grounding mats

[Dancing69]

Hi my legs always feel heavy and I really want to get back to walking more to lose weight but feel I really can’t do as much as I want to due to heavy legs .

I’ve been reading about Grounding mats and wondered if anyone has tried them ?

Thanks 🙏

[AgedCrone]

As you can see aged dancer wrote about them a couple of months ago..try checking her posts

[medway-lady]

There has been a lot on Facebook about them but how is it different from walking barefoot ?If your using one on a bed its hard to understand what contact their making with the ground. It puzzles me.

[Gottarelax]

I don't know anything about grounding mats but am with you on the heavy legs and wanting to walk more. Sometimes it feels like walking in 6 inch thick mud and it makes me breathless. I've just got an exercise bike in the hope that I can build up my muscles but I have a feeling it's partly tendon tightness as well as muscle weakness.

[65_women in reply to Gottarelax]

Heavy legs TCM it’s from the spleen.

[Ali_H]

I’m not sure that the mats aren’t just a gimmick latching on to the practice of grounding/earthing - which is about being in touch directly with the earth!!!

The best way to do grounding is stand barefoot in your garden if you have one or the local park and just breath - a lovely meditative practice when there is dew on the ground.

This is an interesting read allgrounded.com/grounding/

I love walking barefoot on a beach when I can get to the coast and always feel better for being outdoors.

All the best

Ali

[Ruth12345]

Interesting read. Thank you. I've never heard about it.

[J1707-]

heavy legs could be a sign of something else . Have you checked with your Gp? This was the first sign of fibromyalgia for me .I still get this in a flare and can’t walk .

[Dancing69]

thank you I shall research some more 🙏