How to quickly relieve tension in the legs: the best decoctions and masks

Our legs begin to work from early morning until late at night. Sometimes there is not enough time to sit down and give them even a little rest. By the end of the day, fatigue accumulates, pain and swelling in the legs are often felt. As usual, we do not have enough time to pay much attention to ourselves, so we have prepared some useful recommendations on how to quickly relieve tension and fatigue in the legs. You can easily apply these methods at home on your own, without spending a lot of time and effort on it. What are the best methods to use?

Water treatments to relieve tension in the legs

During the day, the legs are not sweet: they sweat, rubbed calluses, and heels do not contribute to their comfort. In order to relax, at the first stage, just lie down and put a pillow or two under your feet, agrees estet-portal.com. Being in a position above the head, the legs will certainly rest, and the swelling that appeared during the day will be much less.

A contrast shower tones the blood vessels and skin on the legs well, reminds estet-portal.com. Turn on alternately cold and hot water with an interval of 10 seconds.  You can also try contrast baths, the principle is the same. Hold legs alternately first in hot water, then lower them into cold water for 2 seconds.

Do not use this procedure if you have a history of kidney disease.

You can give yourself baths with sea salt. Take room temperature water (a bucket of water) and dilute 2 tablespoons of sea salt in it. This procedure for 15-20 minutes well tones your legs. If sea salt is not available, use regular table salt.

Decoctions of various medicinal plants

• A bath with chamomile, linden flowers and the addition of honey will relieve swelling and fatigue. Pour 2 tablespoons of herbs with a liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. Then add another liter of water and 1 tablespoon of honey. We lower our legs there for 10-15 minutes.
• To improve blood circulation in the legs after wearing heels, a decoction of nettle and mint will help. You need to insist on 1 tablespoon of each herb in a liter of boiling water for 10 minutes. Pour the decoction into the bath and relax for 20 minutes.
• Flaxseed is an indispensable helper for tension in the legs. If you mix it with chamomile and pine needles, you get an excellent remedy. Take 2 tablespoons of this mixture, let it brew in 2 liters of boiling water and add sea salt there. The bath is taken for 20 minutes
• Citrus fruits will also help. Boil 1 cup chopped peel (lemons, oranges, tangerines, grapefruits) for 10 minutes in 1.5 liters of water. Soak your feet in this concoction for 25 minutes.

You can freeze ice cubes on decoctions of herbs and wipe tired legs with them. Suitable herbs for such procedures are string, sage, chamomile, lemon balm and arnica.

Instead of herbs, you can also use essential oils (3-5 drops per bath): lavender¸ eucalyptus, juniper, fir, lemon and cypress.

Relieving foot massages

In order for the outflow of blood from tired limbs to occur as quickly as possible, they must be located above the body. Put them on the back of a chair or lean against the wall and lie there for half an hour.

To improve blood flow, do an exercise: rise and fall on your toes. It will also loosen stiff feet.

Massage of the feet and lower legs helps a lot. It is better to do it after water procedures. Use toning cream for massage. Warm up your feet well, pay as much attention as possible to your heels and instep. Massage your shins from the bottom up.

Masks to relieve tired legs

Good for relieving mask tension. You can cook them yourself at home:

• Mask with blue clay. You need to take 2 tablespoons of clay and give it the consistency of sour cream with water. You should apply it on your feet and hold for half an hour. Wash off with warm water.

• Surprisingly, bananas can also help with fatigue and swelling of the legs. Banana should be mashed or chopped in a blender. Add to it a little yogurt, 50 grams, and cornmeal, so much so that the mixture does not drain, but stays on your feet. After any foot bath, apply a banana mask. The duration of the procedure is half an hour.

• As an alternative method, rubbing alcohol on the feet can be used.

If you use these recipes, you can quickly and efficiently relieve tension from your legs at home.

Take care of your legs, try not to climb on high heels unnecessarily. Leave it for special occasions if your job involves being on your feet all the time. If you have foot problems (flat feet, for example), wear orthopedic insoles.

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