I have a cramp in my calf, what should I do? What to do with calf cramps?

Hello, glad to answer for you, leg cramps are sudden, involuntary tonic contractions of muscles. Leg cramps during exercise are mainly manifested as pulling or spasmodic pain in the local muscles of the upper and lower legs, making people unable to stand or fall to the ground immediately. Solution 1

Stop exercising immediately2Replenish water and salt in a timely manner, especially sports drinks3Slowly stretch the muscles that are cramping and rest well until the cramping area feels comfortable4

Alternating between sports sprays or hot and cold compresses can relieve muscle pain, promote muscle relaxation, and improve blood supply to muscles.

It is recommended to rest immediately, and form local kneading, especially for calf cramps, local sudden lumps, induration, etc., must be quickly pressed and kneaded, and promote it to gradually disappear and subside, to avoid local mass spasm for too long, resulting in local tissue muscle ischemia, necrosis, and the further expansion of aseptic inflammation, and cooperate with local hot compresses and physiotherapy. At the same time, if the middle-aged and elderly people, the cause of calcium deficiency is common, you can appropriately supplement calcium, and eat more calcium-rich foods in the food to promote the supplementation of calcium in local tissues, and avoid re-**. Generally, you need to rest for at least two to four weeks, and if there is no significant improvement in the above**, further hospital visits are recommended.

Choose medications that can improve circulation, such as enteric-coated aspirin, prostaglandin E1, heparin, urokinase.

and other drugs to dilate blood vessels, antiplatelet aggregation, fibrillation and thrombolysis, etc., to ensure the blood of the lower limbs and relieve the symptoms of calf cramps.

Surgery**. Patients who do not respond significantly to medication** may undergo revascularization surgery** such as endarterectomy, arterial bypass grafting, arterial diversion and intervention**, depending on the situation.

etc., all have certain significance for the disease.

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Drugs**. Symptomatic patients should be treated symptomatically with mannitol.

Dehydration lowers blood pressure, relieves nerve root compression; Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics (ibuprofen, etc.) can also be used to reduce inflammation and analgesia to alleviate neurological dysfunction.

Traction**. The pelvic traction method is mainly used, which is suitable for patients in the acute phase of the first attack or reversal.

Surgery**. Surgery can be performed for patients with long course of disease, reversal, severe symptoms combined with spinal stenosis and ineffective conservative **. For example, laminectomy and nucleus pulposus extraction, percutaneous intervertebral foraminoscopic nucleus pulposus extraction, etc.

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So so**. The affected limb can be elevated as much as possible to increase venous return to the lower extremity and relieve symptoms.

Calf cramps can be caused by calcium deficiency, cold, long-term exercise and other reasons, and the treatment methods are as follows: 1. When calf cramps occur, hot towels can be used to apply hot compresses to the calves to relieve spasms. 2. Pay attention to keeping warm in daily life and avoid catching a cold; 3. Pay attention to warm-up before exercising, stretch local muscles, and avoid long-term, excessive and intense exercise to avoid damage to the body; 4. If the calf cramp is difficult to relieve after the above treatment, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time for relevant examinations to clarify whether there is calcium deficiency and carry out ** in time.

1) Apply a hot towel. If there are people around, it is best to ask them to prepare a hot towel and then use the hot towel to warm the cramped area, which is better if the hot compress is accompanied by a massage. (2) One-legged jump relieves pain.

When you have leg cramps, you can use the cramped leg to stand on the ground, stand on your toes, and lift the other leg. Although this method is painful, it works well, but be careful to hold on to the wall with your hands to avoid falling. (3) Straighten the cramped legs.

Try to keep your leg straight and not bent when you have leg cramps. If there is someone around, ask the person around you to stretch the thumb of your foot with your hand. (4) Rapid stretching.

When leg cramps occur suddenly, be sure not to bend your leg to avoid worsening the pain. When the leg cramps can be quickly stretched, the muscles that have been pumped can be removed.

First of all, do a good warm-up before exercising, if there is a cramp, pull the cramping muscles in the opposite direction. Hook your toes, keep your legs straight, leave them on for a few minutes to relieve, and finally apply a hot towel.

What to do if you have calf cramps? Now charging may be a cold, and another may be a lack of calcium, it is recommended to dress warmer, and then supplement calcium.

Keep warm. Appropriate activity, rubbing.

Excessive exercise, or a lack of calcium in the body, or a cold calf may cause calf cramps.