Varices can be caused by several reasons, such as the weakening of vein walls, tensed feet’s muscles, or swollen feet and veins. Have you ever experienced such thing? How to prevent Varices?
Varices can be caused by several reasons, such as the weakening of vein walls, tensed feet’s muscles, or swollen feet and veins. Have you ever experienced such thing? How to prevent Varices?
Here are 10 ways to prevent varices:
1. Avoid wearing high heels shoes or sandals
The wear of high heels shoes or sandals, such as stiletto, for a long time will make your feet tensed. If you are required to wear them, do not wear them too long. Soon after you are free, you can change into flat shoes or sandals.
2. Do not wear too tight underwear or accessories
Underwear or accessories, such as bra, belt, socks and stocking, should not be too tight. Otherwise, they will restrain the blood circulation and it might lead to varices.
3. Do stretching as much as possibleYou need to do some stretching, at least in the morning after you wake up. If your job requires you to sit almost the whole day, then you can do some stretching by moving your feet in circles clock wise and the other way around. You can also move your fingers once for awhile to make the joints relaxing.
4. Pay attention to your feet position during your working hours
You have to make sure that you do not cross or bend your feet for such a long time. It is intended to avoid your feet from supporting your body weight too long. When you sit, you can take your shoes off and try to have your feet flat on the floor.
5. Resting your feet before going to sleep
Before you sleep, you can lift your feet higher than your chest and then put them against the wall while lying down on bed. After that, you can put your feet on the pillow for relaxing.
6. Some ways to prevent varices is by soaking your feet in a hot water (41-43°C) and then to cold water (15°C), around 15-30 minutes each.
You can repeat the process after another 30 minutes to make the blood circulation smooth and the vein walls strong.
7. Do some sports, such as walking, jogging, biking or swimming
Before you do the sport, do not forget to do some stretching and warming up first so that you will not get varices.
8. Consume lots of fiber and reduce the salt
You can drink juice to help smoothing your blood circulation as well as strengthening the vein wall. Some juice combination can be great references for you, such as celery-parsley, spinach-cucumber, bit-cucumber, spinach-celery or lettuce huice.
9. Stop smoking
Hazardous chemicals in the cigarettes will make the vein stiffed and narrowed so that the vein wall is not elastic enough.
10. when you have any complication, have a consultation to your doctor
When you do have any varices, you are suggested to wear special socks or stocking for varices. Besides that, you can also have a surgery to eliminate or cut the vein. Another option is by having some treatment using injection and laser operation.
These are 10 ways to prevent varices. The beauty of your feet is somehow important. Therefore, it is highly suggested that you can do some tips as mentioned above.