Edema? Swollen Feet? The Best three exercsises to eliminate swelling!

Swollen Legs? Edema? These 3 simple exercises can help you quickly eliminate leg swelling forever!

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[lynnthompkins]

I have a job where I'm sitting all day long...my feet were extremely swollen for 3 days...I didn't realize what was happening...not only was I sitting for long periods of time I was gaining so much weight...i was walking around with swollen painful feet for 3 days. It got to be so painful that i was going to take myself to the hospital...anyway I did these exercises for 15 min and I felt better my feet are not swollen anymore at all. I can walk! K can walk! I thank God for leading me to this video. It was God because I'm single and live alone. We can't take our health for granted. I'm gonna start exercising more, eating better. Thank you so much for this video. I'm literally crying because these exercises I feel saved my life.

[colc]

In a few months I will have my 90th birthday, I have a back problem that limits my walking. For at least 20 years I do about 300 heal raises a day. To ensure my mobility, it certainly has worked

[rolandjones]

This really works, I was able to completely get rid of my ankle and leg swelling this way without compression stockings.

[tedcantrell]

Great video. These exercises do help. Please note, however, that the problem is not just blood veins. Water retention is primarily in the lymph system. The lymph system is not powered by the blood/heart system. It only functions by the contracting of the muscles. Exercise is the only way to move fluid through the lymph system. So exercise!

[edfederoff]

The Chinese Qi Gong practices of swinging the arms loosely while slapping the body with the hands rhythmically and in patterns that drive fluid back to the heart, have greatly helped me.

[maryblencowe]

Thank you for this video. At last! You have given us exercises which ARE EASY TO REMEMBER. No more having to keep referring back to the iPad/phone/computer, losing your place and then your patience. And they can be done almost anywhere too. You didn’t blind me with science and, as an 86 year old I very much appreciate that! 😊

[Newdealia]

I am 91 and thank you for your help. Will try all 3 exercises.

[alliebelle]

Hello Doug, I walk 3 miles every morning and consider myself to be pretty active. All of a sudden I got edema, I went to the doctor and they prescribed me a water pill. I an currently taking the water pill, but my legs are still swollen. My right leg in particular. I had an Ultra sound and there are no blood clots. I watched this video and consider it a challenge. I am going to do all 3 exercises, 3 times a day and I will let you know what happens. I hope I can share the success of your patients.

[mcdougal]

Odema or Edema can also be caused by low protein in( blood test) your diet. I had this problem whilst in hospital, It was quite scary to see tissue fluid leaking out of my arms. With the right treatment, wearing compression socks, exercising, things improved. I was also given water tablets to take which helps remove any excess water in the body. I could drink as much water as I liked as the body only removes any excess it doesn't require. It took about 6 to 8 weeks for my legs and feet to get back to a more normal size and I still take the water tablets(1 a day) Walking every day is a great preventive with a proper diet, low salt high protein.

[bluesdawg]

I'm 74 and will do this daily from today on. Thanks : ) Los Angeles

[shastastan]

I'm 84 and am starting these exercises today. Thanks!

[courag]

The best leg exercises are the ones you do when you are eating: eat as varied of a salad with dark leafy greens like kale and also beet greens and their stems, these are good steamed, drink Landers All Dark Cherry Juice, eat a variety of vegetables and fruits, including starchy foods like baked potato, brown rice, quinoa. Learn to grill mushrooms without oils and tofu as these are wonderful in a Buddha bowl. Drink plenty of water and wear shoes which do not restrict your toes.

Change to Morton’s Lite Salt which is still iodized, it is NOT Sodium/Chloride, but POTASSIUM / Chloride! It still tastes salty, but it does not raise blood pressure. Do not cook with salt, no matter the recipe except for baked goods. Salt only on the surface when you eat at the table, you will enjoy your food without missing the excess sodium which makes you retain extra fluids which makes swelling much worse.

Drink adequate water, you still need it. Lose weight, eat Whole Foods without oils or butter. If you enjoy Oriental foods, get the Less Sodium Soy Sauce. Use Sweet and Sour more than the Soy Sauce.

Many people have high blood pressure but it can be controlled by stopping the salt as described above but when this is not enough, drinking red grapefruit juice, as well as eating red grapefruit, is effective in lowering BP. NOTE: if you are taking BP meds, you want to take your BP as it begins to come down, cut your medication down but tell your doctor your intent so you can plan together what numbers are worth taking less meds, many doctors do not know that diet can and does work. Usually doctors think that you start BP meds, you are on these the rest of your life. Grapefruit also helps lower cholesterol. We get Del Monte Grapefruit in Extra Light Syrup, it also comes artificially sweetened for diabetics. We find this Delicious Monte grapefruit in the jar at the Super BIG Walmart in the produce section, it is refrigerated.

A Whole Food Plant-Based diet got me down from 200 to 120 lbs. and my weight is easily controlled between what I eat and walking or exercises. It is worth it to feel so much better. We do enjoy our food, but we do not live all our lives eating. We eat to live, but not live to eat. I was on a wheelchair, no more. I am active. I do 10, 000 Steps so I am getting natural Vitamin D.

I am 71 years old and don’t have to take any medications. My husband has had cancer and post surgery, has survived 7 years! He had the high BP and I had the high cholesterol, the grapefruit was what worked for his BP and my cholesterol.

It is more fun to drive up to the mountains and hike around than sit in the doctor’s office.

What we eat gets and keeps us full. Any diet that makes you hungry and does not solve hunger is not sustainable.

I learned to eat this way following Dr. John McDougall’s book, “ The Starch Solution”. Got it on audible and listen to it as I walk to encourage myself to eat right every day. I was brainwashed to eat to get sick, it is my strategy to end that programming with Truth!

Our Standard American Diet is addictive, it makes us fat and with many diseases. All the meds then just make us more toxic the older we get and are hard on our liver and kidneys.

The best thing is to learn a new way to cook and stop fueling diseases. It is FREEDOM!

[RosemarieWood-owxx]

My mum has Adema in her feet & ankles . She is 87 years old in a nursing home. It has swollen up again in feet & ankles. I have massaged her feet & ankles in a carrier oil mixed with essential oils for inflammation. Soaking feet first. She cannot walk now has COPD . Looking at your video . I will get mum to do seated exercise . With her feet. Thank you so much for your video

[tessaboatswain]

Thank you doctor striaght to the point andi have started these 3 steps already.

[janajamer]

Awesome! I am gonna get started after I finish my comment. I have Raynaud's Syndrome. I have a lower broken back (before COVID) so I can't do much activities like I used to. My mother had and my sister has leg circulatory issues as well. Edema is so painful, I'm always hollering at my 3 Pitties (60 lbs each) to get away from my feet.😬
Thank You Dr Doug for sharing this information.

[bwjfqtk]

My feet have reduced considerably since doing these exercises. I can now get shoes on i havent been able to for years!

[maxquigley]

I've been doing these ankle pumps and several other "exercises" for more than 20 years, long before I knew I had edema. I didn't know I was doing bonafide exercises. My legs just did them on their own. I do it instinctively, even in my sleep. It drives my wife crazy. She gets up to sleep on a couch and blames me for being addicted to pedaling my bike 24 hours a day whether I'm on the bike or not. Also until about two years ago I was riding bicycle 15 to 50 miles per week, mostly on weekends. I began having this edema during the many years I was an avid bicyclist. It didn't start because I suddenly became sedentary. I am not now nor have I ever been sedentary. These exercises do not reduce edema, except for a short period of time while doing the exercise. Fifteen minutes later the edema is right back where it was before.

[josephvanharen]

Thank you Dr Weiss for this very good advise and clear explanation

[suesaidarshan]

I had knee replacement 1 year ago
My foot went stiff and still is very stiff
I cannot walk very far without the help of the walking stick
I do water aerobics 5 times a week
I m now trying your exercise
Thank you so much
Godbless you

[cjanquart]

Did anyone else just do the seated heel/toe raises while watching this video? I tweaked my right knee earlier this week working out and my calf got a bruise and puffy; a press check showed pitting. I wear compression socks for work but they're ankle height and I walk as much as possible while at work. Hope this helps!