Stay out of the sun
You don’t have to stay indoors all day but try to avoid sitting outside during the hottest part of the day and sit in the shade or air-conditioned rooms to stay cool.
The A. Vogel site reads: “Keep a mini fan handy to keep you cool and try a cooling foot spray – which can refresh and cool down hot feet and ankles quickly.”
If you love baths, you’ll have to keep hot baths to a minimum as well as hot showers and saunas.
The site adds: “Try to keep your water temperature warm but not too hot, and at the end of a shower a good tip is to blast your legs with a jet of cold water to boost circulation.”
Exercise
Excessive and intense exercise or activity can contribute to swelling in the lower limbs, but gentle exercise will reduce swelling.
The site says: “Gentle exercise such as walking and swimming is good for you as it helps to boost your circulation and get fluid build-up flowing again.
“A good way of ensuring you don’t overheat and add to any swelling is to exercise at cooler times of the day, such as the morning or early evening.
“Swimming is particularly good for swollen feet and ankles as it not only cools them down and keeps you off your feet, it also promotes gentle movement and stretching which helps to get fluids moving, while the water pressure can also help to improve circulation.
“Anything that pumps the calf muscles helps, even if you’re just treading water in the pool or simulating this movement while sitting at work.”
