For Dry Skin Brushers

[sport]

I have deliberatly developed a certain habit when dry skin brushing that I want to suggest to all, especially older members.
When I do my brushing I follow the recomended routine but while I am doing my lower leggs I stand on one leg while doing the other and then swap.
In this way I have improved my balance and notice the difference.
In the beginning I woul wobble and even have to drop my leg but now it is secound nature.
Balance is something that suffers as we get older so I intend to maintain this habit.
Use it or Loose it

[juliebove]

Just wondering if there is an advantage to dry skin brushing as opposed to doing it in the bath? There is really no way I could use the technique you do because the veins in my legs are bad. I have to wear compression hose. Once those come off, balance and everything else goes out with window due to the swelling in my feet. Imagine having a couple of those gel type blue ice thingies in the unfrozen state attached to the bottoms of your feet. That's what it's like.

[sport]

I had my veins done years ago but I do not think that they were as bad as yours sound.
Is there anything you can do to fix this problem.
Brushing in the bath is not the same thing as the dry skin brushing is not really for your skin but for your Lymphatic System.

[juliebove]

I had my veins done years ago but I do not think that they were as bad as yours sound.
Is there anything you can do to fix this problem.
Brushing in the bath is not the same thing as the dry skin brushing is not really for your skin but for your Lymphatic System.


Ah, okay. AFAIK, there is nothing they can do for the veins except for me to wear the compression hose and keep my legs elevated. I do take certain herbs and they help. But if I stop taking them the problem comes back. Mine are the deep veins that you can't see through the skin. I do have one small varicose vein but I don't think that causes a problem.

[Lay-Lay]

thanks for the tip.

[Revvell]

Dry skin brushing will often assist in strengthening veins as well. The thing I am reading is, until you let go of the support, healing wont happen. Your legs have gotten use to this. It's like people who constantly use laxatives to have bowel movements ~ the bowels forget their jobs. Seems, just from what you are saying, that's happened in your legs. You might try holding onto something at first while doing the dry skin brushing ~ balancing on one foot.

I worked with a gent in his 80's who was overweight and diabetic and couldn't stand hardly at all when we first started. I'd spend much of the session catching him. After a few weeks (only saw him twice a week,) he was not only able to stand, we got him outside and walking. Oh! I was teaching qigong not skin brushing.

If you're game for some potential self-healing....

[juliebove]

Dry skin brushing will often assist in strengthening veins as well. The thing I am reading is, until you let go of the support, healing wont happen. Your legs have gotten use to this. It's like people who constantly use laxatives to have bowel movements ~ the bowels forget their jobs. Seems, just from what you are saying, that's happened in your legs. You might try holding onto something at first while doing the dry skin brushing ~ balancing on one foot.

I worked with a gent in his 80's who was overweight and diabetic and couldn't stand hardly at all when we first started. I'd spend much of the session catching him. After a few weeks (only saw him twice a week,) he was not only able to stand, we got him outside and walking. Oh! I was teaching qigong not skin brushing.

If you're game for some potential self-healing....

I don't think that would help the veins any. They leak. I'm a former dancer. I was very active, until this stopped me in my tracks. This and some other problems. I also have diabetic neuropathy. I went from having to crawl on the floor to using a walker then a cane. Now I can walk. Not far, but I can do it.