Let me break this down in terms anyone can understand:
Picture your circulation system as a two-pump system.
Your heart pumps blood DOWN to your legs. Easy, gravity does most of the work.
But getting that blood and fluid BACK UP? That's where your "Second Heart" comes in.
Your calf muscles, specifically your soleus, gastrocnemius, and tibialis posterior, are designed to squeeze your veins with every step, pumping fluid back up against gravity. Cardiologists call this the "calf muscle pump" or the "peripheral heart."
When functioning properly, this pump generates pressures of 200-300 mmHg, more powerful than your actual heart's systolic pressure.
But YOUR Second Heart? It's dormant. Weak. Barely functioning.
You sit at a desk? FLUID POOLS. No pump action.
You stand for hours? FLUID POOLS. Gravity wins.
You sleep with legs flat? FLUID POOLS. Nothing's moving it.
There's no problem with your kidneys. No problem with salt. Just a muscle pump that's gone to sleep after decades of modern sedentary life.
Here's what the science now says:
1. Your calf muscle pump is designed to move 60-75% of the blood from your legs back to your heart.
When this pump weakens from inactivity, age, or sitting too long, fluid has nowhere to go. It leaks out of your veins and collects in your tissues. That's edema.
2. Water pills don't fix the pump, they just temporarily drain the pool.
Diuretics force your kidneys to expel fluid. But if your pump isn't working, new fluid immediately pools again within hours. You're treating the symptom while the cause gets worse. And you're destroying your electrolytes in the process.
3. Compression socks squeeze the pipe, but don't restart the pump.
They apply external pressure to force fluid up. But they're uncomfortable, cut off circulation at the knee, rub your skin raw, and the moment you take them off, the swelling returns within 2-3 hours because your muscle pump is still dormant.
Wilma Becker
Has anyone tried this yet?
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Maria Schmidt
I did! I was so skeptical after wasting money on so many “solutions,” but after 3 weeks my legs went from looking like overstuffed sausages to actually having shape again. I can see my ankle bones for the first time in years. I actually made it through my grandson’s soccer game last Saturday, walked from the parking lot and sat there the full 90 minutes. I cried in the car after because I didn’t think that was possible anymore.
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Samantha Logan
I’ve spent $30,000+ over the years on swelling stuff: vein doctors, Lasix, compression stockings, lymphatic massage, even ablation surgery. This foot plate was like $60. I’m angry nobody told me about something this simple sooner
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Monica Smith
How long does the shipping take?
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Ilse Bierhals
Hey Monica, I received mine after a week. Used it that same night (15 minutes before bed).
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Steven Durenman
My wife has had swollen legs for 22 years. She’s tried everything. I ordered this for her honestly not expecting much. But she cried last week because for three mornings in a row, her shoes fit on the first try, for the first time in years.
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Emma Schulz
Hey Christina, you need something like this instead of overpriced treatments
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Christina Miller
Wow that's really interesting, I just ordered one. Can't keep paying hundreds of dollars every month for something that barely works
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Hank Schneider
Have you bought one, how long does it take to get to you?
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Susan Brown
For me, 7 working days. Worth every day of waiting.
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Gisella Neumann
My daughter sent me the article about Dr. Evans and the Ornexis EMS Foot Plate. I thought it was too good to be true. 4 weeks later and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for the first time in 6 years, no disappearing to “elevate,” no hiding my legs under the table, no dreading standing up after sitting. I’m still kind of in shock.
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Paula Rowen
Has anyone here been on water pills for years (Lasix or Hydrochlorothiazide)? Did this actually help you rely on them less?
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Anna White
I’ve been on Lasix for 18 years and I’ve been scared of what it’s doing to my kidneys and electrolytes, especially at my age (61). After about 5 weeks using the foot plate each evening, I’ve had so much less swelling and I’ve been able to cut back some (working with my doctor). I honestly wish I found this years ago.
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Agnes Graeme
I just ordered mine! I can't wait.
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