What are the exercise techniques for strengthening the kidneys and maintaining health?

The quality of kidney function directly determines whether the body is healthy. If there is a problem with the kidneys, it will first lead to kidney deficiency, causing the immunity to deteriorate. Therefore, it is very beneficial to do some exercises to strengthen the kidneys and maintain health. Taking ten minutes to do this kind of exercise can achieve the effect of strengthening the kidneys and maintaining health, such as frequently massaging the waist, soaking your feet in warm water, doing aerobics regularly, etc.

1. Natural waist massage

First, rub your palms together until they are warm, then place them on your waist with your palms facing the skin, and massage your waist up and down until you feel warm. Do it once in the morning and once in the evening, 100 times each time. Second, make fists with both hands, and use the protruding parts of the metacarpophalangeal joints of both thumbs to naturally massage the waist, and make circular rotations inwards. Gradually increase the force until a sore and swollen feeling appears. Continue massaging for about 10 minutes, once in the morning, noon, and evening. Fitness effect: The waist is the home of the kidneys. Regular waist massage can replenish the kidneys and absorb qi, and prevent and treat chronic muscle strain, back pain and other symptoms caused by kidney deficiency in middle-aged and elderly people.

2. Soak your feet in warm water

Every day before going to bed, we can soak our feet in warm water, then rub our hands together to warm them up, and then use the left palm to massage the right sole of the foot, and the right palm to massage the left sole of the foot, about 100 times a day, to warm up both feet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the Yongquan acupoint directly connects to the kidney meridian. The Yongquan point on the sole of the foot is where turbid air descends. Regularly massaging this point can replenish essence and nourish the kidneys, strengthen the body, and prevent premature aging. It can also soothe the liver and improve eyesight, promote sleep, and has a certain effect on dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, hemoptysis, nasal congestion, and headache caused by kidney deficiency.

3. Kidney exercises

We first sit upright with our legs naturally apart, shoulder-width apart, elbows bent and raised to the sides, fingers extended upward, level with ears. Then, raise both hands until you feel a stretch in your ribs, then return to the original position. This can be done 3-5 times in a row. Before doing any movement, your whole body needs to be relaxed. Inhale when raising your hands, and exhale when returning to the original position. The force should not be too great or too strong. Sit upright, bend your left arm at the elbow and place it on your legs, bend your right arm at the elbow, with your palm facing up, and do the parabolic movement 3 to 5 times. When doing the parabolic movement, throw your hands up into the air, and the movement can be a little faster; inhale when throwing your hands up, and exhale when recovering; sit upright with your legs hanging naturally, and slowly turn your body left and right 3 to 5 times. Then, swing your feet forward more than 10 times. When doing the exercise, relax your whole body and make the movements natural and gentle. When turning your body, keep your torso upright and avoid bending forward or backward. Fitness effect: Moving the waist and knees can benefit the kidneys and strengthen the waist, exercise the waist and knees, and have a relieving effect on the elderly, weak, and shortness of breath.