How should we deal with cramps?

I believe that everyone will have cramps in their lives, but they often don't know how to deal with them. Once you have cramps, you will use massage to relieve them, but there is no obvious effect. So what should I do when I have a cramp? Today, Bian Xiao will tell you how to deal with cramps.

A cramp is actually a muscle spasm. It often occurs in fingers, palms, forearms, toes, calves and thighs. Different parts of cramp have different solutions.

Finger cramp: you can make a fist first, then stretch it hard and repeat it several times quickly until you recover.

Palmar cramp: first, hold your fingers tightly, turn your palms outward, stretch them hard and bend back, and recover after many exercises.

Toe cramp: straighten your leg, press the cramped toe on the heel of the other foot, lift the foot without cramp, and press the cramped sole backwards as much as possible.

Leg cramp: bend your knees, put them on your chest, hold your calves with your hands, contract them hard several times, and then straighten your legs. Repeat many times.

Sometimes cramps still hurt for a few days, mostly caused by muscle fiber damage during traction. In this case, you should gently massage the affected area to relieve the pain, and you can also apply topical drugs such as safflower oil when you have the conditions to massage.

How to prevent cramps in summer?

1. Wear comfortable shoes. Summer is coming, and women who love beauty like to wear high heels. However, high-heeled shoes can cause tension in leg muscles, which may cramp after a long time.

2. Appropriate sodium supplementation. It is very hot in summer. Sweating and drinking water will reduce the concentration of sodium in the blood, which will lead to cramps. Therefore, it is necessary to drink light salt water to supplement sodium ions in summer.

3. Warm up before exercise. Swimming is the most popular in summer, but you must fully warm up before swimming, otherwise the local temperature change will cause cramps.

4. Pay attention to keep your legs warm. Sleeping with air conditioning on at night can easily lead to calf cramps, so you must pay attention to keeping your legs warm when sleeping.

I believe that after reading the above, everyone can learn how to deal with cramps. Here, Bian Xiao also hopes that everyone will be safe and healthy.