Walk Sexy or Suffer

The habit that harms

If we humans" really are just big water bags consisting of 60% fluid, as people who know about these things say we are. Then have you ever wondered, as I have, why all that blood, lymph, interstitial fluid and whatever doesn't just collect in our ankles and feet?

Q: Why aren’t we all pear-shaped ?
Given that our old friend gravity likes to push everything earthward. And we have a big powerful pump situated quite near the top of our bodies but not at the bottom. How the hell does all that liquid get back up from our feet? And why aren't even more of us ...well, kind of pear-shaped?

A: Calf Pumps
Quite ingeniously, the action of the muscles at the front of your shins and your calves at the back, alternately flexing on and off as you walk. Help to massage the blood and lymph back up the body. While conveniently placed non-return valves in the veins and lymph vessels prevent it all running back down again. In this way, all that fluid carrying metabolic waste can be cleaned and recharged with oxygen and nutrients as it re-circulates around the body​

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