First aid for leg cramps?

Cramps are a very common phenomenon. The parts of the body that are prone to cramps are mainly the legs, hands, feet, etc. There are many reasons for leg cramps, such as cold, intense exercise, calcium deficiency, improper exercise, unhealthy diet, etc. Cramps caused by different reasons require different treatment methods. Moreover, when cramps occur, they must be treated in a timely manner, otherwise it will cause great pain to the patient. So how should you treat leg cramps first aid?

Calf cramps are also called calf cramps, which is the folk name. It is called peroneal spasm in medicine. Peroneus cramps are caused by spasms of the gastrocnemius muscles in the calf, which lead to leg cramps and severe pain. Whether calf cramps occur at night, while swimming, or during activities, they are all caused by excessive fatigue of the gastrocnemius muscles or reduced liver function, which is responsible for restoring fatigue.

Method one: Sit up instead of lying down, straighten the cramped leg, hold the front of your foot tightly with your hands, endure the severe pain, and rotate the ankle joint of the cramped leg outwards, and the severe pain will stop immediately. The movements should be continuous when rotating, and you should complete one circle in one breath without pausing in between. When rotating, if it is the left leg, swing it counterclockwise; if it is the right leg, swing it clockwise: If you have someone to help, because the treatment is face to face, the treatment direction is exactly opposite, and the rotation direction of the foot joint remains unchanged. The key is to pull the foot outward, then fold it toward the thigh and rotate it a circle. Use force when rotating, and lift the sole of the foot as far as possible.

Method 2: Press the gastrocnemius nerve root. On both sides of the fossa on the inner side of the knee joint (or below the fossa), there is a place which is the attachment point of the gastrocnemius head, and the nerve root trunk leading to the gastrocnemius muscle is here. When the calf cramps, use your thumb to feel for the main root of the hard and protruding muscles on both sides of the calf, and then press this area with force. The director's excited nerves will calm down, the cramps will stop, and the severe pain will disappear.

Although cramps are a very common phenomenon, you also need to master some of the methods introduced in the article to relieve cramps. First, you need to relieve the pain of cramps as soon as possible when they occur, and then adjust and treat them in your life. You should eat more calcium-supplementing foods, such as soy products, fish, milk, etc.