Pump it up: improving your circulation
Your body is filled with a superhighway of sorts. With your heart at the hub, veins, arteries, capillaries and other blood vessels provide a complex network that runs from head to toe. When it’s all working smoothly, oxygen and nutrients travel freely.
Like on busy roads, things can go wrong and cause traffic. Detours and roadblocks can arise to compromise your circulation. Things like plaque buildup, blood clots, narrowed blood vessels and more slow down blood flow, which can lead to greater problems.
The causes of poor circulation are varied and can be the result of everything from high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity to heart disease and more. Many of these conditions can be treated with medications, but there are also changes you can make.
No one wants to be slowed down. Following these suggestions can keep your blood flowing freely and you on the move.
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