How to relieve leg pain after climbing a mountain

Nowadays, more and more people pay attention to their physical fitness. After work, they will participate in some activities to exercise their physical skills to improve their physical condition. Many people who have never climbed a mountain find that their legs are very sore after climbing, which makes them psychologically averse to mountain climbing in the future. Below I will explain to you the effective methods on how to relieve leg pain after climbing a mountain. You can try it after climbing a mountain.

1. Calf pain after climbing

Spring is here, and it is a good time to travel. Many people like to go hiking. The benefits of hiking are enough to make many people fall in love with it. Hiking not only exercises the body but also allows you to breathe fresh air. However, for people who do not exercise much on a regular basis, hiking will be accompanied by body pain, so warm-up exercises before hiking are essential.

Hiking for too long, exceeding the usual amount of activity, or wearing uncomfortable shoes can all lead to leg soreness caused by excessive fatigue. The reason for the soreness is poor blood circulation in the lower body.

The simple way is to get enough rest. Getting enough rest after climbing can relieve muscle soreness, accelerate the excretion of metabolic products, and restore it to normal. While resting, you can apply hot towels to the sore muscles to promote blood circulation and relieve pain. Here are some ways to relieve it.

2. How to relieve leg pain

1. Soak your feet in water that can promote blood circulation and activate collaterals. You can also try applying a hot towel to your calves. The pain will be significantly reduced after two or three days.

2. Use a hot towel to apply heat to the sore muscles to promote blood circulation and relieve pain. The recommended water temperature is 30℃~40℃. It is best to accompany the hot compress with stretching exercises, which can eliminate muscle soreness faster and restore it to normal.

3. Rest can reduce muscle soreness, promote blood circulation, accelerate the elimination of metabolic products, and eliminate the supply and repair of nutrients to the sore parts of the muscles, restoring them to normal. So you should rest more after exercise to relieve fatigue.

4. When resting, don't forget to perform static stretching exercises on the sore area, that is, stretching exercises.

5. Massage the sore muscles to relax them, promote blood circulation, speed up the decomposition of lactic acid, and reduce the degree of muscle soreness. First, lightly press the thigh muscles with both hands, and then pat the calf muscles. You can also press the acupuncture point specifically for treating leg pain: Chengshan Point. This acupoint is located in the middle of the back of the calf, sliding downward from the thick muscle above to the flatter muscle.

6. You can choose appropriate ointment to apply to the sore muscles and use medicine to relieve the pain. Topical oils, pastes, or rubs may also relieve pain.

7. Stretching exercises can relieve muscle soreness. Stretching muscles can accelerate muscle relaxation and relieve antagonist muscles, which helps the recovery of tense muscles. This muscle stretching exercise also lays the foundation for preventing strains during exercise.

8. Try to avoid concentrating on training a certain part of the body for a long time to avoid overloading local muscles.

9. Eating ginger every day can reduce exercise-induced muscle pain by 25%, and raw ginger and heat-treated ginger have the same effect in relieving muscle pain.

10. After climbing, eat less meat, sweets and other acidic foods, and eat more vegetables, fruits, soy products and other alkaline foods, which can eliminate muscle fatigue and relieve leg pain.

11. Lunge stretching is also an effective way to relieve leg pain after climbing mountains. Take a step forward with your left leg, bend your left leg, try to keep your right leg straight, put your hands on your left leg, and press your body forward. After pressing, use the same method to press with your right leg.

12. Oral intake of vitamin C can promote the synthesis of collagen in connective tissue, help accelerate the repair of damaged tissue and relieve pain. Vitamin E can reduce the accumulation of harmful products in muscles during exercise (such as free radicals), relieve muscle soreness during exercise, and reduce the degree of damage to muscles caused by strenuous exercise.

13. Use the instep of one foot to kick the calf of the other leg. Kicking the calf is just an illusion; what really works is the Chengshan point on the calf. Chengshan point has the function of transporting and transforming water and dampness and solidifying the spleen and earth. Regularly massaging this acupoint has a significant effect on treating calf cramps, foot and knee fatigue, and back pain.