Sudden pain in the inner thigh muscles?

If you suddenly experience muscle pain in the inner thigh, it is likely caused by tendonitis or muscle injury. You can use some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs to relieve the pain. You can observe the pain first. If the pain does not go away, it is best to go to the hospital for relevant examinations as soon as possible, and then take medication under the guidance of a doctor to avoid worsening of the condition if not treated in time, which will increase the difficulty of treatment.

Symptoms of tendinitis

First, when tendonitis occurs, pressing around the affected joint will feel very painful. Tendinitis in the heel, shoulder, or wrist area can make symptoms more severe.

Second, some patients may experience obvious numbness or tingling.

Third, patients will experience general joint pain, and these pains will limit their activities, making them unable to engage in more strenuous exercise or certain exercises that require more joint movement.

Fourth, the patient will experience slight swelling and pain.

Fifth, if the pain and discomfort in the affected area of ​​tendinitis are more severe than before and recur long after treatment, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time. Because if the pain occurs for 1 week and does not improve, the patient's condition may be converted to chronic tendinitis. It may also lead to other complications, which require professional treatment by a doctor, otherwise there will be more swelling and pain, or even inverted tendon rupture.

How to treat tendinitis

1. Conventional treatment

Conventional treatment for tendinitis is emergency treatment, and doctors and physical therapists recommend rest, cold and heat, and elevation. Aspirin and ibuprofen can also be used to help reduce inflammation and pain. Ultrasound and sauna therapy can also effectively relax muscles and tendons, improve blood circulation, and promote wound healing. Occasionally, corticosteroids are used for treatment.

2. Family therapy

When patients are resting at home, they must remember not to do actions that can cause joint damage and not to use injured joints. You can apply ice packs to the injured area. Cover the injured area with a bandage. But don't tighten it so much that it causes pain. Elevate the injured part to reduce blood pressure in the injured area.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Tendonitis is commonly known as "pulse fossa wind" and is classified as "strain" in traditional Chinese medicine. Patients will feel obvious pain, numbness, stiffness, swelling and other symptoms in the joints to varying degrees. The feeling of morning joint stiffness is usually most obvious after getting up, and the symptoms will not be significantly relieved with frequent activities. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pain is caused by "Qi stagnation and blood stasis", "Qi hurts the pain, and the body hurts the swelling". Because external force injures the meridians, causing meridians to be blocked, the circulation of Qi and blood is disordered and the circulation is not smooth.

4. Surgical treatment

For some patients, especially when the wound becomes sticky, if the above treatments are ineffective, surgical treatment may be considered.

Ways to relieve tendinitis

1. Analyze the load points in the work or posture, try to improve and change them, and even change the work content if necessary.

2. Wear wrist or knee guards. Elastic coverings such as wrist or knee guards, even if they provide a little support and warmth, can help during and after exercise.

3. After the acute phase of heat treatment, you can apply a warm, wet towel to the knee where tendinitis occurs, then cover it with a plastic bag, followed by a heat pad, and finally secure everything with an elastic bandage. This continues for 26 hours. But be careful to avoid burns and do not set the heating pad too high.

4. Taking a short break is a good way to relieve muscle tension while working; if your posture is incorrect, it is easy to cause tendonitis. Especially if you are keyboarding or typing all day, it is easy to cause problems with your wrists and arms, so it is important to take a break while working.