The position of the knee, which connects our joints, acts as a cushion for us when walking. For decades, it never stopped. But because of this, knee wear is also inevitable, especially for the elderly, how to maintain the knee, extend the service life of the knee and joint, is also an indispensable part of maintaining their own bone health.
Not only that, the knee is also one of the non-renewable tissues and organs of our human body, and we need to double down on cherishing it and maintaining it. Proper patting and massage on weekdays can also play a good role in maintaining the knees.
Why can slapping the knee play a maintenance effect?
In fact, this is related to the blood circulation of our body. All organs and tissues of the human body need the supply of blood, the blood supply is sufficient, the nutritional supply is sufficient, and the organs and tissues are naturally healthier and more powerful.
The knee is no exception, and the risk of perennial joint cushioning leads to ischemia and congestion in the knee. Blood cannot flow smoothly for a long time, and the health of the knee will also decline.
Properly patting and patting the knees helps the blood vessels to relax, play a role in promoting blood circulation, and naturally help the watermelon to be maintained.
Not only that, but if you can use slapping your knees as a healthy habit and stick to it for a long time, you can also reap the following 3 benefits.
What are the benefits of regularly tapping the knees?
Benefit 1: It can reduce the risk of joint effusion
One of the reasons for the formation of joint effusion is because of long-term walking and labor wear, joints continue to secrete joint fluid buffering caused, joint fluid secretion is too much, the surrounding tissues of the joints are compressed, and a series of diseases such as synovial inflammation and joint pain will appear.
Insisting on properly patting the knee every day is like giving the knee a "rest" time, while patting, the knee blood circulation is smooth, the muscles are relaxed, helping to alleviate the wear and tear of the joints on weekdays, the secretion of knee fluid can also be reduced accordingly, and the risk of joint effusion stasis, causing inflammation, pain and other diseases can be appropriately reduced.
Benefit two: can relieve knee pain in the elderly
As we mentioned above, because the elderly have been walking and working for many years, the degree of knee wear will be higher than that of ordinary people, and the probability of pain symptoms will be greater.
In the process of slapping the knee, it is also equivalent to helping the soft tissue relax, improving the activity of lymphocytes, and the inflammatory factors that cause knee pain are quickly metabolized, because the pain caused by knee wear will be reduced accordingly. Relieves discomfort in the joints of the elderly. Every day to develop a habit, pat the knee, the pain can continue to reduce, greatly improving the daily life of the elderly.
Benefit three: help nourish the liver and lift muscles
Many people may wonder, what is the relationship between slapping the knee and the liver?
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the five internal organs of the body are interconnected by meridians, and the knee is also called "the house of tendons" in Chinese medicine, that is, the place where all the body's tendons and veins are gathered. And the "main tendons of the liver". Properly patting the knee and promoting the concentrated circulation of blood at the knee is like nourishing the tendons and veins through the blood, the muscle and vein activity is stronger, no need for the liver to consume more blood and nutrients, the burden is reduced, and naturally it can play a role in nourishing the liver. Stretching tendons, nourishing the liver, and slapping the knees kill two birds with one stone, and it is highly recommended to try.
However, everything must pay attention to the way and method, if the method is not right, blindly make brute force and excessive slapping of the knee, not only the knee pain, the maintenance of the knee can not produce the desired effect. Slapping the knee, after all, must be carried out according to the scientifically correct method.
How to pat your knees to be healthy and appropriate? Teach you to focus on 2 points
Point 1: Find the acupuncture point
Patting the knee is not a casual shot, according to Chinese medicine, the human body has a large number of acupuncture points, the knee is no exception, if the knee is slapped at the same time, find the acupuncture point, assist the acupuncture point to permeate the qi and blood, naturally can also play a better health effect.
For example, the ring jumping hole under the center of the knee, often tapped, can promote blood circulation, help relieve lumbar pain, lumbar spine herniation pain and a series of symptoms. It can also properly regulate the leg soreness caused by poor qi and blood.
Or a depression behind the highest point of the knee, here is called Yangling Spring Acupoint, where the meridians and shoulder muscles are connected, proper beating stimulation of this acupuncture point, for some white-collar workers who often sit for a long time, due to the work caused by shoulder pain, paralysis and other hidden dangers, can also be properly alleviated.
Point 2: Be flexible
The techniques here include the form of slapping the knee, and the force of the knee slapping.
First of all, the form, usually the method of tuina, can be around the knee joint around the slapping stimulation, from the center of the knee, while flapping, while drawing circles around, generally each time the lap draws 30 to 40 circles can be. Lapping in a circle can effectively help the blood accumulated in the knee to spread to achieve better blood gas nourishment efficiency.
And the strength is also exquisite, and the same as the guidelines of Chinese medicine slapping massage, first use lighter force, then transition to a slightly heavier force, first gently hit to help blood vessels soften, muscle relaxation, and then appropriately increase the strength, assist in blood diffusion, muscle muscle stretching. A slight redness of the skin around the knee during the beating indicates that the force is just right.
The essentials and methods of slapping the knee in the article hope to give you health enthusiasts a reference and play a certain help. Interested friends can develop the habit of slapping their knees every day, lasting about ten minutes, 30 to 40 laps as the benchmark, and be determined to persevere, and will surely gain something.