Qi Gong for Legs, Lower BacK, Kidneys

[5thBrother]

Any recommended Qi Gong Exercises or Sets that are particularly good for Energy and Blood circulation in the Legs, Lower Back, Kidneys.

Given that Ba Duan Jin set, or Jam Jong are performed in stationary stances how effective would these be fore, especially blood circulation in the Legs?

Thanks guys

[GLW]

There are a couple of good ones.

You can go to the original 20 Postures for Health and Longevity that was created by Wang Ziping. It gently works the entire body.

You could also do the set more or less derived from this one - 18 Liangong.

Both are good overall sets and do things like waist rotation with Qi Gong breathing for lower back, knee rotations, stepping, whirling arms, and so forth...all that work the legs and low back. The Qi Gong aspect works to balance all of the channels and different ones of the 20 or 18 work different organs.

[Hendrik]

Check out yik kam transform, drill number four which is special for lower body Kung.
However, you might need to have drill 1, 2, and 3 too.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/121501202/YIK-KAM-TRANSFORM


Starts at 12.00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0R7t90caTE

And continous to the following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyKOk2dQHq8

Any recommended Qi Gong Exercises or Sets that are particularly good for Energy and Blood circulation in the Legs, Lower Back, Kidneys.

Given that Ba Duan Jin set, or Jam Jong are performed in stationary stances how effective would these be fore, especially blood circulation in the Legs?

Thanks guys

[mawali]

Any recommended Qi Gong Exercises or Sets that are particularly good for Energy and Blood circulation in the Legs, Lower Back, Kidneys.

Given that Ba Duan Jin set, or Jam Jong are performed in stationary stances how effective would these be fore, especially blood circulation in the Legs?

Thanks guys

Here are some simple tools:
1. Walking
2. Working on our core, specifically abdominals and lumbar area.

Make sure you do not have a congenital condition.

[David Jamieson]

Yoga posture of Chair is very helpful:


squatting is also good:


Core can be developed in many ways, but if you make your stomach part of the trunk support, you will feel much better in your back.

[5thBrother]

Thanks all

[Tame The Tiger]

Strange to say ... but even stationary exercises with correct abdominal breathing increases circulation in the legs.

Breathing causes pressure differentials. Correct abdominal breathing even more so. Venous blood return is assisted from the legs to the abdomen, and from the abdomen to the heart.

Obviously, muscle contractions in the leg do the same thing. I'm not sure if medical science has determined which of these processes is dominant. Given that leg circulation continues even when you're asleep and movement is limited, I would guess that the breathing is more important.

All your traditional forward bends, squatting and twisting exercises for the kidneys are supposed to increase their blood circulation. I'm sure that's true, but I'm less certain that increased blood circulation stimulates glands to produce hormones as is often claimed. Maybe someone knows of a scientific study on that?

As far as I know, the best strategy to maintain blood circulation is not to get atherosclerosis, which not only affects your coronary arteries but just as commonly those to your kidneys and down through your legs.

[David Jamieson]

As far as I know, the best strategy to maintain blood circulation is not to get atherosclerosis, which not only affects your coronary arteries but just as commonly those to your kidneys and down through your legs.

This is true, also, smoking cigarettes will restrict blood flow, so, there's that.
Typically speaking though, up your exercise routines and time spent at it. Exercise with some vigour (break a sweat and keep it broken for at least 3 x 30 mins per week.