In daily life, there are many middle-aged and elderly people who experience sudden cramps in their calves at night while sleeping. Many people think that it is caused by calcium deficiency and will blindly buy calcium tablets to supplement calcium.

There are many reasons that can cause calf cramps at night. There are side effects of medications, vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies, and poor circulation. However, myofascial trigger points are still the main cause.

The gastrocnemius and flounder muscles at the back of our calves, and then too much walking and running and hiking on a regular basis, can lead to damage to the gastrocnemius and flounder muscles. Their damage creates myofascial trigger points, which are activated when the calf is stimulated by cold at night, creating muscle spasms, or cramps.

After this situation, we have to be in the back of the calf, looking for obvious pressure points, after finding, each pressure point, massage for a few minutes, massage 2 times a day, adhere to a period of time, this symptom will disappear.

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The fastest way to get a cramp in your calves is to breathe out and in with your whole body for five seconds and you will be back to normal in no time. If you practice this breathing method for a long time, you will be healthy and never get sick. Calf cramps can also use the palm of the hand to the direction of the foot stroke, stroke a few times can also return to normal. There is no other way to stop cramps quickly.

There is a pain like pins and needles called cramps, this pain has been experienced by almost everyone, many people have experienced sudden cramps in the calves at night while sleeping, the calf muscles suddenly contract violently and involuntarily, the pain is so painful that you can't sleep, and it interferes with your sleep.

This kind of cramp often occurs at night when we are asleep, although it only lasts for a few minutes, but the feeling of discomfort or tenderness in the muscles after the attack can last for several hours, and we can still feel discomfort when we get up the next day. This kind of patients is not uncommon in the clinic, and it is true that we can relieve it by simple maneuvers, but if the triggering factors have not been removed, it will still recur in the future for a second time. secondary effects of the triggering factors.

The main triggers to avoid are:

wearily

Excessive exercise or over exertion of the legs during the day causes fatigue, muscle tension is not improved at night, excessive metabolic products are not metabolized in time, and its stimulation can cause cramps in the calves.

affected by cold

Exercise in a cold environment. Inadequate preparation activities, or swimming in the summer water temperature is low, are prone to cause leg cramps. Sleeping at night without a good blanket, the calf muscles are stimulated by the cold, will spasm so much that people wake up in pain.

sleeping posture

Such as lying on the back for a long time, so that the quilt pressed on the foot, or a long time prone, so that the foot against the bed, forcing some muscles of the calf for a long time in a state of absolute relaxation, causing muscle "passive contracture".

calcium deficiency

Calcium ions play an important role in muscle contraction. When the concentration of calcium ions in the blood is too low, the muscles are easily excited and spasm. Teenagers grow and develop rapidly and are prone to calcium deficiency, so leg cramps often occur.

What's the best thing to do when we get cramps?

Change lying to sitting, straighten the cramped leg, hold the forefoot with your hand, bear the pain, rotate the cramped leg to the outside of the ankle joint, the pain stops immediately. Rotate the action to be consistent, a breath turn a week, no pause in the middle.

When rotating, if it is the left leg, throw the counterclockwise direction, if it is the right leg, press the clockwise direction, if there is someone to help, because it is a face-to-face treatment, the direction of the helper is exactly the opposite, and the direction of rotation of the foot joints remains unchanged. The main point is to pull the foot to the outside, followed by folding to the direction of the thigh and rotate for a week, rotate with force, and the foot should be turned up to the maximum.

Cramps are usually relatively harmless and can be treated promptly for instant relief, but if attacks are frequent, seek prompt medical attention.

What is the best way to deal with a sudden calf cramp while sleeping?

Cramps have been experienced by most people, and it is easy to cramp up when you take a shower and just get into the cool water.

Prone to cramping after exercising with a lot of juice.

You are prone to cramps in the middle of the night while sleeping, and your legs are painful when you cramp.

One, why the cramps?

1, blood does not allow tendons to cramp

The five elements of the liver are the main wood, the wood is said to be curved and straight, the main blood storage, the five bodies of the main tendons, the main sparing.

• Trees are characterized by the fact that they can't live without water, and the more hydrated they are, such as in the spring, the more supple their branches are and the more they can stretch and bend.
  

• The less water there is, for example in winter, the more dry the branches of the trees become, which can only stretch and not bend.
  
• The characteristics of the liver and trees, the liver is the main blood, the liver blood, the more adequate, the better the function of excretion, the tendon is softer, on the contrary, the liver blood less, the more fire, fire is more likely to depletion of yin blood, tendons in the yin blood less, yin blood in the yin less, tendons the more prone to convulsions.
  

For example, cramps caused by heavy exercise out of big juices.

2, Cold condensation is tendon pumping

Cold is one of the six elements, which are wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire, which are normal climates, and if these six climates attack the human body and cause illness, they are called the six elements.

Cold is divided into external and internal cold

(1) Tendon cramps caused by external cold

External cold, such as in the cold winter, or work environment, living place, dark and damp, cold is too heavy, and so easy to hurt, cold into the body and cause disease.

Cold is characterized by coldness, stagnation, and cold attraction.

Cold is easy to consume the yang energy in the human body, causing obstacles to the operation of qi and blood, cold collects and attracts, in fact, is the heat expansion and cold contraction, this phenomenon we all understand.

Cold outside the sudden invasion of the human body, so that the body's qi and blood is not smooth, the cold collects and attracts, resulting in cramps, such as suddenly into the cool water to take a bath and lead to cramps.

(2) Yang deficiency leads to cold, and cold condensation leads to cramps.

Internal cold is a decline in the function of internal organs, so that the body is not enough yang qi, yang qi deficiency is under the role of warming, and yin cold within the birth of yang deficiency is cold.

What is the role of Yang Qi?

Yang qi has warming effect, gasification, promotion, consolidation, nutrition, defense.

Yang qi is generated in the spleen, so it is said that the spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, the foundation of the latter day.

Kidney main collection of essence, five gas main cold, the main bone marrow birth bone marrow, internal internal organs of yin and yang of this, so that the kidney for the innate nature of this.

The body's yang qi is mainly from the spleen, kidney two organs, two organs of the damage, it is easy to hurt the yang qi, yang qi is weak, the internal cold birth, internal cold birth, and easy to depletion of yang qi.

• If the promotion of yang qi decreases, the circulation of qi and blood will be slow, and if the warming effect decreases, the heavier the cold will be. When a person sleeps, Yang Qi enters the yin and sleeps, that is, Yang Qi enters the yin of the camp and the person can fall asleep.
  

• When yang qi enters into the camp yin, the warming effect of yang qi decreases even more, and the promoting effect also decreases even more, which results in the nutrition of the tendons and veins and a decrease in the warming effect, so that when one sleeps in the middle of the night, cramps are caused due to the cold collection and attraction.
  

To summarize through the above you can see that the cramps in the middle of the night are mainly cramps caused by internal cold.

Second, how are cramps treated?

For the first one, it's blood not allowing tendons, liver and kidney are of the same origin, you can use Qi Ju Di Huang Wan and Jia Wei Xie Yao Wan.

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan, tonifying the Yin of the Liver and Kidneys, and Jia Wei Yi Yuan, is to remove Liver fire and detoxify the Liver.

The second, caused by a sudden entry into the cold space, there is no other way, pay attention to yourself, but when you cramps end, to use the following methods to get rid of the cold, or will be cold into the body, with the passage of time, can cause other diseases.

The third type, which is caused by internal cold, is best treated with Chinese medicine by a Chinese medicine practitioner.

But we can also try it with a foot bath, and the second last way to remove the cold is also available.

We use, eucommia, Chuanjian, sole live, bone broken filler, moxa, ginger add salt and water decoction, decoction, add white wine, and then add the appropriate cool water and so the water temperature is appropriate to soak their feet. Or direct lavender, and then wait for the temperature is appropriate in the foot bath, note that the heart is not good do not use, can only be used in the morning or afternoon, do not use at night.

In this formula, Cortex Eucommiae, Chuanjie, and Boneset, warming the kidney and assisting yang, invigorating blood and relaxing the tendons, strengthening the tendons and bones, and removing wind-dampness.

Ginger, Solanum, disperses wind-cold and removes wind-dampness.

Mugwort leaf, warms menstruation and activates blood circulation

Salt draws the medicine into the kidneys and white wine invigorates the blood.

For emergency relief of cramps, we can straighten our legs ourselves and massage, foot Sanli, Yanglingquan, Chengshan, Chengxin, Dadun, and Zhiyang points. You can also moxibustion these points normally.

Third, the usual prevention of cramps

• Through the above we know the causes of cramps, prevention is to change their habits in general.
  

• Protect yourself from the cold, from the outside cold, and that's a no-brainer, put on extra clothes.
  

• Prevention of internal cold, usually drink time do not eat cold food, do not eat spicy food, eat less fatty food.
  

• Exercise in moderation and don't be so playful.
  

• Drink less, be less angry, save room. Rest early.
  

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Analyze the problem from two directions, first, should make the right response, so that the pain caused by calf cramps quickly relieved, and second, should find the cause of this problem, from the root to eliminate the recurrence of calf cramps, the former treatment is the same, the latter different causative factors have a difference.

Management of Cramps

When there is a cramp, you should do a little stretching of the muscles of the back of the calf, generally cramps occur in the gastrocnemius muscle and flounder muscle, with the forefoot stirrups the wall or pulling the forefoot with your hand, a slight stay, you can effectively alleviate the emergence of this pain, but the cramp pain, but it is also really painful!

Causes of Cramps

1. Calcium deficiency

Calcium deficiency is one of the factors of calf cramps, such as pregnant women, or women after menopause, or children's body grows too fast, or age calcium loss, or nutritional imbalance, can trigger this problem, usually after increasing the intake of calcium, can be resolved.

2. Calf muscle strain

There are many people, after strenuous activities, or fatigue easy calf cramps, this time should be in the calf back side of the gastrocnemius muscle and flounder muscle palpation, to see whether there is no tension and pain and striated adhesion, muscle strain can lead to the occurrence of cramps, massage to eliminate the pain can be relieved of this symptom.

3. Lumbar disc herniation

There are a small number of patients with lumbar disc herniation, there will be a special sign, that is, easy to cramp at night, if you exclude the above two problems, or during the onset of lumbar disc herniation, then after the recovery of lumbar disc herniation, the phenomenon of cramps will be lifted synchronously, without special treatment.

Occasionally, nothing.

If an occasional cramp will not have any effect on the overall health of the body, regular cramps, must be cautious, this is the body to give us a signal, find it out and solve the problem, to avoid the appearance of muscle damage in the area of the induced cramps due to the long term so.

Sudden cramps in the legs while sleeping. Calcium deficiency. Take some calcium tablets. Get some sunlight. Eat a lot of calcium-supplemented fruits and vegetables. You can also see a doctor!

Calf cramps in my sleep have happened to me many times, and each time I just whack the cramp with my hand and it works immediately.

I usually try to straighten my leg as much as possible, it hurts, but it will be fine in a while, it's better than not stretching the value all the time pumping, it's better to have a long pain than a short one.

In daily life, there are many middle-aged and elderly people who will suddenly have cramps when they sleep at night. Many people think this is caused by calcium deficiency and will blindly buy calcium tablets to supplement calcium. There are many reasons for leg cramps at night.

Adverse reactions include medications, vitamin and trace element deficiencies, and poor circulation. However, the cause of myofascial trigger points remains the main cause. The gastrocnemius and flounder muscles at the back of the calf, and then walking and climbing too much, can lead to injury to the gastrocnemius and flounder muscles. Their injury creates myofascial trigger points, which are activated when the legs are stimulated by cold at night, leading to muscle spasms, or cramps.

In this case, we must look for obvious pressure points in the back of the calf. After finding each pressure point, massage it for a few minutes, massage it twice a day and stick to it for a while, the symptoms will disappear. Before going to bed to do some appropriate pressure leg stretching action, sleep padded calves to promote blood reflux, less wear high heels, the pain at the calf can put a small amount of cloud flavoring to hot water foot soak to promote blood circulation.

Sleeping calf cramps immediately relieve the way is, their own hands to move the front of the foot (toes) to the back of the foot in the direction of sustained force, after a few bells can be relieved, and then softly knead the calf stomach for a while on the good. The key is that you must pay attention to the legs and ankles every time you go to bed to keep warm, to prevent cold, you can avoid the occurrence of cramps.