4 recruit deal with the old man night leg cramps

     Many old people have such experience, during a night's sleep crus muscle suddenly appeared acetylcholine-induced contraction (known as leg cramps), serious when ached, and even repeated attacks, affect morpheus quality. General young people in the movement or violent leg cramps occur occasionally, old people why night prone to leg cramps? Midnight happen any leg cramps can be handled in time, to relieve pain?

    Foshan city, guangdong province, GuTingTing doctors-in-charge think hospital acupuncture, lots of people will put leg cramps and calcium relates in together, calcium is indeed a leg cramps one of the important reasons. In addition, the old arteriosclerosis, leg ministry is poor blood flow, so that metabolites accumulated to a certain chroma will stimulate muscle contraction, cause pain twitching. Calcium and atherosclerosis in the basis, plus some inducing factors, such as insufficient, evening heat preservation measures by cold leg stimulation; Excessive fatigue, leg ministry muscle contraction too fast, local metabolites sleeping posture is bad, increased and calf long time compression factors which can lead to leg cramps.

    The night after the leg cramps occur shall immediately take measures to relieve muscle spasm, eliminate pain, commonly used method has four:

    One is the lie to sit, let cramps feet as far as possible unbend, don't let knee bends, and will cramp toe the opposite direction to cramp up, insist to pull a few minutes. If side have family help but let the family took cramp the forepaws, the opposite direction to cramp, patients are hard and pull the confrontation, ensure crus in stretching.

    2 it is the muscle spasm inflammation to blot out the pain reliever cream, also can use of crus, then exercise spray muscles for knead and massage, make muscle spasm eased.

    Three is the key presses the limb bilateral acupuncture point (in the popliteal horizontal grain midpoint, when penetrated biceps and half sinews tendons), foot among three mile (located outside the knees now four fingers and tibial edge), YangLingQuan (in crus outside, when fibula small head below), before ChengShan dent in the calf acupuncture point (in the middle of the room when unbend behind the leg or foot follow when underparts gastrocnemius muscle Titus sharp-angled dent), appeared in kunlun acupuncture point (WaiHuai rear, when WaiHuai pointed and Achilles tendon dent), between the feet too creek acupuncture point (NaHuai rear, when inside with the NaHuai pointed between Achilles tendon dent in acupuncture soft) reinforced priorities spasm, promoting blood circulation, dredging, pain. If patients mood is very nervous, whole can choke on its lips above the hole and the near your thumb and forefinger among the conjunction of hole in the valley of escaping, can make its mood calm, pain relief.

    4 it is to use pouchof hot water or hot towel hot compress limb gastrocnemius crus muscle), improve local blood circulation, promote metabolism product excretion, also want to notice crus after applying the warm.

    GuTingTing pointed out that the above measures is for the "urgent is marking", so as to remove leg cramps spasm, and painful way when, at ordinary times is to "slow is put to its this", active therapy calcium and leg blood circulation problems. General calcium supplement cannot absorb in elderly should be taken under the guidance of doctors treat osteoporosis drugs in the diet, pay attention to absorb milk, bean products etc foods rich in calcium, and actively participate in the body feasible physical exercise, such as walking, jogging etc., and avoid excessive fatigue and cold. Patients if atherosclerosis, insisted standardized treatment, pay attention to rest adequately, avoid vascular damage lead to local blood supply leg cramps occur obstacles. (XuanYing shes)