In life, pay attention to rest, avoid fatigue and catch cold, and eat more foods with high protein, vitamins and fiber, such as vegetables, fruits, lean meat and fish. Don't eat foods with high cholesterol and fat content that are difficult to digest and absorb, such as animal fat, animal offal, fried food, etc. Maintain a good attitude and exercise properly to enhance physical fitness.
Leg cramps, whether they occur at night, while swimming or during exercise, are all caused by the fatigue of gastrocnemius muscles or the decline of liver function responsible for recovering fatigue.
Here are two methods that can immediately relieve spasm and severe pain. If someone helps, the effect will be faster. One method: change to sitting position, straighten the cramped leg, hold the forefoot with your hand to endure severe pain, and rotate the ankle joint of the cramped leg outward, and the severe pain will stop. When rotating, the movements should be consistent and you can't stop in the middle of a week. When rotating, if it is your left leg, throw it counterclockwise: because of face-to-face treatment, the direction of the therapist is just the opposite, but the rotation direction of the ankle joint remains the same. The key point is to pull the foot outward, then turn to the thigh direction and rotate for one week. When you rotate, you should use force, and the soles of your feet will be upturned to the maximum extent. Method 2: Press the nerve root of gastrocnemius muscle head. On both sides of the national fossa (or below the knee fossa) inside the knee joint, there is a place where the head of gastrocnemius muscle is attached and leads to the fat gastrocnemius muscle. Touch the hard and prominent muscle roots on both sides of the fossa with your thumb, and then press hard, and the excited nerves of the director will calm down, the cramp will stop and the pain will disappear;
The above two methods are effective quickly. If it is a cramp while swimming, it is difficult to relieve the pain with the above two methods. So cramps are still done by hand when swimming.
How to pull your toes in the direction of your body. When pulling your toes, straighten your thighs as far as possible and push your heels forward. Pulling once is often ineffective, and you can pull it repeatedly until the symptoms are relieved. Of course, every time you pull, you must take a deep breath and dive into the water to prevent calf cramps. It is relatively simple to take a rest before and after the activity and massage your calves before swimming and before going to bed. Those who often cramp can prevent swimming cramps, and also