Leg Massage

Leg Massage

If you’re a frequent runner or a very active person—whether an athlete or not you would understand and appreciate the therapeutic benefit of physical therapy, which includes stretching and massage. For those of you who aren’t as active as you’d like to be, don’t fret, you can still benefit from therapeutic – or relaxation – lower limb massages.

Your legs keep you standing all day long. To do so, a variety of muscle have to work in concert to keep you up. Because there isn’t a second heart in your feet, the pumping action of blood returning back to the heart is left to muscle contraction. So the more you walk, the more your calves, for example, will pump blood upwards. If you’re sitting down for too long, this pumping action is impaired. Over time, this takes a toll on the health of your veins and circulation. Similarly, if you’re standing up all the time, because blood has to be pumped against gravity and against pressure, some blood vessels can be damaged.