Water in the legs - causes and treatment

Swollen legs or feet are often due to water in the legs. Especially in the summer this causes problems for many people. The aesthetic components are only a small part of the suffering of those affected. We show causes, complaints and treatment options.

Contents:
Water in the legs
Synonyms
symptoms
causes
Possible therapies from naturopathy

Synonyms

Water in the legs, swollen legs, lymphatic sprain in the legs, edema in the legs, leg edema, water legs, leg edema, lymphedema in the legs, elephantisais, fat legs, waterleg, water in legs, trigger band on the leg, leg trigger band, Leg CyD, cylinder distortion On the leg.

Symptoms of water in the legs

The swelling mentioned above are in addition to the aesthetic phenomena usually a mechanical disability. In addition, many sufferers complain of an unpleasant swelling or dull pain in the leg. During or after exercise, but also after prolonged sitting and in the heat, the symptoms may increase and in the evening many sufferers complain of swollen legs. Of course, the swelling often causes a feeling of tension. It can also cause numbness in the legs. It is believed that many suffer from aesthetic reasons in severe asymmetric swelling especially in the summer with many restrictions. Severe restrictions may cause the onset of depression.

causes

Water in the legs may have local or general causes and it is important to thoroughly consider the history and current situation in the investigation.

Of course, the fluid from our legs has the most pressure and the longest distance to go back to the body center. An important drainage mechanism is the negative pressure created by our breathing. Another is the activity of the muscles in the legs, which, as it were, squeeze the vessels, pushing the fluid upwards. The valves in the veins do the rest and prevent the backflow.

The connective tissue (fascia) in the legs, especially in the calves, is very tight and tightly packed, so that twisting or bonding of the connective tissue can also cause a jam from the point of view of the manual examination and treatment of the Fascial Distortion Model (FDM) and water is blamed on the legs.

From an anatomical point of view, the course of the vessels must be examined. It is known that a bottleneck for the leg vessels under the inguinal ligament, where it can come through tensions and unfavorable attitudes to a difficult return and inflow.
In this way, shallow breathing, varicose veins (where the valves can not prevent backflow), and diminished motion can be factors that need to be taken into account for water in the legs. The causes that lead to congestion are often structural in nature, and it should of course always be ruled out that there are no structural reasons. In addition to cancer, diseases of the thyroid gland (for example, hypothyroidism), diseases of the metabolism such as diabetes, especially diseases of the kidneys such as kidney failure or nephritis and the liver such as cirrhosis, congestive liver and liver cancer. In addition, especially an examination of the vessels needed. To be examined are closures of the vessels, chronic circulatory disorders, varicose veins and lymphedema.

Pregnancy, food allergies, surgery, accidents, ingestion or abuse of some medications can also cause swelling of the legs, which many people refer to as water in the legs.

Possible therapies from naturopathy

After the exclusion of structural reasons, naturopathic treatments are an incentive to drain and remove obstacles. Very simple, self-performed measures are elevation of the legs, cold cumshots or castings (also Kneipp cures), gymnastic movement of the legs with alternating tension and relaxation (pumping mechanics), in-depth abdominal breathing and a strong change between inhalation and exhalation. For example, yoga and Feldenkrais are exercise and rest methods that can be tried out in this case.

There are naturopathic measures, which should be performed or instructed by experienced naturopathic doctors or naturopaths after a thorough anamnesis, in medicines or remedies (such as horse chestnuts or clover rubs) that stimulate lymph drainage and fluid excretion and in mechanical measures such as osteopathy.

Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathy, has always emphasized the importance of lymph and the flow of fluids as far back as 120 years ago. He stated that all supplying nerves of the legs and the vascular routes had to be examined for abnormal states of tension. So it is understandable why with water in the legs an osteopath asks for back pain or abdominal pain, to which those affected firstly do not establish a relationship. All obstacles must be removed from the perspective of osteopathy, so that congestion can be lifted and all fluids can flow normally. In addition, there are nonspecific assumptions and reports from the empiricism, according to which over-acidification of the organism or obesity can lead to water in the legs and discharge procedures are indicated, which purify the organism and lead to normal weight. (Tf)