2 окт. 2023 г. · The calf muscles are your “second heart,” squeezing veins in the lower legs to help return deoxygenated blood from the feet back up towards the chest.

3 мая 2021 г. · Many specialists refer to the calf muscle as “the secondary heart” because it plays a crucial role in our body's circulatory system. Keep ...

17 июн. 2023 г. · Your calf muscles are often called the 'second heart'. As the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to your whole body it benefits from some help by your calf muscles.

Your calf muscles are your second heart! The body is engineered so that when you walk, the calf muscles pump venous blood back toward your heart.

7 мая 2021 г. · Doctors call the calf muscle “the second heart” because it helps pump blood up and out of the lower legs. Here's why strong calf muscles are essential to ...

The calf muscle is often considered the second heart because it plays a role within the circulatory system that is similar to the heart. One pump of the heart ...

Leg muscles provide an important pump action designed to recirculate venous blood to the heart; this pump action is referred to as the veno-muscular pump or ...

3 мая 2023 г. · “Activating calf muscles involves contracting and relaxing them, so that aids in better circulation of blood, better sleep, lymphatic drainage, ...

11 сент. 2024 г. · Without the calf muscles' assistance, our heart would have a harder time circulating blood efficiently throughout our body.