It is important to make clear that between health and esthetic there should not be  a line separating those two, they should be contemplating each other. There is a single idea that coincides in both: the satisfaction that they bring  woman.

If somebody sees a nice pair of legs you rarely would think about how important they are for the organism. Usually their esthetic aspect dominates, and only few know that they make up 50% of our height, that 40% of our body's skin cover them, that they have the body's longest bone as well as the heaviest (the thighbone) and that the longest vein runs through them -the safena-, that runs from the foot to the groin.

The inferior extremities are not exempt from suffering damage or being victim of the carelessness of their owner, thus we have to take precautions to make them the center of attention during this summer. In the following text we are going to give you some advice to help their esthetic aspect as well as their health.

Varicous veins

The first thing we should worry about is health. You should give the varicous veins attention, they are little veins of a greenish blue color that can be found in the feet. The are formed when some veins or valves of the circulation system are weakened or slimmed down, resulting in the blood not flooding like it usually does and accumulating in certain parts of the extremities, building the origin of disagreeable and annoying varicous veins.

It is common to feel that your feet are tired and heavy, to feel inflammation, pain and cramps at night time, symptoms that you notice especially in periods with lots of heat, like in summer time in certain regions. Doctors recommend, as well, to fresh up your extremities occasionally, give them smooth upwards orientated massages to keep the circulation stimulated, or as well, move your feet's position occasionally if you are seated or standing over a longer period of time; particularly, do not smoke or eat too much salt or overload on food.

Beauty through movement

Feet that are white from fat accumulation, and as well have circulation problems, -in combination with retained water- produce celulitis. The first source of that problem is  a sitting life, meaning, spending you day sitting in a car, at work or at home. Physical exercise is the thing we recommend most, it also helps to burn calories, eliminate excess fat, strengthen muscles and stimulate the circulation.

If you have one hour daily available we recommend to go swimming, go walking or biking, stopping before the muscles get too hot. If you want stronger results, try going up and down stairs, lets say 100 stairs a day, and gradually increase this routine to 20 sessions a day where to climb up 25 stairs each time. Another suggestion would be jump the rope, like you did in primary school, an exercise that helps the muscles, calves and glutens. You can start with 10 series of a minute and a half, with recovery periods of 2 minutes.

More exercise

When you sit down, place a gum ball between your legs, squeezing it with your muscles in rhythmical movements contracting at the same time the glutens and the muscles of the stomach.

Lie down on your right side with your legs together and stretched out; put the palm of your left hand on the floor, just in front of your hip, with the arm being flexible; contract the belly, relax your shoulders and hold your head up with your right hand (the forearm of the same side is relaxing completely). Lift the legs approximately 15 centimeter over the floor without bending the knees, trying to do it 120 times in a  minute; change side and do the same on the other side.