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Calf muscle pump

Exercise activates the calf muscle pump that transports blood to the heart.

Whether you are travelling by bus, train or aeroplane – your movement during the journey is restricted. But you can do the following exercises even when sitting in the tightest space and thereby do your legs a favour.

Foot rotation: Keep your heels on the floor and raise your toes. Rotate your feet clockwise and anticlockwise alternately.

Tiptoe exercise: Raise both your heels off the floor, i.e. you raise your heels and keep the balls of your feet on the floor.

Toe raises: this exercise, your heels stay on the floor and you raise your toes.

Heel-toe raises: Lift your toes and heels off the floor alternately.

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