Adequate daily floortime play helps babies get strong enough to move their arms and
legs against gravity and helps them stretch out of the fetal position enough to straighten his arm and legs.
In the first few weeks of life just moving the weight of the head, arms and
legs against gravity is an important motor milestone.
Not exact matches
They have to work
against the
gravity to move forward, and this strengthens the baby's muscles in the
legs, hands, arms, shoulders, and trunk.
If you stand in one place for too long, it s your
legs that suffer, because
gravity actually works
against the returning blood flow.
In the
legs the veins constantly have to fight
against the force of
gravity.
The reason for the aching
legs is that the veins always have to pump the blood up
against the force of
gravity.
These valves have an extremely important role to play inside the
legs, since they have to constantly fight
against the force of
gravity to push the blood back towards the heart.
Most
leg problems are due to poor circulation since your blood and veins need to work
against gravity to get the blood back up to your heart.
Doing an inverted push - up — either with your
legs elevated or in a handstand position (with feet
against a wall)-- can mimic lifting a weight thanks to the added challenge of
gravity, says Theodore.
To sustain this V - shape, your muscles must hold the weight of your torso and
legs up
against the pull of
gravity.