Varicose Veins, Thread Veins, Swollen Legs. All Caused by Seized Muscles.

Our blood vessels, both the “arteries” and the “veins” exist within our muscles. They are all embedded, safely and snugly, within our muscle’s springy fibres.

When a muscle is damaged, through injury or strain then for self-protection it “contracts and tightens”, it “seizes”. When a “muscle seizes” fully then in effect, it “solidifies” and our “veins” which are normally encased within the muscle’s fibres; do not have any space to exist and so, our “veins rise to the muscle’s surface”. They become visible, protruding beneath our skin forming those “blue varicose veins”. “Varicose veins” sit above and are caused by “seized muscles”.

Our Veins and Arteries Suffer when a Muscle Seizes

A “vein” is an inanimate tube encased within our muscle’s fibres. Contained within the tube and placed apart at regular intervals, are “valves”. When a “muscle contracts” it squashes flat the tube of the vein and thus, blood is forced to move along into a different section of the tube, the vein. This mechanism is medically termed, the “venous pump”.  Our muscles “pump” our blood back to the heart through the vascular system.

Our Muscles Pump Our Blood Back to the Heart Through the Vascular System

A “seized muscle” with its veins on the surface is incapable of squeezing flat, emptying and thus, “cleaning” our veins adequately. Consequently, blood pools into and “over flows” our “vein’s holding valves”. The excess “blood seeps out” into our body and “penetrates our skin” creating those visible, “red thread veins”. “Thread veins” sit above and are caused by “seized muscles”.

“Swollen legs, ankles and feet” are a symptom of a “main vein” being severely constricted. When muscles in “our hips seize” then our “veins become squashed” between them and in effect, the “vein which is almost flattened” becomes “blocked”.

When a “main vein” in our legs is “constricted” then even though, our heart may pump blood into our legs, if our “veins” are not able to “return it back out” again, at the same pace then our legs fill up, becoming “engorged”. We may start the day with normal sized feet and legs but as our muscles tighten, they “squash our veins” and slow down the pace of the “exiting blood”. By the end of the day, our lower legs are “full of blood; red and bloated”.

“Swollen legs, ankles and feet” are a symptom of a squashed “vein” which is caused by “seized muscles”.

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The ideas expressed in this blog are the original concept of  Linda Dodds.

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