What's wrong with my calf soreness

Do we usually experience calf soreness and swelling? Especially when we are very tired during the day, this phenomenon can easily occur. Many people don’t know what is causing calf soreness and swelling. We should pay attention to this phenomenon and understand its causes. There are many reasons that can cause calf soreness and swelling. If this happens often, you need to check it out in time.

Causes of calf soreness

There are many causes of calf pain, including poor local circulation, peripheral vascular disease or varicose veins in the feet. The ambient temperature changes suddenly. Inadequate amounts of minerals (such as magnesium and calcium) in the diet. The incidence rate is higher among certain chronic diseases and pregnant women. Hypothyroidism, uremia, or other medical illnesses. Motor neurone disease, radiculopathy, or peripheral neuropathy. Some blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs can also cause symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it may be caused by external factors such as wind, cold, and dampness, or by internal factors such as excessive anger, thinking, and fear, or by neither external nor internal factors such as excessive sexual intercourse, which damages the kidney's essence and qi, external injuries to the tendons and bones, and eating damp or cold foods that damage the spleen.

Calf pain needs examination

Diagnosis is based on the cause. It may also be gastrocnemius muscle weakness, which may be caused by lack of exercise. Decreased physical resistance will cause soreness and weakness in the limbs, or it may be due to calcium deficiency. Calf muscles often feel sore in the early morning, and calf muscles also feel weak during the day. This may be due to insufficient blood supply to your calves and long-term strain on your calf muscles and bones.

Mitigation methods

You must eat foods that can produce blood every day, such as meat, fish, eggs and other foods. These foods are the source of blood production and should be consumed in appropriate amounts depending on the person. In traditional Chinese medicine, Qi is generated in blood, and strength is generated in Qi. In other words, only when the blood is sufficient, the qi will be vigorous and the strength will be great. When your legs are sore and weak, do not overwork them. It is best to do less or rest. Otherwise, it will cause the calves to become even weaker.

What is the cause of calf soreness? After today's introduction, everyone should know what is going on. If you experience such a phenomenon, you should pay attention to it, learn some relief methods in time, pay more attention to rest, keep warm, especially avoid catching cold in winter.