{"id":414,"date":"2014-12-17T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2016-01-09T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T00:38:45","slug":"this-easy-foot-exercise-can-help-save-your-life-from-a-deadly-blood-clot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/this-easy-foot-exercise-can-help-save-your-life-from-a-deadly-blood-clot\/","title":{"rendered":"This Easy Foot Exercise Can Help Save Your Life From a Deadly Blood Clot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping your feet moving plays a part in allowing vital blood flow through the legs.\u00a0 Long travels by car or plane can limit the ability to move around and cause blood to pool and clot.\u00a0 This can be dangerous for people who have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/deep-vein-thrombosis\/basics\/risk-factors\/con-20031922\">risk factors<\/a> that lead to blood clots.\u00a0 When a blood clot develops in a deep leg vein, called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), it can break off and travel to the lungs and block blood flow.<\/p>\n<p>If you must sit for long periods of time while driving or flying, it is important to do exercises that will contract the calf muscle which helps to circulate the blood.\u00a0 Getting up and walking around will help normal circulation.\u00a0 But if you need to remain in a seated position, try an easy foot pump exercise.\u00a0 To do this, raise and lower your toes and forefoot while keeping your heel on the floor.\u00a0 Then raise your heel and hold for a few seconds.\u00a0 Do 5 repetitions every 1\/2 hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Foot-Pumps-Exercise-Dr-Caillier.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Foot-Pumps-Exercise-Dr-Caillier-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Foot Pumps Exercise To Help Prevent DVT\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good blood flow is needed for your body to heal and restore function.\u00a0 Poor circulation is a risk factor for many health problems that also involve the feet such non-healing wounds and amputations.\u00a0 Help keep blood flowing by remembering to move your feet.<\/p>\n<p>Read about other exercises to prevent DVT at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/news\/long-flight-bed-rest-easy-exercises-prevent-blood-clots\/\">Everyday Health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping your feet moving plays a part in allowing vital blood flow through the legs.\u00a0 Long travels by car or plane can limit the ability to move around and cause blood to pool and clot.\u00a0 This can be dangerous for people who have risk factors that lead to blood clots.\u00a0 When a blood clot develops [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28],"tags":[78,76,77,80,81,46,79],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise-fitness","category-foot-exercises-and-stretches","tag-circulation","tag-deep-vein-thrombosis","tag-dvt","tag-foot-exercise","tag-foot-stretch","tag-prevention","tag-travel-tip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}