Connective tissue can become weaker with age or after pregnancy. This is how you can counteract it.
Avoid or reduce obesity
If we have too many pounds on our ribs, our inner support system is constantly being stretched. He cannot withstand the constant “pull” and is therefore becoming weaker and weaker. A healthy, slow weight reduction helps the connective tissue.
Regular exercise
Who would have thought? Endurance training and regular daily exercise can help reduce the effects of weak connective tissue. Sport trains the muscles, relieves the connective tissue and also helps to lose excess weight.
Avoid smoking and too much sunlight
Nicotine and UV light cause the skin to age faster. Connective tissue and the outer skin are damaged and lose their firmness more quickly.
Healthy diet, lots of water
Another classic in pretty much all health issues: skin and connective tissue benefit from a diet rich in vegetables and fruit and low in meat. This is due to a large number of vitamins, trace elements and micronutrients that we cannot get in the form of food supplements. Drinking enough non-carbonated water purifies and helps the connective tissue to remove harmful substances.
Massages, contrast showers, creams
While massages and contrast showers stimulate blood circulation and are therefore by no means wrong, lotions and collagen tablets often promise effects that cannot be proven. The main damage is the wallet. If you want to do something good for your connective tissue, it is better to invest in delicious, healthy food or in a new pair of sports shoes.
