I always have cramps after a broken leg, what s going on?

The patient suffered a fracture at the base of his thigh after falling. at Dalian Medical University.

Hospitalized, because the patient has more than 20 years of kidney disease, can not operate, can only do traction conservative**. The reason for not understanding is that the patient always has cramps after a broken leg.

During the cramps, the legs kept shaking, (an adult can't hold it down), resulting in poor bone growth, and the hospital only gave drugs to invigorate blood and ** drugs for kidney disease (the patient has atrophy of the kidney on one side and glomerulonephritis on the other side. ）

Hope it helps:

3 steps to get cramps right.

The cramps are different, but the coping methods are similar. If left untreated, cramps can last for 1 to 15 minutes, or they can be repeated in a short period of time. The treatment of cramps should not be forcefully pulled to avoid straining muscle fibers.

The correct steps are as follows:

1 Massage the cramped area.

2 Carefully stretch and lengthen the muscles in the cramp area so that they remain stretched.

3 Apply a warm compress with a towel on the cramping area.

5 tips to prevent cramps.

People who have had cramps would love to know what to do to ensure that they don't have the same experience in the future. In fact, the effective way to prevent cramps is to avoid and eliminate those triggers that are closely related to cramps.

1.Exercise regularly to prevent your muscles from getting overtired. Prepare yourself well before exercising, stretching the muscles of your legs, waist, back, neck and arms. Don't increase the amount of exercise too quickly, and you should follow the principle of increasing by 10 per week.

2.Drink water often and don't wait until you're thirsty. When you sweat profusely, you should supplement with a nutritionally fortified sports drink.

3.Pay attention to a balanced diet, especially by supplementing the diet with various essential nutrients. For example, drinking milk and soy milk can supplement calcium; Eating vegetables and fruits can supplement various trace elements.

4.Pregnant women should change their body posture frequently, move once every hour or so, wash their feet and calves with warm water before going to bed, and supplement nutrients including calcium according to the special needs of the body.

5.People who have cramps at night should pay special attention to keeping warm, and you may wish to try to stretch your muscles before going to bed, especially the muscles that are prone to cramps.

Toe cramps: With the hand opposite the cramped calf, hold the toes of the cramped leg and pull up firmly while pressing the palm of the same side against the knee of the cramped calf to help the calf straighten

Calf cramps, medically known as peroneal cramps, are caused by spasms of the gastrocnemius muscles in the calf, accompanied by severe pain that temporarily immobilizes people. If it happens while swimming, it is dangerous. When traveling, it is not uncommon for the gastrocnemius muscles to be overtired and calf cramps due to the fact that the road is more than usual (especially on a mountaineering trip).

**There are many methods, and they are also simple and easy, all of which are to relax local muscles to achieve the purpose of relieving pain.

Rotation, get up and sit, straighten the cramped leg, hold the forefoot with your hand, and rotate the ankle outward, usually immediately stopping the severe pain as long as the movement is consistent and strong.

In the wrenching method, take a sitting position, press the spasmodic calf muscles with one hand, and grasp the toes with the other hand to wrench the foot backwards. Bend your feet back and move your feet up and down, and the cramps will be relieved.

In the compression method, there are hard and protruding muscle taproots on both sides of the popliteal fossa on the inside of the knee joint, and the gastrocnemius head nerve root is attached to it, and the abnormal excited nerve will be calmed down by pressing strongly with the thumb, so as to stop the cramps and eliminate the pain.

In the massage method, use both hands to alternately follow the direction of the veins, and massage the calf muscles from bottom to top. You can also place the calf muscles in the palm of your hand and gently roll and shake, or tap the muscles from the side. This relaxes the calf muscles and normalizes blood circulation.

If the above methods do not completely relieve the symptoms, you can use a hot towel hot water bottle to apply to the calf area, which can effectively promote blood circulation in the muscles and relieve spasms. If you have cramps during the intense swim, stretch your thighs forward as much as possible, push your heels forward, and use your hands to pull your hallux in the direction of your body, and repeat many times until the symptoms disappear. But before each wrench, take a deep breath before diving in.

The prevention of calf cramps is relatively simple, and it is enough to massage the calf muscles before, after and before going to bed. People who often have cramps can apply the mashed ginger residue juice to their legs before swimming and massage it thoroughly to get a good preventive effect.