Any of you athletes ever experience leg swelling, particullarly after longer training and/or long hard races? A buddy of mine, knows his swell up (I guess he’s measured), it seems I get the same thing at times…didn’t know how normal this is?
yeah, I have this happen after a hard race/training day or any other time whn my legs tak alot of pounding.
Generally, lying on my back with my legs elevated for about 15-20 minutes does the trick. You can also massage your legs a little too.
Does this have to do with all the blood flow to the legs for long periods at a time? Is the elevation helping to level some of that blood flow to the rest of the body?
I’d say both…and it usualyly is accompanied by stiffness.
Dumb question…what’s DVT?
deep vein thrombosis
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