses, they must be ground with pumice stone. After washing, you need to wipe your feet with a towel, especially between your fingers. Once a week, clean the heel with a special foot scrub. It must be applied to the grinding nail file and made with light circular motions. For 2 or 3 minutes, rub the skin on the heels, then rinse with water and repeat the procedure again.
2. Foot baths are pleasant and effective procedures for foot care. Cleansing baths clean the skin of the feet from dirt and dust and increase blood circulation, relieve fatigue.
Recipes for cleansing foot baths
1. 1 or 2 teaspoons of baking soda is dissolved in a liter of water, add 1 tablespoon of foam for baths and we dip the feet in the water. Repeat the procedure for 15 or 20 minutes.
2. Moistening and softening. After any bath, dry your feet and lubricate with cream. Thus, the legs get extra moisture, they are ready for new loads. The cream is applied to the soles of the feet, to the shins, there is not a lot of sebaceous glands on it, and it suffers from dryness. The foot cream is rubbed with massage movements - kneading, rubbing and stroking.
3. Masks for the feet. There are special masks for the feet.
Cabbage mask: we take a leaf of white cabbage, we beat it with a hammer for meat, so that the leaf becomes more juicy and softer. We will put a sheet on the foot, we will put a food film on top and put on a sock, preferably woolen. We're holding the night.
4. Massage. Massage makes the skin of the legs smooth and supple. We start from the foot and gradually climb up to the knee joint. We pass this path 3 or 4 times. Then massage each finger, from its tip to the base, we knead the entire foot and finish the massage by stroking. So do it 3 or 4 times.
But you can do not such a gentle massage, but a harder massage. As always a warning: such a massage is contraindicated in thrombosis and veins. We take 2 dry brushes with medium stiff bristles and rub our legs in circular motions, moving from the stops up to the groin. The duration of this procedure will be before the redness of the skin, just try not to erase the skin.
A more gentle option of massage will be hard loofah and soaped skin. After that, apply a massage oil or cream.
It is useful to make a "sea" massage for feet: we collect and put a round pebble on the bottom of the basin, and pour in a basin of water at room temperature, add zhmenya sea salt for baths. Then we walk in the basin on pebbles for 15 or 20 minutes. This massage has hardening and healing properties, useful for children and adults.
5. Get rid of cracks on the heels. One of the many problems that can overtake your legs - cracks on the heels, they can cause you trouble for a long time. None of them are immune, not only do they cause physiological discomfort, in the summer, cracks on the heels are prevented from putting on open shoes, making us shy of rough skin on our feet. When cracks appear on the heels, they cause severe pain in the heel area when walking. On the sole you can see small, thin incisions, which later turn into deep cracks on the heels.
6. Ways to remove "corns" and corns . Everyone knows what corns are, and what suffering they can cause. It is difficult to reduce calluses, it takes time and perseverance.
To destroy the formed calluses there are many means
Aloe . Apply the cut flat leaf of aloe on the callus and tie it well. Overnight, the callus will be soft and easy to clean.
Lemon. We will dissolve a leg before going to sleep, tie the lemon peel with pulp to the corn. After 2 or 3 days, the procedure will be repeated, then again we will unzip the leg and gently remove the corn.
7. Treatment and prevention of fungus on the legs. About the fungus on the legs, many find out when a medical certificate is needed or physical tortures begin. Such a frivolous attitude is not justified, because any other neglected disease, as well as the fungus, threatens with serious troubles. Many kinds of fungi secrete poisonous substances, which means that toxins accumulate in the body.
It is important to take measures to prevent fungal diseases
1. To prevent fungal infection, you need to apply once a month to the nails varnish, which has an antifungal effect.
8. Perspiration of the feet
In the hot summer in the city, many wear closed shoes to feel more comfortable in public transport, protect their feet from dust and dirt, so as not to stifle their legs, or maybe just paying a tribute to fashion. This convenience can turn into trouble for you - in the heat of the feet sweat, and moist skin is an excellent medium for fungal infection. To save yourself from this, there are many different means.
The most simple and pleasant procedure will be baths with infusions of herbs and with sea salt. These procedures do not take a lot of time, but can help get rid of the sweating of the legs.
Recipes for foot baths with sweating feet
1. With St. John's wort, Take 2 tablespoons of herbs, pour a liter of boiling water, we insist for 1 hour, then we will hold our legs in this infusion for 20 or 30 minutes.
2. With willow or oak bark. We take 300 grams of bark, fill it with 2 liters of water, bring it to a boil and cook for half an hour, then strain it and add water to the resulting liquid so that the infusion reaches 2 liters in volume. Keep the feet in such decoction for 20 or 30 minutes.
3. With increased sweating, we make hot baths every day with chamomile infusion. Take 6 tablespoons of chamomile inflorescences, fill with 2 liters of boiling water, cover the dishes with a lid and let it take 1 hour. Strain the infusion warmed and keep your feet until the water becomes cool. For the bath we use a decoction, boil it for 10 minutes. After the procedure, the legs are powdered with talc and boric acid.
9. Exercises for the beauty of the feet. The legs are an important part of the body, with the help of our feet we run, jump, kick, stand, move. Compared to other organs of the body, the legs perform a difficult job. But over time, the cartilage that connects the bones of the knee joint wears out. He can not function normally, as a result, pain appears in the knee. If regular and disciplined exercises to strengthen the muscles of the legs, this will protect the knees from osteoarthritis. Choosing certain exercises for the feet will help build up the dry muscles. The buildup of dry muscles, will lead to elasticity of buttocks and legs, will lead to an increase in tone. The advantage of dry muscle mass on the legs will help burn more fat from the entire body and significantly improve the metabolism.
Exercises to strengthen the muscles of the legs and the beauty of the legs
1 . Jogging, running, walking, no less than half an hour a day.
2. Stand up straight, the socks look forward, rise to the tiptoes and descend.
3. We will press our fingers, as if we want to grab something from the floor.
4 . We walk on the fingers for 1 or 2 minutes.
5. Squats - hands on the hips, exhale, go back to the starting position and take a breath.
6. Running on socks in place, for 30 or 60 seconds.
7. Jump on the socks 3 or 15 times.
8. Lie on your back, waving your legs and arms at the same time, like a beetle turned over on its back. This exercise warms up the whole body and improves blood circulation.
9. The starting position, lying on the back, hands holding under the head, freeze with raised legs. Raise the legs at an angle of 45 degrees, stretch the socks and in this position hold for 5 seconds, lower the legs. We slowly bend our legs, we gradually press them to the stomach, and without haste we straighten.
10. The bicycle. The starting position is lying on the back. Raise the legs at an angle of 45 degrees, make the movements that mimic the process of riding a bike, first do it ahead, then in the reverse order. Let's repeat the exercises. Leaning on the left side, then on the right side. Repeat 15 or 20 times for each position.
11. Scissors. Lie on your back. We raise our legs at an angle of 45 degrees, we bend them alternately from the side, we cross our legs, we lie straight, then we do the same exercise in turn, slightly falling over first to the right side, then to the left side. We repeat 8 or 10 times for each position.
Carrying out the legs, and doing exercises for the beauty of the legs, you can achieve that your legs become healthy, strong and beautiful.