Customer question:
What helps with leg cramps? What home remedies can we use?
Anonymous customer.
Answer:
Many people experience muscle cramps from time to time. A muscle spasm occurs when one, part of one, or more muscles contract or tighten without your will. Muscle spasms occur for several reasons, but most often when the muscles cannot relax properly.
Older adults, people with nervous disorders, pregnant women, menstruating women, and people who overuse or strain their muscles are more likely to experience frequent muscle cramps.
Other causes of muscle cramps include:
- dehydration
- prolonged standing, sitting, or lying in the same position
- lack of minerals, sometimes due to taking diuretics
Relief of muscle cramps at home
Stretching
When a muscle spasm occurs, stop the activity causing it and relax. This is one of the best ways to relieve muscle cramps. Also, stretch before and after exercise.
A tight muscle can be stretched, gently rubbed, and massaged to relax. For example, keep your leg straight as you gently pull your foot back towards you. After stretching, consider massaging the muscle spasm for relief. Use a roller or your hands to massage the muscles to relax them gently. You can even use Namman Muay cream.
Heat therapy
Applying heat soon after the spasm starts can help soothe the pain accompanying a muscle spasm by helping to relax the muscle. For example, you can treat yourself to a warm bath or shower. You can also place a heating pad or a warm towel on the muscle.
Applying a cold compress
Using a cold compress is another excellent way to relieve muscle cramps. When the pain subsides a little after applying heat, you can reach for a compress or an ice pack, which you place on the affected muscle.
Drink a sufficient amount of water.
Muscle cramps can be prevented by drinking enough water. Dehydration often plays a role in muscle cramps, so drinking enough water throughout the day can help prevent it.
Medication Detralex
The medicine Detralex is used to prevent regular spasms.
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The disease manifests as painful or tired legs, feeling of heavy legs, itching, night cramps in the legs, the appearance of varicose veins (varicose veins) on the legs, and swelling.
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