Do you have knee, foot or hip pain?
Unfortunately, these symptoms are very common...
Do you know that one in two people in France suffer from joint pain?
Injuries, fatigue, stress, an unhealthy lifestyle can cause these pains that ruin life.
Or age may be the cause...
Wondering what to do to relieve these pains? Might as well avoid drugs!
Fortunately, we have selected for you 6 simple and effective exercises to soothe foot, knee and hip pain.
You can do them at home in peace. Watch:
- Take a chair. And stand behind the chair, resting your hands on the backrest to maintain your balance.
- Bend one leg backwards to form a right angle.
- Gently, rise on the tip of the foot remaining on the ground.
- Lower the heel to the ground slowly.
- Repeat this exercise 10 to 15 times on each ankle.
The goal is to work the muscles around the knee and strengthen those around the ankle.
This exercise is very easy:just walk on your tiptoes at a good pace.
It is an exercise that adapts to all situations. You can do it while walking, cleaning and cooking...
Or simply by moving home.
The goal is to strengthen the calves and tone the toes while standing on tiptoe.
You can do this exercise for 5 to 15 minutes or you can stop as soon as you are tired.
If your ankles are fragile and sensitive, you can do this exercise.
- Sitting or standing, lift one leg.
- Perform slow circular movements with the foot:the tip of the foot draws a circle.
- Do 10 rotations in one direction, then 10 in the other direction.
- Repeat with the other leg.
To perform this exercise, you need an elastic resistance band.
- Hang the strip on the leg of a fairly heavy piece of furniture.
- Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you.
- Place one leg under the other, bending the knee slightly.
- Pass the foot of the leg which is located above in the elastic.
- Slowly pull the elastic, bringing your foot towards you.
- Repeat this exercise 10 to 15 times for each leg.
This resistance exercise is effective in toning the calf muscles and the inner and outer thigh muscles.
To strengthen your toes, you can do this simple exercise of grabbing something with your toes.
- Put a towel on the floor.
- Bend your toes to grab the towel.
- Put small pebbles on the ground, catch them with your toes and without letting go, put them in a basket.
- Repeat for each foot.
It is the ideal exercise to relieve tension and solicit the soles of the feet.
- Take a tennis ball.
- Sit on a chair.
- Put your foot on the ball.
- Gently roll the ball under the soles of the feet.
Enjoy this massage that relaxes and stimulates at the same time.
It is not without reason that acupuncture and foot massage are widely practiced around the world.
These are 2 very effective techniques to relax and eliminate different pains.
Do your feet ache after a long day at work? Place your fingers between the 1st and 2nd toe.
Do the same between the 4th and 5th about 1 cm from the base of the toes.
Gently massage these points for 15 minutes for total relaxation.
Obviously, if you have someone on hand to do it, it's even more pleasant and efficient!
