barefoot on the cobblestone road can stimulate plantar acupoints, dredge plantar blood vessels and meridians, exercise plantar muscles and enhance the stability of lower limbs. However, because stepping on the “healthy road” is a strong stimulation to the sole of the foot, it is generally only suitable for short-term practice.
when stepping on the cobble Road, you should wear soft soled shoes or bare feet, because thick and hard shoes will block the massage effect of cobbles on the sole of your feet. During practice, you can take turns to step on small steps to feel the squeeze of pebbles on the sole of your feet. Learn to grasp the road with your toes to avoid focusing too much weight on the heel and forefoot. Due to long-term wearing shoes, the weight-bearing and grasping functions of human toes, especially the lateral toes, are in a semi degraded state. Through this exercise, we can exercise the plantar muscles and enhance the weight-bearing stability of the foot. During practice, you should feel comfortable and massage. If the pain is obvious, you should wear soft soled shoes to practice, or reduce the practice time.
“health Road” also pays attention to the road conditions. The pebbles are too sparse and uneven, which not only has poor massage effect on the sole of the foot, but also easy to hurt the practitioner. Dense and fine pebbles are preferred for the pavement. The dense pebble pavement can make the sole load uniform and reduce the sole pain.
the following four categories of people should not take the “health Road”
1, patients with Parkinson’s disease, impaired cerebellar balance function and cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Because they can’t control their steps, they must not take such exercise.
2. Patients with more serious hip and knee diseases will increase the load of the joint and aggravate the disease of the joint due to the inflexibility of the joint and the uneven road surface.
3. For people who are bedridden for a long time or fixed for a long time due to limb injury, due to the lack of muscle strength of lower limbs, this exercise may bring danger when they just start to practice walking.
4. People with lower limb muscle weakness caused by nervous system diseases should not take this exercise.