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. · Did you know that your calf muscles are often called the 'second heart'? As the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to your whole body it benefits ...

The second heart is a system of muscles, veins, and valves in the calf and foot that work together to push deoxygenated blood back up to the heart and lungs.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Calf Muscle Pump, or “Second Heart”. Leg muscles provide an important pump action designed to recirculate venous blood to the heart; this pump action is ...

Now for the second heart theory. The calf is very vascularized, and the soleus, one of the deepest muscles in the lower leg, can be characterized as this heart.